Sydney to North America (62 Nights)

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• Introduction
• Map of cruise (zoomable Google map)
• Cruise #1 - Sydney to LA Repositioning
  
• Cruise #2 - Pacific Wine Country
• Rocky Mountaineer - Discovery Circle
• Cruise #3 - Voyage of Glaciers (Northbound)
• Cruise #4 - Voyage of Glaciers (Southbound)
• Other Key Links

Introduction

The adventure begins 11 April 2025 when we board the Royal Princess in Sydney for the start of the 2025 - Pacific North America adventure 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 covers 62 nights and includes:

• Sydney to LA repositioning on the Royal Princess (27 nights)
• Pacific Wine Country cruise continuing on the same ship (7 nights)
• Discovery Circle Journey Lake Louise on the Rocky Mountaineer (8 nights)
• Voyage of the Glaciers (Northbound) on the Coral Princess (7 nights)
• Voyage of the Glaciers (Southbound) returning to Vancouver on the same ship (7 nights)
• 6 extra nights in Vancouver

Cruise #1 – Sydney to Los Angeles repositioning

Cruise #2 – Pacific Wine Country

Rocky Mountaineer - Discovery Circle

Cruise #3 – Voyage of the Glaciers (Northbound)

Cruise #4 – Voyage of the Glaciers (Southbound)

Other key links:

• Just the photos:
• Cruise #1 and #2 - Sydney to Vancouver
• Rocky Mountaineer - Discovery Circle
• Extra days in Vancouver
• Cruise #3 and #4 - Voyage of the Glaciers (North and South)
• Full list of blog pages
  
• List of videos:
• Silent Disco Experience - 13 April 2025 (35 seconds)
• Tauranga sail-away (timelapse) - 15 April 2025 (30 seconds)
• David's self-guided walking tours (with KMZ map files):
• TBA
• Other walking tours:
• TBA

Welcome from David and Lyn.

The format of our site is in three parts:

1. Blog server - our day-to-day travel blogs (this website)
2. Photo server - some of our key photos
3. YouTube channel - our videos (many linked directly from our blogs)

The site includes hundreds of searchable travel blogs. Some of our longer trips are listed below. 

General travel

• Bridge cams - Princess
• Unofficial Travel Awards
• Equator Crossings
• International Date Line

About

• David
• The Thalassophile (lover of the sea)
• The Musician - Uke resources
• The Presenter
• The Photographer
• The Ham (VK4DCP) - Ham resources
• The Vexillophile (flags)
• Lyn
• Countries visited: #1 to #25 | #26 to #50 | #51 to #75 | #76 to #100 | #101+
• Summary of cruises - Pre COVID-19 / Post COVID-19 

Thank you for visiting our website.

Best regards

David and Lyn
e-mail: brizzy@outlook.com.au

Cruise countdown

2025 Pacific North America - Blog Starting Page

2026 New Zealand Cruise - Blog Starting Page

2027 Circle Pacific Cruise - Blog Starting Page

Links to major adventures
2025 Pacific North America Cruise Blog - Apr 2025 to June 2025 Cruise #1 - Sydney to LA Repositioning Cruise #2 - Pacific Wine Country Rocky Mountaineer - Discovery Circle Cruise #3 - Voyage of Glaciers (Northbound) Cruise #4 - Voyage of Glaciers (Southbound)
2024 - World Cruise on the Coral Princess Blog - Apr 2024 to Aug 2024 Photos Segment #1: Sydney to Tangier - 35 Days Segment #2: Tangier to Dover (via Baltic) - 21 Days Segment #3: Dover to New York - 18 Days Segment #4: New York to Brisbane - 38 Days
2020 – Indian Ocean & South Africa Odyssey + Southern Australia Explorer Blog - Jan 2020 to Mar 2020 Photos
2019 - Hawaii, Tahiti and South Pacific cruise on the Sea Princess
Blog - Aug 2019 to Oct 2019 Photos
2018 - World Cruise on the Sea Princess
Blog - Jun 2018 to Sept 2018
Photos Segment #1: Brisbane to Dubai - 19 Days Segment #2: Dubai to London - 30 Days Segment #3: London to New York - 20 Days Segment #4: New York to Brisbane - 37 Days
2017 - Cherry Blossom cruise (a.k.a. China - Japan cruise)
Blog - March 2017 to April 2017 Photos
2016 - World Cruise on the Sea Princess
Blog - May 2016 to Aug 2016
Photos Segment #1: Sydney to Dubai – 20 Days Segment #2: Dubai to London – 35 Days Segment #3: London to New York – 11 Days Segment #4: New York to Sydney – 38 Days Home Leg: Sydney to Brisbane – 2 Days
2015 - Hawaii, Tahiti and South Pacific cruise on the Sun Princess
Blog - Jul. 2015 to Aug. 2015 Photos
2014 - South East Asia on the MV Voyager
Blog - Feb. 2014 to Mar. 2014
Photos Leg #1 Treasures of Asia Leg #2 Colours of the Indian Ocean
2012 - Caribbean cruise on the MV Voyager
Blog (by Lyn) - Nov 2012 to Jan 2013
Photos (by David and Lyn) Leg #1 Voyage to the Caribbean Leg #2 Caribbean Gems Leg #3 A Tapestry of Central America
2011 – Far East cruise on the MV Discovery
Blog (by David) - Dec 2011 to Feb 2012
Photos (by David) Leg #1 Treasures of the Orient and Vietnam Leg #2 Empires of the Sun Leg #3 South East Asia and Australia
2010 - Caribbean cruise on the MV Discovery
Blog (by David) - Nov 2010 to Jan 2011
Photos (by David)  Leg #1 Discovery of the New World Leg #2 Colonial Trails of the Caribbean Leg #3 Tales of the Old Spanish Main
2009 - Grand Voyage of Discovery from Mumbai (India) to London on the MV Discovery
Blog (by David) - Mar 2009 to May 2009
Photos (by David) Leg #1 India and The Persian Gulf Leg #2 Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean Leg #3 Black Sea, Turkey and Greek Isles Leg #4 European - mainly the Mediterranean

Brisbane to Brisbane (14 Nights)

Other key links:

• 2026 New Zealand Cruise Photos

This trip is on the Crown Princess. Open a new tab of the current ship's bridge cam.

Updates:

18 April 2025 - Booked cruise, 304 days to go...

Reference:

Past New Zealand cruise: Coral Princess, 05-19 Dec 2022

Wednesday, 16th April 2025
Overcast and very windy in Auckland today, with just a few spots of rain.

Wandered around town and stocked up on supplies from the chemist before meeting Lyn’s nephew, Nick, for a lovely lunch at Le Chef.

We were due to sail out of Auckland at 7.00pm, but due to Cyclone Tam hovering around the Coral Sea, departure time was brought forward to 4.30pm. We were then advised it was unsafe to leave today and that it may even be as late as Friday before conditions improved. A further update would be provided on Thursday morning.

Thursday, 17 Apr 2025
Due to large swells and very high winds, we will not be sailing until midday Friday. Unfortunately, that means we will miss American Samoa on Saturday ... heading straight to French Polynesia. The weather was dismal, so we spent the day onboard.

Friday, 18 Apr 2025
The weather had improved significantly, so we took the opportunity to stretch our legs. It was Good Friday and the city was pretty deserted, although there seemed to be a lot of police and security around.

As expected, the Royal Princess sailed out of Auckland at midday.

Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025
Sailed into Tauranga very early this morning to a lovely fine day. The ship berthed at Mount Manganui … population approx. 7,250.

Time to stretch our legs with a nice long walk around the mountain.

This is a very pretty place, with lots of people enjoying the beach and a few surfers catching some waves. Apparently, this is a very popular holiday destination, with plenty of boutiques and specialty shops to browse through. I’m not sure why, but most of the restaurants didn't open until mid-afternoon!

A chilli and prawn pizza and a beer at the Mellick Irish Pub ended a lovely day.

Sail-away time-lapse video (30 seconds):

Tonight’s entertainment in the Piazza … Showcase with Royal Dancers, Officers and Crew; and Showtime Buble, Broadway and Beyond.

In the Princess Theatre … Princess World Orchestra - Rock Edition.

Wow … the calibre of entertainers is exceptional.

For more photos / album slideshow:

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