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Sydney port has got Anthem and Celebrity Edge booked for the 27-28 season. Plus solstice is there with the usual suspects. If anyone missed it , Lelepa begins construction later this year.

Things don’t add up , I can’t see a tender wharf costing that not to mention a Beach club.

Construction starts at the end of the year and a dock for cruise ships?? https://www.dailypost.vu/news/groundbreaking-for-vt6-billion-cruise-tourism-project-on-lelepa-set-for-end-of-2025/article_8696a4e5-0065-570c-9f60-04f5dbf4c5c5.html

For Ovation, I believe they are adding more suits. Family and panoramic . The only place I can think they would put them is in the health and gym area. I suppose the gym would then be moved to the upper deck on the seaplex. No room for a playmaker then .

We get Voyager instead

I really can’t see it happening. Even though it looks to be down sized,there is still a lot of money to be spent in a remote part of the world. Theres a dock ,a sewage system,water supply and electricity ,Then the buildings. At best it might get 2 ships a week more like 1 per week.

@twangster didn’t you speculate Navigator might go to Australia for the opening of Lelepa?

Not for me , I get psychotic episodes after 4 days at sea . Tokyo to Singapore should be good but the itinerary is a bit lame.

The deal where Black Rock is buying Hutchison ports has been blocked by the Chinese government for now. But it seems if Blackrock takes over Hayes dock in Port Botany they probably won’t be allowed to operate it as a freight terminal. They will probably have to sell it or find another use for it . A CRUISE TERMINAL ?? https://www.thedcn.com.au/subscriber-content/hph-sale-aust-implications-yet-to-unfold/

It would be nice if it stayed in Asia doing something like Celebrity millennium ,its heavily booked for the next couple of years. Singapore to India,Singapore to Japan. It will probably go back to L.A.

I usually see things in the bottom of a bottle.

Where did you see this ?

It has a Hong Kong port call in March ,it could be a revenue. https://www.kaitakcruiseterminal.com.hk/schedule/2027-2/

Navigator in Singapore should be out next week I hoping to book a Tokyo to Singapore leg

We are kind of half day ahead of America I believe. But sometime this week , wonder if there some visits to Lelepa?

26-27 should be out this week, I think it’s usually around Wednesday.

Hong Kong has bookings for Navigator transit to Singapore. https://www.kaitakcruiseterminal.com.hk/schedule/2026-2/

https://cruisepassenger.com.au/news/surprising-reason-a-milford-sound-cruise-ban-is-under-review/

https://cruisepassenger.com.au/news/nz-operators-fight-attempts-to-halt-cruise-in-milford-sound-as-government-dithers/#:~:text=The Milford Opportunities Project wants,the vision of the plan.”

If it’s true , going to hurt their bookings . The only reason I would go to the South Island is to see the sounds . The rest are all ugly industrial ports .

They were talking about banning ships in Milford