John Pond, Editor at Sea | Cruises.com.au Blog

24 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

It’s Christmas Eve – Merry Christmas

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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23 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

At Home: 3 Days Later – Thanks Captain

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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23 December 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Day 2: RC’s Rhapsody – At Sea

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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23 December 2009 ~ 4 Comments

Day 1: Boarding Rhapsody in Sydney

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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21 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Day 11: Rhapsody of the Seas – Home

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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20 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Day 10: Rhapsody of the Seas – At Sea

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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19 December 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Day 9: Rhapsody of the Seas – Brisbane

This morning at about 7 a.m. we pulled into Port Brisbane which is a commercial shippping dock adjacent to Brisbane Airport about 50 minutes drive to the city of Brisbane.

18 December 2009 ~ 1 Comment