Melbourne Embarkation

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After a full day exploring from Melbourne to Phillip Island, it was time to check out of our hotel and board Majestic Princess for our shortened Southern Australia cruise.

Crowne Plaza Melbourne to Stations Pier by taxi took about 20 minutes.  When we arrived, security was not allowing taxis or other vehicles to proceed past the gate to drop off passengers.  Our driver was directed to drop us off before the circular drive.  There were a few passengers gathered there already.   

We were able to check our large luggage in for delivery to the ship.   We always travel with carry-on bags which have a few days worth of clothes in them in case our luggage were to be delayed.  We kept those with us and found a bench to wait on.

The beautiful blue skies with white puffy clouds made the perfect backdrop for some ship pictures.  We had to wait about an hour before they would allow us to walk to the terminal.

We were in our cabin by 12:30 PM.  The boarding process went pretty smoothly.  As usual, we showed our passports and boarding passes.  There was a health questionnaire to complete, but no real changes to normal embarkation procedures, despite the Coronavirus outbreak.  We were given an information sheet explaining the process for rebooking our flights home.  Since we had booked Princess Air, they would make all arrangements.

For more images of Port Melbourne, see our Station Pier photo album.

We'll talk more about our first day in Melbourne in another post.  For more images, see our Shutterfly Photo Page.
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