Monday, January 27, 2020

Majestic Princess - September 2020 - Birthday cruise!

Well we've booked a cruise for September when Princess had their $1 deposit offer. We had been eyeing off this cruise so thought we might as well book it as it's no biggie if we end up cancelling, we'll only lose our deposit of $3!

This is a 12 night Fiji cruise which includes a few ports we have never been to before. Dravuni Island, SavuSavu and Lautoko it also includes a BIG birthday celebration. It's a must that we celebrate on a cruise. If this cruise happens to fall through we've got a back up of a short 3 nighter which includes the big day.

As it will be the three of us again I have booked a suite (and it's appropriate for a birthday celebration) as these are substantially bigger than a balcony standard cabin which we found just too small for three adults. We had looked at booking two cabins but it really adds to the cost. I think this should do us just nicely. How lucky are we!!

I can't wait for our cruises but I guess I need to be patient being that the first one is still 8 months away! As with the Christmas one, it does give us time to save up and to get our new passports.

Bring on September!!

Thursday, January 2, 2020

Celebrity Solstice Christmas 2020 - booked!

Well we've booked our very first cruise of 2020 and it's a 10 night Christmas cruise! 357 days and counting...

It's on board the Celebrity Solstice which is a ship we've never been on before, heading to the north island of New Zealand. We can't wait!

We're in a Deluxe Veranda stateroom on Deck 7 and we got bonus drinks packages, woop! Look out cocktail bar.

So far I've decided we'll do the Waiheke Island HoHo bus when we're in Auckland and the Marlborough Flyer Steam train when we're in Picton. At this stage the other stops we'll just wander around.

The itinerary is: Bay of Island, Auckland, Tauranga, Napier and Picton. We'll be at sea on Christmas Day, Napier for a birthday (or two!) and Picton for New Years Eve. What a cruise.

Final payment is September so that gives us a bit of time to save up :-)

We may just have to book a cruise between now and then to get us though! Possibly one in September as we've got a big birthday to celebrate.

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