Well here I am - officially booked on the full
2012 World Cruise on Queen Mary 2 which includes the full circumnavigation of Australia. Funny how a two or three people didn't believe I was actually going but hey it's their loss. I invited people who turned me down and I'm not even going to give them a second thought beyond this short blog entry.
There is too much to look forward to than to dwell on people who didn't have enough trust in me to believe this would actually come to pass. I've been meeting fellow shipmates via Facebook and anyone booked on the 2012 World Cruise or any of it's segments are invited to join the Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108081605886749It is indeed an exciting itinerary, if I didn't release before now, here it is:
January, 2012Jan 10 Southampton, England Embark PM
11-12 W-TH Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
13 F Madeira (Funchal), Portugal Full Day
14 S Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands Full Day
15-21 SU-S Cruising the Atlantic Ocean (cross the Equator)
22 SU Swakopmund (Walvis Bay), Namibia Maiden Call Full Day
23 M Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
24 T Cape Town, South Africa (Overnight) Full Day & Overnight
25 W Cape Town, South Africa (Overnight) Full Day & Overnight
26 TH Cape Town, South Africa Full Day
27 F Cruising the Indian Ocean
28 S Durban, South Africa Full Day
29-31 SU-T Cruising the Indian Ocean
February, 2012Feb 1 W Port Louis, Mauritius Full Day
2-7 TH-T Cruising the Indian Ocean
8 W Perth (Fremantle), Australia Full Day
9-10 TH-F Cruising the Great Australian Bight
11 S Adelaide, Australia Full Day
12-13 SU-M Cruising the Great Australian Basin & Tasman Sea
14 T Sydney, Australia Full Day & Evening
15 W Cruising the Tasman Sea
16 TH Brisbane, Australia Full Day
17 F Cruising the Coral Sea
18 S Whitsunday Islands (for the Great Barrier
Reef), Australia
Full Day
19 SU Cairns (Yorkeys Knob), Australia Full Day
20-21 M-T Cruising the Arafura Sea
22 W Darwin, Australia Maiden Call Full Day
23 TH Cruising the Timor Sea
24 F Bali (Padang Bay), Indonesia Full Day
25-27 S-M Cruising the Indian Ocean
28 T Perth (Fremantle), Australia Full Day
Feb 29 W Cruising the Indian Ocean
March, 2012Mar 1-2 TH-F Cruising the Great Australian Basin
3 S Adelaide, Australia Full Day
4 SU Cruising the Great Australian Basin
5 M Melbourne, Australia Full Day
6 T Cruising the Tasman Sea
7 W Sydney, Australia Full Day & Evening
8-11 TH-SU Cruising the Tasman Sea & the Solomon Sea
12 M Rabaul, Papua New Guinea Full Day
13-14 T-W Cruising the Pacific Ocean
15 TH Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Full Day
16-17 F-S Cruising the Pacific Ocean
18 SU Osaka, Japan (for Kyoto) Full Day & Evening
19 M Cruising the Pacific Ocean
20 T Hiroshima, Japan Maiden Call Full Day
21 W Nagasaki, Japan Full Day
22 TH Cruising the East China Sea
23 F Shanghai, China Full Day
24 S Cruising the East China Sea
25 SU Hong Kong (Overnight) Half Day - Afternoon &
Overnight
26 M Hong Kong Full Day & Evening
27-28 T-W Cruising the South China Sea
29 TH Ho Chi Minh City (Phu My), Vietnam Full Day
30 F Cruising Gulf of Thailand
31 S Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Thailand Full Day
April, 2012Apr 1 SU Cruising South China Sea
2 M Singapore Full Day
3 T Cruising the Andaman Sea
4 W Phuket, Thailand Full Day
5-6 TH-F Cruising the Bay of Bengal
7 S Cochin, India Full Day
8-10 SU-T Cruising the Arabian Sea
11 W Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Overnight) Full Day & Overnight
12 TH Dubai, United Arab Emirates Full Day
13 F Muscat (Mina Qaboos), Oman Full Day
14-17 S-T Cruising the Arabian Sea & Red Sea
18 W Sokhna, Egypt (for Cairo & Giza) Full Day
19 TH Transit the Suez Canal
20 F Cruising the Mediterranean Sea
21 S Athens (Piraeus), Greece Full Day
22-24 SU-T Cruising the Mediterranean Sea
25 W Lisbon, Portugal Full Day
26 TH Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
27 F Southampton, England Disembark AM
SINGLE OCCUPANCY PRICING Single Occupancy ●The following is based upon single occupancy (one person in one cabin) ●Pricing includes port charges and taxes ●Pricing includes insurance as indicated
With Insurance from Cunard | Category | Deposit Required | On-Board Credit | Total** including deposit | | D5 Inside | $5,485.00 | $650 | $40,672.11 | | C2 Outside | $6,607.00 | $650 | $48,825.65 | | B2 In- Hull Balcony | $7,480.00 | $1,050 | $55,167.78 | | B1 In- Hull Balcony | $7,729.00 | $1,050 | $56,979.19 | | A4 - Balcony | $7.729.00 | $1,050 | $56,979.19 | | A2 - Balcony | $8,802.00 | $1,050 | $64,770.89 | | P2 - Princess Grill | $15,674.00 | $1,300 | $114,882.48 | | Q6 - Queen's Grill | $21,374.00 | $1,800 | $157,818.68 |
Without Insurance from Cunard | Category | Deposit Required | On-Board Credit | Total** including deposit | | D5 Inside | $5,485.00 | $650 | $37,384.83 | | C2 Outside | $6,607.00 | $650 | $44,865.83 | | B2 In- Hull Balcony | $7,480.00 | $1,050 | $50,684.83 | | B1 In- Hull Balcony | $7,729.00 | $1,050 | $52,346.83 | | A4 - Balcony | $7.729.00 | $1,050 | $52,346.83 | | A2 - Balcony | $8,802.00 | $1,050 | $59,495.83 | | P2 - Princess Grill | $15,674.00 | $1,300 | $105308.83 | | Q6 - Queen's Grill | $21,374.00 | $1,800 | $143308.83 | |
DOUBLE OCCUPANCY PRICING Double Occupancy ●The following is based upon double occupancy (two people in one cabin) ●Pricing includes port charges and taxes ●Pricing includes insurance as indicated
With Insurance from Cunard | Category | Deposit Required | On-Board Credit | Total** including deposit | | D5 Inside | $6,268.00 | $1,150.00 | $47,183.08 | | C2 Outside | $7,551.00 | $1,150.00 | $56,502.96 | | B2 In- Hull Balcony | $8,548.00 | $1,800.00 | $63,750.74 | | B1 In- Hull Balcony | $8,833.00 | $1,800.00 | $65,820.62 | | A4 - Balcony | $8,833.00 | $1,800.00 | $65,820.62 | | A2 - Balcony | $10,059.00 | $1,800.00 | $74,726.50 | | P2 - Princess Grill | $15,673.00 | $2,300.00 | $115,520.34 | | Q6 - Queen's Grill | $21,373.00 | $3,300.00 | $156,937.02 |
Without Insurance from Cunard | Category | Deposit Required | On-Board Credit | Total** including deposit | | D5 Inside | $6,268.00 | $1,150.00 | $43,426.30 | | C2 Outside | $7,551.00 | $1,150.00 | $51,977.42 | | B2 In- Hull Balcony | $8,548.00 | $1,800.00 | $58,627.38 | | B1 In- Hull Balcony | $8,833.00 | $1,800.00 | $60,526.52 | | A4 - Balcony | $8,833.00 | $1,800.00 | $60,526.52 | | A2 - Balcony | $10,059.00 | $1,800.00 | $68,697.80 | | P2 - Princess Grill | $15,673.00 | $2,300.00 | $106,126.78 | | Q6 - Queen's Grill | $21,373.00 | $3,300.00 | $144,127.22 | |
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I simply cannot wait!
I probably shouldn't have to tell you this but tonight begins Season 8 for Project Runway. It looks like it might be a fun and promising season, and, if you click the following link you can get a sneak peak at this season's designers (a rather large group this time): http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway
