PNG Cruise - Embarkation Day on Our Cruise to Papua New Guinea on P&O Pacific Encounter 

Great to meet you too Charlie. Hope you're feeling better now and I'm sure we'll meet up again some day.

Thanks Judith, it worked though.

Hi Megam and thanks for dropping by. Lovely to meet you too. We came back to lots of comments and only just managing to catch up so sorry for the delay, we weren't forgetting about you. Hopefully you got home safely. It was a fantastic trip and we would definitely do that one again. The 10 days and the spread of port and sea days was just about right for us. Maybe see you on another cruise.

I will be going on the same cruise . hope you have fun .

Hi Sarah. You will have already left but hope you have a great time and let us know what you think of the ship and the Airlie Beach cruise.

@@jerrymorris5219 Hope you have a great time too Jerry.

Thanks Ian, Sorry for the late reply and we assume that you're back now so we hope that you had a fantastic cruise.

@robandalicruisetravel we did and your tips were great.

Thanks Yalda, will do.

Sorpehhhh

She really was pretty good. She's off to the Pacific Adventure now so not sure who we will get on the next one.

Fraser, thanks for watching, again and we are following your travels. So jealous of you being able to do so much cruising whilst still working. We are hoping to be able to do the same one day. Anyway, definitely do the PNG trip if you get the chance. We are putting together the videos of the port stops at the moment so please check them out. Hope to actually catch up with you one day. Take care and have fun mate.

@@robandalicruisetravel absolutely - will stop back at some point - would love to overlap on a ship at some point!

@@FraserAtSea If you're in Australia let us know. We caught up with the Cruise Buoys here a few weeks ago and had a great afternoon. Would love to develop a little community some of the guys seem to have in the UK.

Hi Bob and Chris. It is a fantastic trip. We could easily got back again in August if it wasn't the cost and that we have no more leave days from work left. Have a fantastic time. If you're looking to book some tours that aren't through P&O definitely consider Rabaul Cruise Tours (Ellis) and See Alotau with Ben. These guys seem to have pretty much the lion's share of the market, are licenced and have a good connection with a lot of the cruise groups so there is an added degree of assurance that they will look after you and make sure everyone is back on time.

@robandalicruisetravel Thanks guys. Luv the vids.👍

Hi Tamara. Sorry for the delay in replying but we are so glad you have a great time. Looking forward to the next one?

@sarahmcivor1500. Sarah, I have done this cruise three times. My advice is don’t even bother getting off in Rabaul. The Conflict Island is amazing, and Kiraweina nice too. Alatoe not great either The highlight of this cruise is the Conflict Islands. Paradise.

Hi Sarah. OK, you can avoid the queues by working out how to use the App. We are back on the Encounter this weekend and will get Gaby to do a video on the App, or we will do it. As far as Rabaul is concerned, I would not want to walk around by myself but there isn't that much to see walking around anyway. There is plenty to see though on a tour and you should definitely do a tour. Our recommendation, if you don't do one from the ship is to do one with Rabaul Cruise Tours (Ellis). We have a list of tours on the website and they do heaps with the cruise ships so they are really reliable. They don't want to risk the huge amount of business that they get from the recommendations. If you want any further info or assurance PM or email us.

Hey Bindi. Before you go straight for the Priority queue check out the regular queue. We had priority but there were only a few check in desks and we actually took longer than the regular queue.

Will keep that in mind

Hi Sharon. It depends what cabin we have. If we have a guarantee we have to wait and see what is left when our cabin is allocated. If we have selected a cabin then we try for the earliest which is usually around 11:30-12:00.

thank you for letting me know you guys are so cool i love watching your videos@@robandalicruisetravel

of course it is book with Wilston parking

They only have paid parking near the crusie terminal 3 different prices!! All have a boom gate to get in so yes secure.

Hi Trevor. There are 3 parking lots. P1 is closest, sort of covered and costs the most. All the car parks are contained within a secure area that is locked and under security cameras apart from when there are ships in port. It is Wilson's parking and you can book up to 6 months out but it does get full and then you are left looking for airport or other alternatives. Hope this helps.

Start of this year they full lifted it they lifted it we went on a crusie in September last year but had to wear in terminal and it was only recommended on the ship and still is but none wears them at all only some people. No mask at all in March!

@@sarahmcivor1500 That is great news. Considering how long it’s been lifted for airports it’s great to hear it’s now been lifted for cruise terminals as well. Thanks for that.

Hi Jason, as Sarah replied below it's a matter of personal choice now.