We're Going Down Under

January 19, 2015

We can hardly believe that in just 3 days we leave for our Cruise of Australia and New Zealand. This is our third attempt at this journey. In 2012 and 2013 we were forced to cancel our bookings for medical reasons. This time nothing is stopping us.

We arrive in Sydney on Saturday morning, and will spend 3 days touring, before we board Celebrity Solstice on Tuesday. Sunday we will take an excursion to the Blue Mountains. Monday is Australia Day.We will stay in the city, and have booked a dinner cruise on the harbor for views of the fireworks from the water. Many others on the Cruise Critic Roll Call for this journey have also booked the dinner cruise.

This will be our first voyage on Celebrity as we have been dedicated Holland America cruisers. We will be starting out on a new line with a larger ship, 2850 passengers, and no special perks. We will have 46 days to see how we like Celebrity. We know we will miss the free laundry perk we have on Holland America.

This is our ship

This is our itinerary:

Segment 1

Day	Date	Port	Arrive	Depart
Day  1	Tue, Jan 27	Sydney, Australia		6:30PM
Day  2	Wed, Jan 28	At Sea
Day  3	Thu, Jan 29	Hobart, Tasmania	8:00AM	6:00PM
Day  4	Fri, Jan 30	At Sea
Day  5	Sat, Jan 31	At Sea
Day  6	Sun, Feb 01	Milford Sound, New Zealand	8:00AM	9:00AM
Day  6	Sun, Feb 01	Doubtful Sound, New Zealand	1:00PM	2:00PM
Day  6	Sun, Feb 01	Dusky Sound, New Zealand	4:00PM	5:30PM
Day  7	Mon, Feb 02	Dunedin, New Zealand	9:00AM	7:00PM
Day  8	Tue, Feb 03	Akaroa, New Zealand	8:00AM	6:00PM
Day  9	Wed, Feb 04	Wellington, New Zealand	8:00AM	6:00PM
Day  10	Thu, Feb 05	At Sea
Day  11	Fri, Feb 06	Tauranga, New Zealand	6:45AM	6:00PM
Day  12	Sat, Feb 07	Bay Of Islands, New Zealand	7:00AM	6:00PM
Day  13	Sun, Feb 08	Auckland, New Zealand	6:00AM

Segment 2

Day	Date	Port	Arrive	Depart
Day  1	Sun, Feb 08	Auckland, New Zealand		8:00PM
Day  2	Mon, Feb 09	Tauranga, New Zealand	8:00AM	6:00PM
Day  3	Tue, Feb 10	At Sea
Day  4	Wed, Feb 11	Akaroa, New Zealand	8:00AM	6:00PM
Day  5	Thu, Feb 12	Dunedin, New Zealand	7:00AM	5:00PM
Day  6	Fri, Feb 13	Dusky Sound, New Zealand	8:00AM	9:00AM
Day  6	Fri, Feb 13	Doubtful Sound, New Zealand	11:30AM	1:00PM
Day  6	Fri, Feb 13	Milford Sound, New Zealand	4:30PM	6:00PM
Day  7	Sat, Feb 14	At Sea
Day  8	Sun, Feb 15	At Sea
Day  9	Mon, Feb 16	Sydney, Australia	6:30AM	10:00PM
Day  10	Tue, Feb 17	At Sea
Day  11	Wed, Feb 18	Melbourne, Australia	8:00AM	6:00PM
Day  12	Thu, Feb 19	At Sea
Day  13	Fri, Feb 20	Adelaide, Australia	8:00AM	6:00PM
Day  14	Sat, Feb 21	At Sea
Day  15	Sun, Feb 22	At Sea
Day  16	Mon, Feb 23	Esperance, Australia	8:00AM	5:00PM
Day  17	Tue, Feb 24	At Sea
Day  18	Wed, Feb 25	Perth (Fremantle), Australia	6:30AM

Segment 3

Day	Date	Port	Arrive	Depart
Day  1	Wed, Feb 25	Perth (Fremantle), Australia		8:00PM
Day  2	Thu, Feb 26	At Sea
Day  3	Fri, Feb 27	At Sea
Day  4	Sat, Feb 28	Port Hedland, Australia	8:00AM	4:00PM
Day  5	Sun, Mar 01	At Sea
Day  6	Mon, Mar 02	Benoa, Bali, Indonesia	8:00AM	6:00PM
Day  7	Tue, Mar 03	At Sea
Day  8	Wed, Mar 04	At Sea
Day  9	Thu, Mar 05	Darwin, Australia	7:00AM	4:00PM
Day  10	Fri, Mar 06	At Sea
Day  11	Sat, Mar 07	At Sea
Day  12	Sun, Mar 08	Cairns, Australia	12:00PM	8:00PM
Day  13	Mon, Mar 09	At Sea
Day  14	Tue, Mar 10	At Sea
Day  15	Wed, Mar 11	Brisbane, Australia	7:00AM	6:00PM
Day  16	Thu, Mar 12	At Sea
Day  17	Fri, Mar 13	Newcastle, Australia	8:00AM	6:00PM
Day  18	Sat, Mar 14	Sydney, Australia	6:30AM

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