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re: Around the World Cruise

Posted by FourchonRoad on 3/2/26 at 8:16 am to cgrand
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dang so you would lose the Mediterranean in addition to the ME. That kinda blows, pending what the African ports wind up being. Although the addition of the Indian Ocean stops would be cool.

what do you do on the ship when you are at sea for three or four days at a time? That’s the part that I wouldn’t be able to do. I get antsy


Losing the ME is a major bummer as I have not been to that area. I am hoping Trump can clear out Iran in a week and turn his attention to those Houthi and Somalian pirates. So, going around South Africa, we would jump off the ship for 5-6 days and visit Victoria Falls and get a safari in. I think going around South Africa also means losing stops in India. I don't have a keen interest in visiting India other than getting to the Taj Mahal.

The sea days start at the beginning (5 days to Hawaii) and then 4 days to French Polynesia. I hope to learn how to work on a travel blog and create YouTube videos during that time.
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re: Around the World Cruise

Posted by FourchonRoad on 3/2/26 at 8:12 am to prostyleoffensetime
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This is so wild. Just casually dropping you’ve been on 78 cruises, and are about to spend 120 days on one.

Do you pick up and drop off passengers throughout the voyage? Or are you with the same people the whole 120 days? I suppose if it’s all the same people, it probably averages $60-100k per person? Probably keep the riff raff to a minimum.

What’s the food like on these things? I’ve never been on a cruise where I thought the food was particularly good.


I don't hunt or fish. Got down to a -8 handicap in golf but have not played in 20-25 years. so, I cruised and cut grass as hobbies. Retired in November so decided why not a world cruise?

The cruise started in Los Angeles and was 197 days (100 passengers). I think there are 400 passengers who are doing 180 days and got on in Miami. Believe (round numbers) there are 300 of us joining in San Diego.
There are passengers doing different segments but total the ship holds 1200 passengers and is sold out. I am sure numbers will drop once the announcement of a itinerary change.

Oceania says it has the finest cuisine at sea and having sailed with them before a number of times, it is really good food. One problem for me is I have dropped 70 pounds over the past year, so I will try to minimize my food intake.

The cruise fare started at around $55k for the segment (180 days) that we are sailing. Our fare is north of that figure because of the cabin we selected.
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re: Around the World Cruise

Posted by FourchonRoad on 3/1/26 at 3:41 pm to cgrand
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and you’re right I wouldn’t be shocked if you wind up rounding cape of good hope instead of the Suez Canal crossing. I wonder what that would do to your port schedule I assume it’s flexible


Oceania had notified us about a year ago that a second itinerary was developed in case the Suez Canal was a no go. We will lose 21 ports and gain 13 ports, so an increase in sea days. The ship has to reach Miami on July 6th for the future cruise itineraries. Just a super bummer but we knew when we booked it that this was a distinct possibility.

One of the passengers created a YouTube video discussing the 2nd itinerary and the link is below

Second itinerary

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re: Around the World Cruise

Posted by FourchonRoad on 3/1/26 at 12:17 pm to cgrand
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what’s the route?
will be a trip of a lifetime for sure


Apologize for the poor copy and paste format. Now you see my challenge of trying to place in a travel blog or YouTube videos ..... laughing

Itinerary = Anchor Port
Day Port Arrive Depart
Mar 7 Sat San Diego, California, United States Embark 1 PM 6 PM
Mar 8 Sun At Sea
Mar 9 Mon At Sea
Mar 10 Tue At Sea
Mar 11 Wed At Sea
Mar 12 Thu At Sea
Mar 13 Fri Honolulu, Oahu, United States 7 AM 8 PM
Mar 14 Sat Kailua-Kona, United States 7 AM 6 PM
Mar 15 Sun At Sea
Mar 16 Mon At Sea
Mar 17 Tue At Sea
Mar 18 Wed At Sea
Mar 19 Thu Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia 7 AM 6 PM
Mar 20 Fri At Sea
Mar 21 Sat Rangiroa, French Polynesia 7 AM 5 PM
Mar 22 Sun Moorea, French Polynesia 8 AM 4 PM
Mar 22 Sun Papeete (Tahiti), French Polynesia 7 PM
Mar 23 Mon Papeete (Tahiti), French Polynesia 8 PM
Mar 24 Tue Raiatea, French Polynesia 7 AM 7 PM
Mar 25 Wed At Sea
Mar 26 Thu Rarotonga, Cook Islands 7 AM 4 PM
Mar 27 Fri At Sea
Mar 28 Sat Pago Pago, American Samoa 10 AM 6 PM
Mar 29 Sun Int'l Date Line West
Mar 29 Sun Int'l Date Line West
Mar 30 Mon Apia, Samoa 7 AM 6 PM
Mar 31 Tue At Sea
Apr 1 Wed Nuku'alofa, Tonga 8 AM 6 PM
Apr 2 Thu At Sea
Apr 3 Fri Suva, Fiji 7 AM 6 PM
Apr 4 Sat At Sea
Apr 5 Sun Mystery Island, Vanuatu 7 AM 4 PM
Apr 6 Mon Noumea, New Caledonia 8 AM 6 PM
Apr 7 Tue At Sea
Apr 8 Wed At Sea
Apr 9 Thu Sydney, Australia 7 AM 8 PM
Apr 10 Fri At Sea
Apr 11 Sat Mooloolaba, Australia 7 AM 5 PM
Apr 12 Sun At Sea
Apr 13 Mon Whitsunday Island (Airlie Beach), Australia 8 AM 7 PM
Apr 14 Tue Townsville, Australia 7 AM 6 PM
Apr 15 Wed Cairns, Australia 7 AM 3 PM
Apr 16 Thu At Sea
Apr 17 Fri At Sea
Apr 18 Sat Darwin, Australia 12 PM 11 PM
Apr 19 Sun At Sea
Apr 20 Mon Kupang West Timor, Indonesia 8 AM 4 PM
Apr 21 Tue Komodo, Indonesia 10 AM 6 PM
Apr 22 Wed Bali (Benoa), Indonesia 12 PM
Apr 23 Thu Bali (Benoa), Indonesia 4 PM
Apr 24 Fri Surabaya, Indonesia 10 AM 6 PM
Apr 25 Sat At Sea
Apr 26 Sun Singapore, Singapore 3 PM
Apr 27 Mon Singapore, Singapore 5 PM
Apr 28 Tue Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang), Malaysia 8 AM 5 PM
Apr 29 Wed Phuket, Thailand 1 PM
Apr 30 Thu Phuket, Thailand 4 PM
May 1 Fri At Sea
May 2 Sat At Sea
May 3 Sun Colombo, Sri Lanka 9 AM 10 PM
May 4 Mon At Sea
May 5 Tue Cochin (Kochi), India 7 AM 5 PM
May 6 Wed At Sea
May 7 Thu Mumbai, India 7 AM
May 8 Fri Mumbai, India 2 PM
May 9 Sat At Sea
May 10 Sun Muscat, Oman 12 PM 7 PM
May 11 Mon Khasab, Oman 10 AM 7 PM
May 12 Tue Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 7 AM 11 PM
May 13 Wed Dubai, United Arab Emirates 7 AM
May 14 Thu Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1 PM
May 15 Fri Muscat, Oman 9 AM 4 PM
May 16 Sat At Sea
May 17 Sun At Sea
May 18 Mon At Sea
May 19 Tue At Sea
May 20 Wed Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA 10 AM 8 PM
May 21 Thu At Sea
May 22 Fri Luxor (Safaga), Egypt 6 AM
May 23 Sat Luxor (Safaga), Egypt 9 PM
May 24 Sun Suez Canal Transit
May 25 Mon Suez Canal Transit
May 26 Tue At Sea
May 27 Wed Santorini, Greece 7 AM 7 PM
May 28 Thu At Sea
May 29 Fri Messina (Sicily), Italy 7 AM 6 PM
May 30 Sat Sorrento/Capri, Italy 7 AM 5 PM
May 31 Sun Olbia/Porto Cervo (Sardinia), Italy 8 AM 4 PM
Jun 1 Mon Mahón (Menorca), Spain 10 AM 7 PM
Jun 2 Tue Barcelona, Spain 7 AM 5 PM
Jun 3 Wed Alicante, Spain 8 AM 4 PM
Jun 4 Thu Granada (Motril), Spain 8 AM 6 PM
Jun 5 Fri Tangier, Morocco 6 AM 2 PM
Jun 6 Sat Lisbon, Portugal 9 AM 7 PM
Jun 7 Sun Santiago de Compostela (Vigo), Spain 11 AM 7 PM
Jun 8 Mon At Sea
Jun 9 Tue Bordeaux, France 2 AM
Jun 10 Wed Bordeaux, France 3 PM
Jun 11 Thu Brest, France 11 AM 7 PM
Jun 12 Fri Saint-Malo, France 8 AM 5 PM
Jun 13 Sat Paris (Honfleur), France 7 AM 8 PM
Jun 14 Sun London (Southampton), United Kingdom 7 AM 6 PM
Jun 15 Mon Falmouth (Cornwall), United Kingdom 7 AM 4 PM
Jun 16 Tue Dublin (Dún Laoghaire), Ireland 8 AM 7 PM
Jun 17 Wed Cork (Cobh), Ireland 8 AM 4 PM
Jun 18 Thu Belfast, Ireland 10 AM 8 PM
Jun 19 Fri Glasgow (Greenock), United Kingdom 7 AM 7 PM
Jun 20 Sat At Sea
Jun 21 Sun Tórshavn (Faroe Islands), Denmark 7 AM 7 PM
Jun 22 Mon At Sea
Jun 23 Tue Akureyri, Iceland 7 AM 6 PM
Jun 24 Wed Isafjordur, Iceland 7 AM 5 PM
Jun 25 Thu Reykjavik, Iceland 7 AM 8 PM
Jun 26 Fri At Sea
Jun 27 Sat At Sea
Jun 28 Sun At Sea
Jun 29 Mon At Sea
Jun 30 Tue Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 9 AM 6 PM
Jul 1 Wed At Sea
Jul 2 Thu New York, New York, United States 6 AM 6 PM
Jul 3 Fri At Sea
Jul 4 Sat Charleston, South Carolina, United States 9 AM 7 PM
Jul 5 Sun At Sea
Jul 6 Mon Miami, Florida, United States Disembark 8 AM
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Transfer of photo and video from iPhone and GoPro to PC. Also video editing program?

Posted by FourchonRoad on 3/1/26 at 2:46 am
I started using a GoPro 13 in my travels and decided to start creating YouTube videos using photos and videos taken using my iPhone and the GoPro.

I am having a very difficult time transferring the photos and videos to my PC.

Any suggestions on the best and easiest way to transfer these?

My second question is which program is the easiest to create YouTube videos? I have both Adobe Premiere Pro and CapCut. The Adobe program to be honest just frightens me as I cannot get a hang of it. I have created a couple of sample videos using CapCut using the app but I cannot use it on my PC because I cannot get the files transferred to my PC from the iPhone and GoPro.

Thanks for any suggestions or direction you can provide.
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Around the World Cruise

Posted by FourchonRoad on 3/1/26 at 2:28 am
Starting ATW cruise March 7th out of San Diego aboard the Oceania Vista. I have sailed on 78 cruises in my life but the longest has been 30 days. This cruise is 120 days. It will be interesting for me to see if I can make it for 120 days. Unfortunately, one of the main areas I wanted to see I am sure will be changed and the Suez Canal transit will be deleted and a trip around South Africa will take its place.

I am thinking of starting a travel blog to keep track of the trip and maybe YouTube videos, but I am hearing the Wi-Fi on the ship blocks streaming, so it is difficult to create or work on a blog or video.
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re: Insurers Halt 20 Million Barrels: Strait of Hormuz Effectively Closed Without a Shot Fired

Posted by FourchonRoad on 3/1/26 at 2:20 am to Street Hawk
I start ATW cruise on March 7th which was scheduled to transit the Suez Canal. I figured a 5% chance the itinerary would not be changed but now I am at 100% chance that we are sailing around South Africa instead of the Suez Canal.
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re: Bill Cassidy polling attack strategy for JL

Posted by FourchonRoad on 2/1/26 at 6:40 am to SelaTiger
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I’d vote for Mitch Landrieu before I ever cast a vote for that fricking weasel Cassidy.


I'd vote for a dead or alive Osama bin Laden before I would vote for Bill Cassidy. I ALWAYS vote straight party line even for a dog catcher but I will vote outside the R party if I have to.
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re: Name The Three Most Beautiful Large Cities You’ve Visited & One You Were A Little Let Down

Posted by FourchonRoad on 1/27/26 at 2:44 pm to LuckyTiger
My three favorites

St. Petersburg Russia
Tokyo Japan
Although not a city just left Antarctica - truly an amazing location to visit
Will add Oslo Norway to my likes

Least favorite
Istanbul Turkey
Manila Philippines
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Antarctica

Posted by FourchonRoad on 1/23/26 at 7:43 pm
We just finished a four day “drive by” of Antarctica and now heading for The Falklands. I NEED to learn how to post photos as it was really amazing. Any help in pointing me in the right direction to post videos and photos to the group I would really appreciate it. All my photos and videos are backed up to my iPhone, laptop and cloud but I can’t figure out how to post those here.

Thank you for any help

Researcher on board the cruise ship called it a dying iceberg that once was a huge iceberg that is now just a beautiful iceberg

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re: With Indiana’s historic run, how long does everyone think Cignetti will be IU’s coach?

Posted by FourchonRoad on 1/11/26 at 1:52 pm to Muahahaha
Terminated in five years
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re: Ole Miss is about to be hammered by Miami hurricanes

Posted by FourchonRoad on 1/2/26 at 4:52 pm to Trumansfangs
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Is LSU still paying Lane bonus money for each Rebel victory ? That's got to be adding up huh ?


Not bad huh for a university all you pussies claim is broke?
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re: Crowd sounds dead at the Orange Bowl

Posted by FourchonRoad on 1/1/26 at 1:07 pm to armtackledawg
I miss the Big Orange at midfield in a night game
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re: Whit Weeks returning to LSU

Posted by FourchonRoad on 1/1/26 at 1:06 pm to labamafan
UFA
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re: Wow. Texas Tech sucks. How did they make the playoffs?

Posted by FourchonRoad on 1/1/26 at 1:03 pm to theunknownknight
3rd and 11
4 seconds in the pocket
Throws a 2 yard pass
Hell might as well put LSU in the playoffs as it looked like a LSU play
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re: Thoughts on Texas A&M

Posted by FourchonRoad on 12/20/25 at 9:20 pm to tBrand
LSU didn’t have an answer for him or the WR Concepcion. Miami defense especially the DL was impressive today
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Thoughts on Texas A&M

Posted by FourchonRoad on 12/20/25 at 9:14 pm
I’m here to say that during the season I really thought Texas A&M was my pick to win it all. After the demolition of LSU I didn’t see any team (possibly Ohio State) that could hang with The Aggies.

The loss to Texas was a concern as it provided the blueprint on how to stop the A&M offense. Even after that loss I still thought A&M would advance through the bracket.

I feel bad for you guys as I really thought this your year.
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re: 17-0 go take a shower and now 17-17

Posted by FourchonRoad on 12/19/25 at 8:45 pm to CNB
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Did you take your fish oil tablet?


It is fish oil capsules and take two in the morning. Allows me to continue eating the fried food
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re: 17-0 go take a shower and now 17-17

Posted by FourchonRoad on 12/19/25 at 8:44 pm to FootballFrenzy
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Oklahoma did this to themselves. Dropped TD pass leads to blocked punt leads to field goal leads to pick six.


And there it is. Figured something had happened for this huge swing
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re: 17-0 go take a shower and now 17-17

Posted by FourchonRoad on 12/19/25 at 8:42 pm to CNB
quote:
Go take another shower" -Bama fans probably


Nah past my bedtime, will find out winner in the morning
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17-0 go take a shower and now 17-17

Posted by FourchonRoad on 12/19/25 at 8:40 pm
I had given up on Alabama as they just seemed a step behind on every play. Come out the shower and tied at 17 and Oklahoma has a panicked look. WOW this turned around quickly.
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