Countdown to the cruise is on…

It’s been a while since I posted anything but it’s now 10 months to go before a friend and I are headed New Zealand bound on our round trip cruise.

We booked the cruise back in May 2016 and now wonder in February 2017, “Where did that time go? ” as the time has quickly passed by.

One of the things my friend and I did recently was to get on the Princess Cruises site and take a look at the shore excursions available. We can’t book them yet, not for another few months but it didn’t stop me from taking screen shots on my tablet of the shore excursions we were interested in. We also took a look at the drinks packages available as well.

Still have a ton of things to do before we go away, like getting a passport but it will be done.

Also have downloaded travel guides for New Zealand, especially the ports we will be visiting while on the cruise in case my friend and I want to do our own thing while on land. It’s good to have options I think.

As each month passes, the excitement rises but this being a first cruise for my friend and I, it’s all about learning from others about everything cruise related and their experiences which adds to the excitement, I think.

Another exciting thing is that the cruise starts and ends at my home port, so don’t have to fly anywhere. Bonus.

Here’s to the good part of looking forward to the going away to another part of the world on a cruise ship.

Let the good times roll and keep on building up the excitement.

If you have any cruise tips, be glad to hear them.

Until next time

Kaye

Cruise update number 1…

The 588 days until a friend and I go on our cruise feels like it’s going to be a long way away but the month when we first booked the cruise with the travel consultant has flown by quickly.

We are going on the Golden Princess from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, (you know that big island in the southern hemisphere) to New Zealand and back to Adelaide again for an historic round trip cruise, since it will be the first time the Golden Princess has gone from Adelaide to New Zealand.

The cruise departs 8 January 2018 for 17 nights and returns on 25 January 2018 with stops at various ports on both the south and north islands in New Zealand.

I’m looking forward to life on the ship and the visits to the different ports of call. The meeting of people who will be on the cruise as well.

There is so much to do before we leave on our cruise too, like pay for the cruise – doing that by monthly instalments to the travel consultant, organise a birth certificate – I have an extract but that’s not acceptable, organise a passport – first time out of the country, travel insurance. Then there’s what to pack? What’s required to take when you go on a cruise? What do you leave home? What things do people going on a cruise for the first time need to know before you go? All that is part of the fun to the lead up to going but it does make you wonder and ponder those questions, right?

If you have any tips or advice, leave them in the comments below.

All in all, the next 18 months will fly by if the last month is anything to go by.

Until next time

Kaye

I am Sailing on a Cruise…

Recently a friend and I booked to go on a cruise. It’s the first time either of us has ever been on one, so this should be a fun experience.

I’m calling this cruise the “Go hard or stay home” cruise, as it will be 17 nights on the Golden Princess sailing on its first voyage on an Adelaide, South Australia to New Zealand round trip going in January 2018.

Do first time cruisers do 17 night cruises, or do they normally do shorter ones to determine whether they like cruises or not?

Since it is also my first time out of the country, I have to get a passport as well.

I’ll be posting updates on the lead up to the cruise and when I can, I’ll be blogging while on the cruise as well.

Until next time

Kaye