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10 Night P&O Cruise from Sydney to Great Barrier Reef, Oceanview Stateroom (Obstructed) Twin $788 pp via Ozcruising

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10 Night P&O Cruise from Sydney to Great Barrier Reef, Oceanview Stateroom (Obstructed) Twin $788 pp via Ozcruising
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LTimTamothy on 27/08/2022 - 21:18 ozcruising.com.au (4983 clicks)
Last edited 28/08/2022 - 17:20 by 1 other user

The cheap interior rooms look like they're booked out. But come join me on a cruise with an Ocean view :)

Still left, per person. Minimum 2:
Interior Stateroom $775 ———- $77.50 per night
Oceanview Stateroom (Obstructed) $788 ———- $78.80 per night
Oceanview Stateroom 969 ——— $96.90 per night

Edit: 28/8 5PM
Still rooms left at the above prices. Did see a 6 hundred pop up earlier today, maybe because of some cancellations. YMMV.

Also, keep in mind the drinks and wifi aren't included. According to some googling, you're only allowed 12 cans of non-alcoholic drinks on board. I just went with the basic "soft drinks package" which was $10 / day. So $100 total.

Beverage Packages:
Soft Drinks Package ——- $10/day
Spring Water Pckg ——— $21 for 6 bottles
Refreshments Drinks (Soft Drinks + Mocktails, Coffee, Juice)
——— $25/day
Premium Beverages ——— $99/day
The Lot! Beverage Pck —- $115/day

I don't really drink too much alcohol, so none of those really seem worth it to me except for the soft drinks.

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  • jedimaster on 27/08/2022 - 21:23
    +2

    pretty decent price

    • voteoften on 27/08/2022 - 21:25
      +8

      Its very nearly a self contained caravan park. No thanks

  • pauliau on 27/08/2022 - 21:30
    +24

    Each cruise comes with a bonus bout of Gastro or Covid, maybe both if you’re really lucky.

    • dlovep on 27/08/2022 - 21:54
      +7

      so you got extended stay for free… XD

    • arcticmonkey on 27/08/2022 - 22:14

      Why does this happen on cruise ships?

      • [Deactivated] on 27/08/2022 - 22:27
        +7

        Potential contributors : Few facilities, few water sources, few originating sources of food supplies, dirt cheap labour in back of house not following 4 billion types of hygiene/food safety guidelines, take your pick.

      • seraphim2017 on 29/08/2022 - 08:42

        Cruise ship = petri dish!

        Shared spaces, close proximity, limited scope to deep clean and seperate people, and isolate. It only takes 1 food handler serving a captive audience for a week to pass something round, then exponential growth means ever increasing routes of transmission. It is possible to run cruises without outbreaks, lots of cruises happen that aren't newsworthy because nothing happened, but once they happen, they're very hard to stop without basically turning it into a floating quarantine prison.

        TL:DR: humans are disgusting, why spend a week locked in a floating plague pit hotel with lots of them!

    • Binchicken22 on 28/08/2022 - 12:10
      +3

      If you don't eat at the piggery's (buffet) and go to the restaurants you reduce your chances by at least 50% in my experience.

      I dunno why anyone wouldn't go to the restaurants anyway! Much better food and it's all free anyway.

  • Wiadro on 27/08/2022 - 21:32
    +4

    those rooms look so so dated

    • mr fox on 27/08/2022 - 21:48
      +7

      Matches the industry.

      • noscopedJFK on 27/08/2022 - 22:21
        +1

        Circa 1996 lol

        • hardya on 28/08/2022 - 20:22

          Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. LTD. 'Fairfax the fun ship'

  • entropysbane on 27/08/2022 - 21:57
    +6

    Ugh, P&O

  • momokaka on 27/08/2022 - 22:25
    +2

    Free covid sick leave after the cruise

  • ImpatientTurtle on 27/08/2022 - 22:34
    +9

    I honestly can't believe these are still popular. Being trapped in with people has always seemed dodgy to me and with the pandemic has gotten a whole lot worse. Ruby princess anyone?

    • ihfree on 27/08/2022 - 23:35
      +5

      Where's the "undeniable evidence"?

        • ihfree on 27/08/2022 - 23:43
          +18

          Are you delusional? That's not an answer to the question I asked.

      • entropysbane on 28/08/2022 - 07:06
        +2

        Well, it’s pretty clear it doesn’t work as a vaccine that stops you getting it. Vaccinated do still seem to get it fairly easily and spread it as well.
        It is more a therapeutic in that maybe it does reduce likelihood of catching it, and anecdotally it seems to reduce the severity of the couf. There is some studies to suggest that is so, but they don’t seem too emphatic. It seems about as effective as a flu shot, which is hardly surprising.

        I have had my fourth shot, like all of my family. My work team has had at least two shots, most three and all the older people four. I actively encouraged it. Yet I am the only one who hasn’t had Covid of all of them. All of them. Every single one. And who knows, that doesn’t sound right, and I just may not have known I had it.

        But the environment of a cruise ship is such that the cruise line definitely has to take such measures or be regulated and/or sued out of existence. At least until everyone has had Covid a few times and the fear recedes. That is the nature of things.

    • LlamaLlamaLamp on 27/08/2022 - 23:43
      +11

      I'd discriminate against you too.

        • j4ice on 28/08/2022 - 07:54
          +13

          As someone who studied biomedical science, I can tell you that that's not the purpose of vaccination. Vaccination prepares your immune system by prompting your body to produce specific antibodies against the targeted virus, which can take days.
          If you get infected with the virus after vaccination, your body can then mount a quicker and better immune response. Vaccines do not (and are not designed to) prevent infection; look up how potential rabies cases are treated.
          With enough people vaccinated, the virus reproduction cycle breaks, and eventually disappears (think polio). That's why people that don't vaccinated as a personal choice prolongs the viruses survival within the community, and put those who cannot get vaccinated at greater risk.

          • hoxygt on 28/08/2022 - 13:19
            -1

            @j4ice: I was true though that COVID 'original flavour' would neither infect nor spread those vaccinated. That sadly didn't last with Delta and subsequent varieties.

            To Bob I think we've stopped discriminating against those unjabbed by choice, we only had too while we gave everyone the opportunity to get vaccinated. Vaccinated people who get COVID have much much better health outcomes than those without (statistically) perhaps cruise ships want people to be vaccinated so if there is an outbreak their main response will be handing out the cold n flu tabs rather than risk dealing with severely unwell (or dead) people in the middle of nowhere.

    • serbpie on 28/08/2022 - 06:21
      -4

      Human nature, most people deny or won't admit perhaps there were other options or that they were wrong.

      "Community" sentiment and made to feel like you're a hero if you do something, and that you're a traitor if you don't.

      Example, people would enlist to fight a war for political viewpoints or religion because of the pressure of others doing it, the pressure from print and radio media, and those that chose not to go to war were ostracised.

      I'm in EU at the moment on holiday, multiple countries, multiple planes, buses and trains. Few wearing a mask, no one asking if I'm vaccinated.

      I wrote lengthy reply about my health condition and the risk of vaccination, I chose not to get the vaccine, I contracted covid and can honestly say I've had colds, flu (once) and throat infections much worse. But those who have had 3 jabs will say "I had covid but lucky I'm vaccinated or it would have been worse, thank you vaccine"

      • Fredorishi on 29/08/2022 - 07:58
        -1

        Comparing getting vaccinated to fighting in a war has got to be one of the most stupid arguments I've ever seen. It's almost as ridiculous as calling Dan Andrews a dictator and comparing it to the holocaust. Get a grip.

        • serbpie on 29/08/2022 - 18:56
          +1

          The influence of the media and community is comparable. I'm not comparing the risk of death. I didn't mention Dan or the holocaust. Get a grip :)

          • Fredorishi on 29/08/2022 - 20:56
            -2

            @serbpie: I didn't say you mentioned Dan or the holocaust. But your fellow rat lickers do. That's why I said your comparison is ALMOST AS ridiculous. It's stupid, but not quite up there with a holocaust comparison.

            • serbpie on 29/08/2022 - 21:14

              @Fredorishi: Your comparisons and responses on my comments are "ridiculous", nothing related to what I said specifically just trying to draw in things you've read elsewhere to discredit a very valid comparison on how how media and majority (community) influence.

  • meowsers on 28/08/2022 - 01:05
    -1

    Muh muh muh myyyy sha-RONA.

    You could also get an obstructed city view free of charge at the melbourne remand centre. TBH though it's a decent deal for food and board to cairns.

  • KILLER5196 on 28/08/2022 - 01:47
    -1

    Cruise ships are so bad for the environment it's not even funny. If you go on one you are an extreme smooth brain

    • Wardaddy on 28/08/2022 - 02:35
      +4

      Is a smooth brain a bad thing? Is it better to have a rough brain?

      • gromit on 28/08/2022 - 07:16
        +3

        never heard the term before, but it sounds like a compliment

      • ihfree on 28/08/2022 - 07:20
        +2

        Maybe not, lower intelligence may mean a happier life.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrification

        Gyrification allows a larger cortical surface area and hence greater cognitive functionality to fit inside a smaller cranium.

        • Wardaddy on 28/08/2022 - 10:33

          Ignorance is bliss. I'm thinking of a lobotomy, though I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.

    • entropysbane on 28/08/2022 - 07:11
      +3

      You must be fun at parties.

      • Ozvalue on 28/08/2022 - 07:31

        Make sure to leave your smooth brain at home

  • bennybaubles on 28/08/2022 - 10:07
    +4

    I found myself in a YouTube k hole looking at cruising videos recently.Everyone featured seem to be boring as hell and morbidly obese. It’s the last place I’d want to be trapped on with no escape.

  • Tool on 28/08/2022 - 10:11
    +6

    Went on this boat for a 3 night cruise last weekend. Paid approx $700 for an inside cabin.

    Had a great time, drank and ate a lot, food quality was really good at most of the restaurants. Highly recommend!

    Ps: didn't get covid, also didn't sh*t myself.

    • Wardaddy on 28/08/2022 - 10:30

      Is alcohol included in the price?

      • Tool on 28/08/2022 - 10:52

        Nope, drink packages not available on 3 night cruises.
        Spent close to $2,000 on food (not included restaurants like Luke's, and the odd midnight pizza) and booze. Cocktails were around $15, beers were $10, bottles of wine around 40ish.

        When the cruise goes nowhere, and you wake up with nothing to do, cocktails are pretty appealing. Even at 11am.

        • Wardaddy on 28/08/2022 - 11:12
          +1

          Yup. Even if you do have something to do.

        • Fredorishi on 28/08/2022 - 12:25
          +3

          2k on food and drink in 3 nights? Wow.

          • lsdbeta on 28/08/2022 - 15:59
            +1

            @Fredorishi: Yeah, was gonna say! that's a lot to spend on a cruise that already provides food!

  • spaceflight on 28/08/2022 - 10:32
    +1

    The reef will look better if it isn't dead.
    Perhaps put your money toward protecting and rebuilding it rather than on a cruise to damage it.

    https://www.barrierreef.org/
    https://reefrestorationfoundation.org/

  • Tollery on 28/08/2022 - 18:03
    +1

    People are worried about Covid, I'm worried about the price of soft drinks.

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