Friday 23 August 2013

Updated itinerary

To be expected - this today from Princess:

ITINERARY CHANGE
Please be advised that due to continuing security concerns and the potential
for them to disrupt our calls to Sharm el Sheikh on September 23, 2013, and
Safaga on September 25, we have decided to cancel these calls and extend our
call to Dubai to an overnight call. Ocean Princess will now arrive in Dubai on
October 1 at 1:00 p.m. and depart on October 2 at 5:00 p.m. The revised
itinerary displays in full at the end of this notification.

Pre-reserved shore excursions in Sharm el Sheikh and Safaga have been
cancelled. Additional tours in Dubai on October 1 will be available to book
online via the Cruise Personalizer at www.princess.com shortly or at the Shore
Excursion Desk once onboard. Tours may be pre-reserved through September 7.

We are sorry for any disappointment this change may cause; however, the safety
of our passengers and crew remains our highest priority. Thank you for your
attention to this notification.
Certainly better to be safe, BUT.  Anyway we still get to Petra and now looking at what to do with an extra day in Dubai - looks like a trip into the desert.  After 6 consecutive sea-days this will be a welcome change.  I see mirages already.
Pleased to report that we are in serious training for the trip.  Out for dinner last night with our friends at The Stables in Matakana (Steak night!).  Usual Friday breakfast at the Dragonfly this morning followed by lunch at Mahurangi River Estate - this was a special "Grab One" I bought 3 months ago & needed to be used! (I had venison & Vivian had rabbit).  Needless to say, there will be nothing to eat tonight.  - All good so far, but we are not planning any further gastronomic delights for a week or so.

1 comment:

  1. Darling Daughter23 August 2013 at 19:21

    Yeah ... as expected ... oh well just suppose you'll have to have another overseas trip next year to Egypt - all going well in that part of the world let's hope. Glad you're thinking on the positive side :) X

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