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It’s that time of year again when all our summer cruise ship depart from there current ports in the USA / Europe and start sailing towards Australia and New Zealand.

 

This season sounds like its going to be a busy season for both Australia and New Zealand!!

 

We got usual visitors coming back Rhapsody and Radiance of the Seas, Volendam (Only for a short visit), Sea Princess and Diamond Princess,

 

And this season, we have a few new faces that are going to be sailing from Australia and New Zealand,

 

The Carnival Spirit, Voyager of the Seas, HAL Oosterdam, Celebrity Solstice and the Costa neoRomantica (will also spend a short season in our in our waters)

 

And when the 2012 / 2013 summer cruses season is over two of these ships the Carnival Spirit and Sea Princess will become full time Aussie ships! :D

 

 

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Rhapsody of the Seas - Has departed Vancouver on Friday 14th Sept, and arrives in Sydney 14th Oct 2012.

 

Radiance of the Seas - Has departed Vancouver on Friday 14th Sept, Visits Wellington 8th Oct, Picton 9th Oct and arrives in Sydney 12th Oct 2012.

 

Carnival Spirit - departs British Columbia, Canada on the 18 September 2012, cruising around Hawaii then continuing to Australia via Tahiti and Suva and arrives in Sydney on 17th October 2012.

 

Voyager of the Seas - departs Singapore for Fremantle on 22nd October, with Port Hedland will get a sneak peak on 2nd November, and arriving in Fremantle on 5th November 2012 then from Fremantle, she will cruise along the south coast of Australia and around New Zealand (Adelaide 9th Nov, Melbourne 11th Nov, Hobart 13th Nov, Dunedin 17th Nov, Picton 18th Nov, Wellington 19th Nov.) en route to Sydney, arriving on 22nd November 2012.

 

Volendam- departs Los Angeles on 29th September and then arrives in Sydney on 21th October 2012.

 

HAL Oosterdam - departs Seattle on 30th September and transits via Vancouver, Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga and New Caledonia before arriving in Sydney on 24th October 2012.

 

Celebrity Solstice - departs Barcelona on 26th October, she will arrive in Sydney on 9th December 2012. During her 44 night relocation, she will transit the Suez Canal and call at ports in the Middle East, India, Asia; then Darwin (30th Nov), Cairns (4th Dec) and Brisbane (7th Dec).

 

Diamond Princess - departs Vancouver 15th Sept via Alaska for a short season in Asia. Departs Bangkok on 26th November, Darwin 7th Dec, Port Douglas 10th Dec, arrive in Sydney 14th Dec 2012, with me onboard :)

 

Sea Princess - is returning to Oz for the 2nd time, but this time she is staying!. After her current drydock, she will depart under the Golden Gate bridge on 20th September, arriving in Sydney on 18th October 2012 via Hawaii, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Pago Pago and New Zealand (Auckland 11/10, Akaroa 13/10, Dunedin 14/10) .

 

Sea Princess will be based in Sydney, which like last summer, allows Sun Princess to relocate to Brisbane and Dawn Princess to cruise from Melbourne. With Sea Princess a permanent fixture, Sun Princess will be spending future winters cruising in Asia. (Boo whooo! :()

 

And Queen Mary 2 will be visiting again latter on in the season and Queen Elizabeth will only be visiting New Zealand this season :D (Sorry Australia! :) :cool:)

 

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Plus we got many other ships calling into Australian and New Zealand ports during their world cruises.

 

Which ship/s are you looking forward to seeing / trying?

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On the Royal Caribbean board there is a passenger documenting the first leg from Vancouver to Hawaii - live from the Radiance sailing to Hawaii. It is excellent and there is also photos of the Rhapsody leaving Vancouver. I certainly admire the time and effort that cruisers make to post this and other similar blogs, it's as if you are on board with them enjoying it all. Just have to wait until Radiance arrives on the 12th October to embark. Then two short cruises on Voyager and Radiance again then especially looking forward to Celebrity Solstice in March.

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On the Royal Caribbean board there is a passenger documenting the first leg from Vancouver to Hawaii - live from the Radiance to Hawaii. It is excellent and there is also a photo of the Rhapsody in Vancouver. I certainly admire the time and effort that cruisers make to post this and other similar blogs, it's as if you are on board with them enjoying it all. Just have to wait until Radiance arrives on the 12th October to embark. Then two short cruises on Voyager and Radiance again then looking especially forward to Celebrity Solstice in March.

 

 

Thanks for the heads up.

I dont usually read that board. Its a neat report with great pics as well.

That board does move pretty fast so heres the link if others cant find it.

Thay are up to page 5 all ready

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1706027&page=5

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Kiwi_cruiser

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Update on the position of the ships that have already left to come down under:

 

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Rhapsody of the Seas -

is in Pago Pago Today:

 

rhapsody_of_the_seas_position_04102012.jpg

 

 

Radiance of the Seas -

Has left Bora Bora and is now on her way to Wellington, NZ, arriving in Wellington, NZ on 8th October 2012:

 

radiance_of_the_seas_position_04102012.jpg

 

 

Volendam -

Has left Los Angeles and is on her way to Hilo, Hawaii, arriving in Hilo, Hawaii on 4th October 2012:

 

volendam_position_04102012.jpg

 

 

Oosterdam -

Has left Vancouver and is on her way to Hilo, Hawaii, arriving in Hilo, Hawaii on 7th October 2012:

 

Oosterdam_position_04102012.jpg

 

 

 

Carnival Spirit -

Has left Honolulu, Hawaii, and is now on her way to Papeete, Tahiti, arriving in Papeete on 6th October 2012.

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