Roleystone Down Under: We are Cruzin...

When we were in Sydney harbour in April 2007 we saw this enormous luxury oceanliner. We were so impressed with this ship we took some shots of it. Check out the size of the people on the wharf for scale! Several months after arriving back home in Perth, Juanita was surfing the net & clicked something and a promotion appeared featuring an amazing cruise on the 2,700 passenger Sapphire Princess. We decided this was a great opportunity to see China (3 ports), Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore & Thailand over 16 nights & relax, so we booked the trip and we will be off to Beijing in December. We managed to organise 3 nights pre-cruise at the Sheraton Beijing & 3 nights post-cruise at the Shangri-La Bangkok.

It was not until after we had booked the cruise & had paid for it that we realised we had taken a picture of the same ship in Sydney Harbour earlier in the year.

We are now counting down...after the cruise we will post our review & pictures to this blog...

This is our Itinerary
16 NIGHTS BEIJING TO BANGKOK - SAPPHIRE PRINCESS
DAY PORT ARRIVE DEPART
04 Dec 07 Beijing (Tianjin), China - Embark
05 Dec 07 At Sea - -
06 Dec 07 Nagasaki, Japan 12:00PM 6:00PM
07 Dec 07 At Sea - -
08 Dec 07 Shanghai, China 7:00AM 6:00PM
09 Dec 07 At Sea - -
10 Dec 07 Okinawa, Japan 7:00AM 2:00PM
11 Dec 07 Taipei (Keelung), Taiwan 9:00AM 6:00PM
12 Dec 07 At Sea - -
13 Dec 07 Hong Kong, China 8:00AM 6:00PM
14 Dec 07 At Sea - -
15 Dec 07 Nha Trang, Vietnam 9:00AM 6:00PM
16 Dec 07 Ho Chi Minh City (Vung Tau), Vietnam 7:00AM 7:00PM
17 Dec 07 At Sea - -
18 Dec 07 Singapore 8:00AM 5:00PM
19 Dec 07 At Sea - -
20 Dec 07 Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Thailand Disembark

Click this link to see a YouTube of the ship

Sapphire Princess Leaves Sydney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d56iwjEcQms&mode=related&search=

There has been another development. We have come across another amazing cruise on the Ledgends of the Seas. Rome to Singapore 27 days 2008. Looks like this could be our next cruising highlight, there is a strong possiblity we may place a reservation on a cabin on this cruise this week!