Of the over 40 cruise ships currently being built and launched in the next couple of years, none will be able to use the new passenger terminal scheduled for White Bay. All of the new ships are too tall to fit under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The typical ‘forward thinking” of government officials means that ‘new ships’ on World cruises will either have to anchor in the Harbour or hope the Harbour Bridge may stretch.
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Survived Christmas Day, working on my blogs after some gardening.
Just received these blog comments. They mean a lot (especially when they are nice). BLOG REPLY 1: John — most impressive that you got Captain Stein to leave a message on your blog! I, too, was on that cruise and enjoyed reading another perspective of the trip. It’s interesting how different people on the same cruise can experience different aspects of the trip.
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It’s great to be home for Christmas, perhaps it would be even better on a Christmas Cruise. I can’t complain, if you’re a regular reader you know I’ve just returned from a great Royal Caribbean cruise. I can’t complain, if you’re a regular reader you know I’ve just returned from a great Royal Caribbean cruise. Please let me wish all my blog readers and Cruise Passenger Magazine followers a very Merry Christmas and a even better and healthy New Year.
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Sandra and I have been home three days from our Royal Caribbean cruise and on reading some of the Rhapsody of the Seas blog comments, I was absolutely astounded to find one from Captain Stein Roger Bjørheim, Rhapsody’s Captain. He apparently has been reading my daily blogs from his ship. I must say I was thrilled and honoured that he would do so. Here is his blog.
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We woke early with the sun streaming through the window that looked out on an ocean which was as flat as a pancake – you hardly knew you were on a ship apart from the salt encrused picture window. We like eating in the main dining room (Eidelveis Dining Room).
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Sandra and I had left our packing to the last minute and as usual I am sure we have packed too much, but the beauty of boarding a cruise at your home port is that luggage weight is not a problem and you have a nice strong taxi driver to lift the bags into the boot.
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At about 6 am today (Monday) we pulled into our berth at Circular Quay, ten great days away and I’m ashamed to say 3 kilos heavier. Getting off the ship was effortless and Customs took our forms and waved us through. A fifteen minute taxi ride and we were greeted by our Doberman who was very pleased to see us. Our house was still in one piece and the garden looked great.
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Day 10 has come too quickly, it’s our last day at sea and the last full day of the cruise. Tomorrow morning at around 7 a.m. we will be docking at Sydney’s International Cruise Terminal at Circular Quay. It’s always good to get home but in this case we really would have loved a few more days on board this wonderful ship. Today we did all the usual “at sea” things and had to start packing in the late afternoon as our bags have to be outside our stateroom door by 11 p.m.
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