March 16 - At Sea for the last time
Well, its been a lovely cruise, but all things must come to an end. We never dreamed it would end after only 52 days out of the planned 131 days though. Guess we can say we've been on a Half World Cruise. The captain annonced this morning that we would be arriving at Fremantle (Perth) this afternoon and would anchor until tomorrow morning at which time we would dock. Then we should begin clearing Customs around 10:00 am and have everyone off the ship by noon. This is a day earlier than originally discussed, so Regent will provide hotel rooms and transfers to the airport for those who need them. There are at least 3 other ships offloading their passengers in Perth over the next few days, so I'm grateful Regent was able to make these arrangements. We will be provided with a day room at the Ritz Carlton in Perth and transfers to the airport for our flight. And this morning, we had an email from American that our flight from Auckland to Los Angeles on...