Monday, September 8, 2008

Royal Princess World Cruise 2009

Preliminaries:
There are a thousand things to think about when planning a world cruise... from 'toothpaste' to 'travel warnings'....... the logistics can become overwhelming, arrangement have to be made for every aspect of daily life, paying bills, maintenance around the house, tax returns etc.
We booked this cruise, early September 2008 as I had already decided to retire at the end of the year, we had the time and hopefully the money, if my pension plan co-operated.
Almost immediately I started a list of things to do, keeping in mind we would be away from home (Ontario, Canada) for almost 4 months during the coldest part of our year, fortunately we have accommodating kids, who will take care of the dog, cat, house and car (in order of importance)
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  • Here's the itinerary:
    Use this list to zero in on a specific port

  • Jan 20 Tue Fort Lauderdale depart 5:00PM

  • Jan 21 Wed At Sea

  • Jan 22 Thu Grand Cayman 10:00AM to 6:00PM

  • Jan 23 Fri At Sea

  • Jan 24 Sat Panama Canal 7:00AM to 4:30PM

  • Jan 25 Sun At Sea

  • Jan 26 Mon Manta, Ecuador 6:00AM to 7:00PM

  • Jan 27/28 Two Days At Sea

  • Jan 29/30 Two Days In Callao, Peru 7AM Overnight to 1PM

  • Jan 31/Feb 01 First Two of Four Days At Sea

  • Feb 02/Feb 03 Next Two of Four Days At Sea

  • Feb 04 Wed Easter Island 9:00AM to 6:00PM

  • Feb 05 /06 Two Days At Sea

  • Feb 07 Sat Pitcairn 10:00AM to 2:00PM

  • Feb 08/09 Two Days At Sea

  • Feb 10 Tue Papeete, Tahiti 8:00AM to 5:00PM

  • Feb 11 Wed At Sea

  • Feb 12 Thu Rarotonga, Cook Islands 8:00AM to 5:00PM

  • Feb 13 Fri Sea days after Rarotonga

  • Feb 14-17 Sat-Tue More Sea days after Rarotonga

  • Feb 18 Wed The best deal in Auckland

  • Feb 18 Wed Auckland, NZ 7:00AM to 10:00PM

  • Feb 19-20 Sea Days part 1

  • Feb 21-22 Sea Days part 2

  • Feb 23 Mon Burnie, Tasmania, Aus. 8:00AM to 6:00PM

  • Feb 23 Mon Burnie Part 2

  • Feb 24 Tue At Sea

  • Feb 25 Wed Sydney, Aus. 7:00AM to 10:00PM

  • Feb 26 Thu At Sea

  • Feb 27 Fri Brisbane, Aus. 8:00AM to 6:00PM

  • Feb 28/Mar 01 Two Days At Sea

  • Our dining companions

  • Mar 02 Mon Cairns, Aus. 7:00AM to 6:00PM

  • Mar 03/04 Two Days At Sea

  • Mar 05 Thu Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 7:00AM to 2:00PM

  • Mar 06/07 Two Days At Sea

  • Mar 08 Sun Guam 12:00PM to 7:00PM

  • Mar 09-11 Three Days At Sea

  • Mar 12 Thu Osaka, Japan 8:00AM to 8:00PM

  • Mar 13 Fri Hiroshima, Japan 9:00AM to 5:00PM

  • Mar 14 Sat At Sea

  • Mar 15 Sun Inchon, South Korea 8:00AM to 5:00PM

  • Mar 16 Mon At Sea

  • Mar 17-20 Tue-Fri China Shanghai to HongKong overland

  • Mar 21/22 Two Days At Sea

  • Mar 23-27 Mon-Fri Vietnam to Thailand overland

  • Mar 28/29 Two Days At Sea

  • Mar 30 Mon Singapore 7:00AM to 5:00PM

  • Mar 31 Tue Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 7:00AM to 6:00PM

  • Apr 01 Wed At Sea

  • Apr 02 Thu Port Blair, India 12:00PM to 7:00PM

  • Apr 03-04 First Two Days At Sea after Port Blair

  • Apr 05-06 Two more Days At Sea

  • Apr 07 Tue Bombay (Mumbai), India 7:00AM to 10:00PM

  • Apr 08 First Day At Sea after Mumbai

  • Apr 09-10 Two More Days At Sea

  • Apr 11 Sat Dubai, UAE 7:00AM to 8:00PM

  • Apr 12/13 Two Days At Sea after Dubai

  • Apr 14 Tue Salalah, Oman 7:00AM to 5:00PM

  • Apr 15-16 Two Days At Sea

  • Apr 17-18 Two More Days At Sea

  • Apr 19 Sun Safaga, Egypt 6:00AM to 10:00PM

  • Apr 20-21 Mon-Tue Red Sea day and Suez Canal

  • Apr 22 Wed Port Said, Egypt 7:00AM to 8:00PM

  • Apr 23 Thu Ashdod, Israel 7:00AM to 8:00PM

  • Apr 24/25 Two Days At Sea

  • Apr 26 Sun Istanbul, Turkey 7:00AM to 5:00PM

  • Apr 27 Mon At Sea

  • Apr 28 Tue Athens, Greece 6:00AM to 6:00PM

  • Apr 29/30 Two Days At Sea

  • May 01 Fri Venice, Italy 7:00AM to 5:00PM

  • May 02 Sat At Sea

  • May 03 Sun Messina, Sicily 8:00AM to 4:00PM

  • May 04 Mon At Sea

  • May 05 Tue Barcelona, Spain 8:00AM to 4:00PM

  • May 06 Wed Cannes, France 9:00AM to 7:00PM

  • May 07 Thu Livorno, Italy 7:00AM to 7:00PM

  • May 08 Fri Final Thoughts - Civitavecchia (Rome)< /li>
  • 1 comment:

    Sheree Clem said...

    thank you for following our website - apologies I've altered the web address today to http://clemsworldcruise.blogspot.com
    I'm looking forward to reading about your travels
    Sheree Clem