2025 Northeast Asia Cruise on the
Celebrity Millennium
|
Date |
Port Of Call |
Details |
|---|---|---|
| Monday March 3rd, 2025 | Singapore, Singapore | |
| Tuesday March 4th, 2025 | Cruising, At Sea | |
| Wednesday March 5th, 2025 | Ho Chi Minh (Phú Mỹ), Vietnam | |
| Thursday March 6th, 2025 | Nha Trang, Vietnam | |
| Friday March 7th, 2025 | Cruising, At Sea | |
| Saturday March 8th, 2025 | Hong Kong, China | |
| Sunday March 9th, 2025 | Hong Kong, China | |
| Monday March 10th, 2025 | Cruising, At Sea | |
| Tuesday March 11th, 2025 | Taipei (Keelung City), Taiwan | |
| Wednesday March 12th, 2025 | Cruising, At Sea | |
| Thursday March 13th, 2025 | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| Friday March 14th, 2025 | Cruising, At Sea | |
| Saturday March 15th, 2025 | Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan |
Notes for Singapore
- Awake at 6:30am
- Slept 11 hours
- Felt much better
- Breakfast in room
- Showered
- To port in taxi @ 10:30am
- Stood in line until 11:30
- Onboard by 12:15am
- Dropped bags and lunch in café
- Dinner in MDR
- Great corner window table
- Bought ship model and Christmas ornament
- Asleep by 10pm
Notes for Cruising
- Awoke at 6am
- Felt great!
- Breakfast in Tuscan Grill
- Very crowded
- Lunch in buffet
- Dinner in MDR
Notes for Ho Chi Minh (Phú Mỹ)
- We had previously cancelled the booked shore excursion because we didn't want the drive into Saigon again
- Lovely day by ourselves on the ship
- Breakfast in Tuscan Grill
- Lunch in café
- J to keychain class
- Played cards near Café al Bacio
- Dinner in MDR
- Went to Johnny Balance magician show
Notes for Nha Trang
- Rough seas all day
- Breakfast in Tuscan Grill
- Lunch at Pool Grill
- Tea @ Café al Bacio
- Dinner MDR
- Went to show but left due to volume
Notes for Hong Kong
- 9am tour: Hong Kong Island Highlights Tour
- Tram to Victoria's Peak
- Stanley Market
- Yuck!
- Sampan ride in Aberdeen
- 2:15pm back at ship
- Late lunch in café
- Dinner in MDR
Notes for Hong Kong
- Up at 4:15am
- Tour started 6am: Macau Full Day Excursion
- Bus to TurboJet dock
- 7:30am sailing
- Got on bus with second tour guide
- To temple
- To Museum
- Super crowded with Tourists
- Walked up long staircase to get to entrance
- Museum spiraled up
- Saw Terra Cotta warriors, recreation of Macau streets, clothing
- Walked to church front ruins
- Very crowded with tourists and locals taking pictures
- Down narrow street through beef jerky stalls to bus
- 360 Degree restaurant for buffet lunch
- Saw bungee jumper
- MGM Casino
- Bus to terminal
- Jetboat at 3:30
- Very bumpy
- Sick person on our tour
- Late to ship
- Straight to dinner
Notes for Cruising
- Breakfast at Tuscan
- Lunch at Buffet
- Dinner at MDR
- To see violin/guitar husband and wife act
Notes for Taipei (Keelung City)
- 7:15 am tour: Essential Taipei
- Lung Shan Temple
- National Palace Museum
- Had tea and cakes for snack
- Martyr's Shrine to see changing of Guard
- Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall
- Taipei 101 Building
- To 89th floor
- Saw Damper
- Ate in basement: Mei Lei noodles and wonton soup
- Back to ship at 4pm
- Dinner in MDR
Notes for Cruising
- Cut Don's hair
- 9am Back to Back sailing meeting in theater
- Back to room to fill out forms
- 10:15 podium talk in theater about Japan
- J grooming
- Lunch in café
- Phase 10 and Quix in Café al Bacio
- Picked up passports and turned in Singapore
- HK $ to pay bill
- Dinner in MDR
Notes for Kagoshima
- Breakfast in room
- 10am theater
- Cleared Japan immigration and clearance
- Bus 1 hour to Chiran
- Samarai Gardens
- Chiran Peace Museum with Kamikaze exhibits
- Back to ship at 3pm
- Late lunch in buffet
- Skipped dinner
Notes for Cruising
- Rougher seas
- Breakfast in room
- Podium talk on Tokyo
- Lunch in café
- In room to read
Notes for Tokyo (Yokohama)
- Off ship by 7:45am
- Met tour guide from Shore Excursions Group
- Byung Byung Tours for "Historical Tokyo" with Korean Park
- We were only ones on tour
- Tour was actually of neighborhoods of Ota and Kamata
- Toured:
- Ikegami Honmonji Temple and Cemetery
- Ikegami Baien Plum Tree Gardens adjacent to Temple
- Neighborhood shopping covered mall district
- Purchased snacks
- Went into grocery stores
- Lunch at Kamata Station
- Soba noodles
- Toured shopping mall
- Grocery stores and bakeries
- Anamori Inari-jinja Shrine
- Back on ship by 2:30pm
- Computer work to pay Medicare premium
- Dinner in MDR
- Watched Survivor