Upcoming holidays:

Upcoming Holidays:
25 January 2025 - Sandy is taking a four day cruise - Sydney to Hobart and return.
April 2025 - Not a cruise! - instead a trip to Brisbane to watch the Panthers vs Dolphins game, and of course to see the family.
August 2025 - And again, not a cruise! - a weekend in Sydney to see Star Wars: A New Hope, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing the music live.
27 September 2025 - Slightly early celebration for Paul's 70th birthday - 7 day Barrier Reef cruise on the Carnival (ex-P&O) Encounter.
August - September 2026 - 12 day "British Isles with France and Belfast" cruise on the Majestic Princess then a stay in the UK afterwards.


Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Ovation of the Seas Cruise Day 4: Monday 22 October

Another fairly quiet day planned apart from our ride on the North Star.  This is like one cabin of the London Eye or Singapore Flyer, on a large crane that can take it high up over the ship.
The organisation left a lot to be desired.  The ride is free, but you have to book for a specific time, which we did.  Then, just before your ride you go up to the entry area for the North Star and check in, and they give you the ticket.  Worked quite well for us, but a lot of people didn't understand the process and there wasn't any obvious way to find out.  In the few minutes we were waiting for our turn, people kept showing up without bookings and wanting to go on the ride.  The young man who was trying to organise it was getting very stressed out and it's not totally surprising either; a couple of people were quite rude to him; unnecessary (since he clearly wouldn't have been the person who created the process) and for the same reason, unlikely to achieve anything either (since he just as clearly wouldn't be senior enough to change the rules). 
The ride itself was excellent - the view from on high was astounding.

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