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Saturday 29 April 2017

GBR cruise summary April 2017

As promised, this is a brief summary of our latest cruise.
Booked about 15 months ago, it eventually came around with a few minor itinerary changes including a change as we boarded.

 Final Itinerary

  • 7th April 2017: Depart Brisbane 6pm
  • 8th April 2017: Sea day
  • 9th April 2017: Sea day with scenic cruising Willis Island 1-2pm
  • 10th April 2017: Port Douglas (tender) 7am-6pm
  • 11th April 2017: Cairns 7am-overnight
  • 12th April 2017: Cairns departure-6.30am
  • 13th April 2017: Sea day
  • 14th April 2017: Sea day
  • 15th April 2017: Sydney (OPT) 7am-4pm
  • 16th April 2017: Sea day
  • 17th April 2017: Brisbane 7am






  
We had a fabulous cruise, it just wasn't long enough. 
For port info see the previous posts. I have included menus for the MDR (main dining room) on most days as well. For other stats, movies shown, entertainers, production shows, staff etc see below.

 Cruise Line: Princess cruises
Ship: Sea Princess
Cruise: 10 night Great Barrier Reef cruise.
Voyage: C705B
Cabin: P335, outside Cat. OC Deck 5.
Captain: Aldo Traverso
Cruise Director: Jen Glancey
Movies 
These were shown during the voyage either at MUTS (movies under the stars) or the Vista lounge. Movies were usually replayed the following day on your stateroom TV.
  • Jackie (2016)
  • Hidden Figures
  • Jurassic World
  • Inferno (2016)
  • Moonlight
  • Eddie the Eagle
  • The Girl on the Train (2016)
  • La La Land
  • Lion (2016)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Ghostbusters (2016)
  • Passengers (2016)
Production Shows
  • Stardust
  • Disco..Blame it on the Boogie
  • Sweet Soul Music
  • British Invasion
Guest Entertainers
  • Tribute: Monty Cotton-Johnny Cash
  • Tribute:The Blues Bros.
  • Tribute: Greg Andrews- Elton John
  • Comedian: Jason Ryder
  • Comedian: Chris Radburn
  • Comedy Magic: Adam Dean
  • Piano Entertainer: Brian Johnson

We managed to see all the production shows, most of the guest entertainers and only 2 movies.

So that's our cruise for the year. The 2018-2019 itineraries came out a few days ago and I have been pouring over them trying to decide what to do. Of course we are still locked to school holidays and after both our April cruises in recent years having been altered due to cyclones, I'm thinking we should try for early December again. There are murmurings by my cruising buddies of possibly a snow skiing trip so watch this space for 2018. (I'm not sure who is going to turn my bed down and leave a chocolate on the pillow if we go skiing though!)
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