And so it is 2017 and I can now say that this year I am going on a Transpacific cruise.
Even better, I can say that I am going to Disneyland Paris this month. I have to admit I have missed my favourite Mouse House. In about two weeks, I should have a better idea what to expect as this will be the start of the Season of the Force. I am not really a Star Wars fan, but I am excited about this as this is something completely new for Disneyland Paris and also because if concentrates on Walt Disney Studios. Normally the special events are always at the Disneyland Park.
I am still kind of dragging my heels about our upcoming cruise. I am really looking forward to this, but somehow I am not inspired to look at shore excursions or at what to do in the different ports. Hopefully inspiration will hit nearer the time.
I have however done some planning for this trip. Last week, somebody on our cruise meet thread posted a reminder that people will need to get an electronic visa for Australia. That got me motivated to actually do something about this. My visa confirmation came through very quickly, but Graham's took a couple of hours to come through. Still, we both have our eVisitor visas now.
I still had a little time until I needed to leave for work and decided I may as well do something about dining reservations. I talked to Graham and 7:15 PM dinner sounded good to him. So I have now made our reservations. I have two evenings were I made other arrangements. On the first night, I made a 7:30 PM reservation at Izumi, which is their Japanese restaurant. We ate there on the first night on the last cruise and this really worked out for us. On every cruise we have ever been on, the first night in the dining was a bit of a mess and this is a nice way to avoid it. On the second night, I made a 8:00 PM reservation for the dining room as this is traditionally the night on which they hold the Captain's welcome reception and offer a photo with the Captain. I have a couple of nights that I am not entirely sure about. We have an overnight stop in Fiji and a late departure in Maui and I may end up changing the reservations for those days once we made up our minds what we want to do in those ports.
The last thing that caught my attention is the all access tour. This is a behind the scenes tour that includes visits to the galley, laundry, engine room and the bridge. This used to be crazy expensive, but they just halved the cost for this and this is now suddenly looking attractive as a one off treat. So I think we will probably book this.
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