Woke up at 3am on the day of the cruise. Packed and ready by 4am.Stopped and had a quick bite to eat at Mcdonalds at Devonport, saw the Spirit of Tasmania come in(I was getting motion sickness just by looking at it.Arrived just before 8am at Launceston Airport for a 9am flight(need assistance so that's why they want you there early. Flight took us to Melbourne where we waited for 3/4 of an hour before another flight that took us to Sydney.12:40 PM the plane landed in Sydney.We then went downstairs to get out baggage off the carousel(I forgot to put the P&O TAGS on the suitcases, no matter,Went outside the terminal to catch a taxi to wharf 8.The people just ahead of us at the taxi rank had their P&O tags,that's what made me remember that I had forgot to put them on at the luggage collection.The cost of a taxi was $45 including a toll,thank heavens the taxi had air conditioning.

Arrived at wharf 8 outside the terminal, we weren't the only one's who didn't have tags.P&O baggage handlers then took out suitcases, we were shown the direction to the terminal, once in there,a nice lady assisted me with getting me a wheelchair and taking me to where the disabled passengers are processed.A young man took our tickets and passports(Stephen went with him) came back a few minutes later and wheeled me into another section of the building, there we were processed by security had our passports checked,then over to the TRS desk,I could only claim for the digital video camera,not the SD card or the I-pod, although I did have proof of purchase, and bought items during the 30 days of departure,apparently,it would have been better if I had all items on one invoice(sheesh)

Had our photos taken before boarding the ship,can't say that I looked stunning,I looked awful.... up and into the boat... had our photo's taken for the cruise card and then we were inside the boat..... we had our first "ding" We then proceeded to our cabin D103, very spacious and lots of cupboard space.When I look back... we didn't need half the clothes as I washed 3 times for both of us. Wash was $3 and dryer was $3 and a box of fabric softener just a $1. Read more