What Kelly is laughing about

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Many people ask me where home is.  My mail goes to California, and that’s where my family is, but I only spend a couple of weeks there before I

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Sydney was such a cool turnaround port. The sail in/away was amazing (not that I saw it that often), and being docked in such an iconic place so close

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Our stop in Hobart (Tasmania) ended up being canceled because of weather, but luckily I’d been there before (for one day on the Golden Princess) and we still had

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Adelaide was one of our more regular stops while I was on the Golden Princess. On one of our first full cruises in Australia I asked one of the

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Fremantle is near Perth, and the only thing I knew about Perth was that it was the place Australians used to describe the other side of the world. We

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. The best places to socialize on the ship are at meal times and at the Crew Bar.  Unfortunately, the Crew Bar has a time vortex where once you enter,

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. On my last cruise on the Coral Princess we went to ports I hadn’t been to before – all around Papua New Guinea. I didn’t know the difference between

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Our first few runs were just sea days in between stops in Brisbane (which was 30 minutes from civilization). We started going to Airlie Beach, then Airlie Beach, Cairns

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Eden and New Castle are two small towns very close to Sydney.  When the itinerary came out we anticipated that more guests would stay onboard because these were places

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Busselton was a water shuttle port, and we were only using the ship’s water shuttles that day (which are smaller than the port’s shuttles which are sometimes available, depending