Hey!

I haven't posted in a while, but I still lurk and live vicariously through y'all, and Regent still sends us mailings so I dream (it is very very mean of them to send mailings when we aren't planning on another cruise til at least 2010/11 - it's just cruel!).

Anyway, in one of the mailings we got yesterday (2 came yesterday - I mean it's like they *enjoy* torturing us!) I spotted what seems like a great deal on the PG next Jan/Feb - but wanted to see if you guys who know a lot more about this than I agree. Disclaimer - we're not going (taking 3 weeks off work is just not possible for us right now) but I need to convince myself that in a few years we'll be able to find a similar good deal.

It's 3 weeks total - 17 days on PG from Papette to Australia (or the reverse) - includes all airfare, and 3 nights hotel in Australia, and the base price is 6995 per person, or 9095 per person for the balcony- I mean, for all that includes for 3 weeks isn't that a good deal? The airfare alone would be a couple thousand for 2 one ways that far I'm thinking. Plus Sydney ain't exactly cheap for 3 night at a nice hotel- not to mention all the stuff included on the cruise! Plus you can get SSS discount on top of that.

Anyway, like I said, we can't go, but I just want to dream... 3 weeks... I always wanted to see Fiji... and it stops in Tonga.... including 3 nights in Sydney... sigh... Next year we're supposed to go to Ireland with friends, this year we did Slovenia to visit my parents. It's not like we're not vacationing, it's just there's nothing quite like a cruise.

sigh.

Liz

ps - is the ship in dry dock in australia from Jan 25 - Feb 5? doesn't seem to be sailing then...