Sydney to Brisbane (112 Nights) - Revised Itinerary
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Introduction
The adventure begins Thursday, 02 May 2024 Tuesday, 30 April 2024 when we board the Coral Princess in Brisbane Sydney for the start of the 2024 - World Cruise and this blog. The blog will be updated when we find a few spare moments. Please check regularly as multiple blogs might be uploaded on the same day. The same is true for the photos.
This adventure is expected to include:
- 110 112 night Brisbane Sydney to Brisbane world cruise. Cruising over 34,000 35,400 nautical miles (or more than 1.5 times around the world)
- Sailing on the Coral Princess operated by the Princess Cruises line (that's her above). With 2,000 passengers and 895 crew, the ship is 294m long and with 16 decks
- Visiting 47 42 ports in 32 29 countries, including extended visitis to Aqaba (for Petra), Barcelona, Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Cobh (for an Irish Australia Day celebration), Boston and Tahiti.
- Spending a couple of days in Cape Town, Stockholm, New York and Lima
- New destinations include: Bali, the Greek island of Crete (maiden call), France's Corsica, Port Louis in Mauritius, Walvis Bay in Namibia, Mindelo in Cape Verde Islands, Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, Ijmuiden (for Amsterdam) in Netherlands, Warnemunde (for Berain Germany), Visby on Gotland Island (Sweden), Aarhus in Denmark (maiden call), Kristiansand in Norway, Le Havre in France, Edinburgh in Scotland (maiden call), two additional new ports in Iceland, Bar Harbor (Maine, USA), and hopefully this time Easter Island
- Access to over 27 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana (Pisco), The Statue of Liberty (New York) and Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island)
Pre-cruise Happenings
Segment #1 – Sydney to Tangier
Day |
Port of call |
Date |
1 |
Sydney, Australia |
30 April 2024 |
2-5 |
At Sea |
01-04 May 2024 |
6 |
Fremantle, Australia |
05 May 2024 |
7-13 |
At Sea |
06-12 May 2024 |
14 |
Port Louis, Mauritius |
13 May 2024 |
15-19 |
At Sea |
14-18 May 2024 |
20-21 |
Cape Town, South Africa |
19-20 May 2024 |
22 |
At Sea |
21 May 2024 |
23 |
Walvis Bay, Namibia |
22 May 2024 |
24-30 |
At Sea |
23-29 May 2024 |
31 |
Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands |
30 May 2024 |
32-33 |
At Sea |
30 May - 01 Jun 2024 |
34 |
Las Palmas, Canary Islands |
02 Jun 2024 |
35 |
At Sea |
03 Jun 2024 |
36 |
Tangier, Morocco |
04 Jun 2024 |
Segment #2 – Tangier to Dover
Day |
Port of call |
Date |
1 |
Tangier, Morocco |
04 Jun 2024 |
2-3 |
At Sea |
05-06 Jun 2024 |
4 |
Cobh, Ireland |
07 Jun 2024 |
5 |
At Sea |
08 Jun 2024 |
6 |
Zeebrugge, Belgium |
09 Jun 2024 |
7 |
Ijmuiden (Amsterdam), Netherlands |
10 Jun 2024 |
8 |
At Sea |
11 Jun 2024 |
9 |
Warnemunde, Germany |
12 Jun 2024 |
10 |
At Sea |
13 Jun 2024 |
11 |
Riga, Latvia |
14 Jun 2024 |
12 |
Helsinki, Finland |
15 Jun 2024 |
13 |
Tallinn, Estonia |
16 Jun 2024 |
14 |
Visby, Sweden |
17 Jun 2024 |
15 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
18 Jun 2024 |
16 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
19 Jun 2024 |
17 |
At Sea |
20 Jun 2024 |
18 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
21 Jun 2024 |
19 |
Aarhus, Denmark |
22 Jun 2024 |
20 |
Kristiansand, Norway |
23 Jun 2024 |
21 |
At Sea |
24 Jun 2024 |
22 |
Dover, United Kingdom |
25 Jun 2024 |
Segment #3 – Dover to New York
Day |
Port of call |
Date |
1 |
Dover, United Kingdom |
25 Jun 2024 |
2 |
Le Havre, France |
26 Jun 2024 |
3 |
At Sea |
27 Jun 2024 |
4 |
Queensferry (Edinburgh), Scotland |
28 Jun 2024 |
5-6 |
At Sea |
29-30 Jun 2024 |
7 |
Akureyri, Iceland |
01 Jul 2024 |
8 |
Isafjordur, Iceland |
02 Jul 2024 |
9 |
Reykjavik, Iceland |
03 Jul 2024 |
10-13 |
At Sea |
04-07 Jul 2024 |
14 |
Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia |
08 Jul 2024 |
15 |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
09 Jul 2024 |
16 |
Bar Harbor, Maine, USA |
10 Jul 2024 |
17 |
Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
11 Jul 2024 |
18 |
At Sea |
12 Jul 2024 |
19 |
New York (Manhattan), USA (day 1) |
13 Jul 2024 |
Segment #4 – New York to Brisbane
Day |
Port of call |
Date |
1 |
New York (Manhattan), USA (day 1) |
13 Jul 2024 |
2 |
New York (Manhattan), USA (day 2) |
14 Jul 2024 |
3-4 |
At Sea |
15-16 Jul 2024 |
5 |
Key West, Florida, USA |
17 Jul 2024 |
6-7 |
At Sea |
18-19 Jul 2024 |
8 |
Panama Canal - transit |
20 Jul 2024 |
9 |
At Sea (equator crossing) |
21 Jul 2024 |
10 |
Manta, Ecuador |
22 Jul 2024 |
11-12 |
At Sea |
23-24 Jul 2024 |
13 |
Lima (Callao), Peru (day 1) |
25 Jul 2024 |
14 |
Lima (Callao), Peru (day 2) |
26 Jul 2024 |
15 |
Pisco (San Martin), Peru |
27 Jul 2024 |
16-19 |
At Sea |
28-31 Jul 2024 |
20 |
Easter Island, Chile |
01 Aug 2024 |
21-22 |
At Sea |
02-03 Aug 2024 |
23 |
Pitcairn Island, Pitcairn Islands (scenic) |
04 Aug 2024 |
24-25 |
At Sea |
05-06 Aug 2024 |
26 |
Papeete, French Polynesia |
07 Aug 2024 |
27 |
Moorea, French Polynesia |
08 Aug 2024 |
28-32 |
At Sea (International Date Line) |
09-14 Aug 2024 |
33 |
Auckland, New Zealand |
15 Aug 2024 |
34 |
Bay of Islands, New Zealand |
16 Aug 2024 |
35-36 |
At Sea |
17-18 Aug 2024 |
37 |
Sydney, Australia |
19 Aug 2024 |
38 |
At Sea |
20 Aug 2024 |
39 |
Brisbane, Australia |
21 Aug 2024 |
Other key links:
- Just the photos:
- Full list of blog pages
- List of videos:
- Self-guided walking tours (with KMZ map files):
- Mindelo, Cape Verde
- Ghent, Belgium
- Warnemunde, Germany
- Helsinki, Finland
- Visby, Sweden
This trip is on the Coral Princess. Click to open a new tab of the current ship's bridge cam. The ship's current location is available on Vessel Finder and Sea Scanner. A recent view of the ship's bridge cam:
Some more fun facts about our 2024 World Cruise
Crossing 3 4 oceans and at least 25 9 seas, including:
- Pacific Ocean (north and south)
- Indian Ocean
- Atlantic Ocean (north and south) “The Pond”
- Mediterranean Sea
- Baltic Sea
- Caribbean Sea - "Order of the Spanish Main"
- Tasman Sea - "Crossing the Ditch"
Through at least 24 16 gulfs, straits, fjords and channels, including:
- Gulf of Aden (aka "Pirate Alley")
- Strait of Gibraltar - "Order of the Rock"
- English Channel
- Fjords: Eyjafjörður and Ísafjarðardjúp in Iceland - first time for both of these fjords
Into at least 22 25 canals, rivers, lakes, bays and harbours, including:
- Suez Canal plus Great Bitter Lake - "Safari to Suez"
- Panama Canal plus Gatun Lake - "Order of the Ditch"
- Brisbane and Hudson Rivers
- Sydney Harbour
Crossing five different major invisible lines:
- Tropic of Capricorn
- Equator crossing (twice) - "Shellback"
- Tropic of Cancer (twice) - "Ducking and shaving"
- Prime meridian (three times)
- International Date Line – westward for the "Domain of the Golden Dragon"
We will also be:
- visiting Cobh for their wonderful Australia Day party
- returning to Halifax for the "Order of the Good Time"
- completing a third continuous lap around the world - "Order of Magellan"
Updates
07 Feb 2024: With just 85 days to go, there was a major itinerary change annouced by Princess today:
Based on the current security environment and future uncertainties in this area of the world, we have made the difficult decision to reroute this cruise to bypass the Red Sea and surrounding region, including transit of the Suez Canal.
As a result, you will now embark two days earlier than originally scheduled and in a different port — in Sydney on Tuesday, 30 April, instead of in Brisbane on Thursday, 2 May.
In addition, we will no longer visit Asia, the Middle East, or the Mediterranean. Instead, after leaving Sydney we will travel to Fremantle then on to South Africa and up the west coast of Africa, exploring one-of-a-kind destinations along the way. From there we will resume our schedule in Tangier.
Princess will fly us down to Sydney and we will have two extra nights on-board at no cost (now 112 nights). In addition, they have been very generous and have offered a Future Cruise Credit of 15% of the cruise fare and $750 each onboard credit.
30 Jan 2024: The following was reported in today's press: MIAMI, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) is committed to the safety and well-being of its guests and crew and has been actively monitoring the situation in the Red Sea and surrounding region. Given recent developments and in close consultation with global security experts and government authorities, the Company has made the decision to reroute itineraries for 12 ships across seven brands, which were scheduled to transit the Red Sea through May 2024. This World Cruise on the Coral Princess is one of the 12 ships.
In another news release, the company advised that the itinerary for the upcoming world cruise on the Coral Princess is currently being “re-worked” and expected in three days.
14 Dec 2023: Final payment for this cruise was made today. After the challenges of the past few years, it's now very real. Fingers crossed we'll be able to cruise the Red Sea (due to attacks from Houthi militants in Yemen). Only 140 days to go...
01 Feb 2023: The two-day visit to St. Petersburg, Russia has been cancelled. It has been replaced by an extra day in Stockholm (now cruising to the port near the city centre) and adding a call to Visby, Sweden on the island of Gotland. That's very good news.
10 Nov 2021: Our expected 107-night 2022 World Cruise was cancelled due to Australian COVID-19 restrictions. Princess offered to transfer to the 110-night 2024 World Cruise on the Coral Princess for the same price and we accepted. Just over 900 days until embarkation...
15 Sep 2020: Today we booked the 2022 World Cruise on the Coral Princess - only 613 days until embarkation. The adventure begins 20 May 2022 when we board the Coral Princess in Brisbane. Note: Little did we know it would be changed to the 2024 World Cruise from Brisbane. That's 1,326 days (or 3 years, 7 months, 18 days) between booking and the new embarkation - a serious countdown!
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