A short break cruising in the Pacific to New Caledonia and Vanuatu Pacific Encounter Saturday 23 – Saturday 30 September 2023 Noumea – Lifou – Port Vila Saturday 23 September 2023 3pm - We are on the way !! Boarding process could not have been easier. We were in the first 11am boarding group and in fact were on board by 1045am. Even better, the cabin was immediately available to us (usually we do not get into the cabins before 2pm !). And even betterer again, luggage was delivered by 12 noon (usually around 4-5pm !). So by 2pm, we have had lunch, unpacked the bags, done the ironing and were waiting to sail. Pacific Encounter used to be the Sun Princess so it looks very much like a Princess ship. It has been modernized and
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