In Reply to: MV ATHENA posted by dougs on Thursday, 5. February 2009 at 08:36 Bali Time:
I do hope the weather is OK as the ship does rock, I don't think the stabilisers work too well. If a cyclone is likely they may not get there as the trip to Broome ended up going to Bunbury because of the bad weather. Mind you going around Cape Leeuwin was bad enough. As mentioned previously I did the January 2, 7 nights to Esperance cruise, and had a great time. The funniest thing is trying to dance while the ship is rolling. Make sure go stay up for and go to the "Magnifique Buffet' on the second last night. Take your camera as the first 15 minutes is for photos. You won't believe what the chefs do with food to make a display. Then you get to eat it. It takes them 48 hours to do, apart from their usual duties. 5 course lunches and dinners went down well or for lunch & breakfast you can choose to go to the buffet. Morning coffee, afternoon tea and supper (trays taken around to the various bars) so much choice. I wish I was going but my sister has returned to Melbourne, hard to convince anyone else to go and single supplement too much. One thing though, don't get sick as it costs $120 for the doctor to visit your cabin and even though they have rdone the cabins etc I think they forgot about the doctors clinic. Old type equipment. Aside from that you will have a ball. I will be thinking of you on February 15. Bon Voyage, Cheers, Stormy