I am pretty much caught up and the last thing to do is catching up with the cruise meet thread for my next cruise so I figure I have time to update this pre-trip report. Things have taken quite a turn. Some of you already know about this, but for those who are not on Facebook, here is the news:
First of all, our Far East trip that we had planned for this November has been postponed for now, but the reason for this decision will be well worth it.
While we were on our absolutely amazing cruise, we got up to mischief. We booked what I believe will be our most amazing cruise yet. Some of you know that in 2010 the idea was born that we would go round the world on cruise ships in stages. With our recent cruise, we have now covered the distance from Hawaii to Dubai going in a eastbound direction.
The next cruise will be one of three legs that we still need to fullfill this goal. We will go on a 24 night cruise from Sydney to Seattle next spring on the Explorer of the Seas taking in the ports of Isle of Pines and Noumea in New Caldonia; Mystery Island, Vanatu; an overnight stop in Suva, Fiji; Kona, Big Island; Lahaina, Maui and Honolulu Oahu. Seeing some of the South Pacific islands has been a dream for a long time, but it was not really a dream that I ever expected to come true. So I am really excited. I am also glad to get to go to Hawaii again. I am hoping to spend the day that we are in Honolulu at Aulani. For Maui and Kona we will see what we can get up to nearer the time.
This has left a void for this autumn. We are looking at doing a Transatlantic as there are usually good deals around for those. My preference would be the Transatlantic on the Independence of the Sea, which goes from Southampton to Fort Lauderdale and stops at St. Maarten, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, St. Juan and Labadee. However, at the moment there are better deals to be had for the alternative, which is on the Navigator of the Seas from Southampton to Miami and stops at Boston, New York (overnight) and Port Canaveral. The advantage of this is that the Navigator is the sister ship of the Explorer so we have time to get used to this class of ship. In both scenarios we would spend a couple of nights in Orlando at the end of the trip and I should be able to go to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party while I am there. So it is all change at the moment, but I am rather pleased with this.
Corinna