Category Archives: Carnival Cruise Boxing Day 2025
The end
Well, we are now all home having got off the Luminosa at about 8.30 this morning.
Yesterday was much of the same. Lots of onboard partying and mayhem in the swimming pools and hot tubs. Dangerous places to be!
The family again gathered for card games and luncheon looking over the pool.
Trivia followed in the afternoon. Kicked off with a Harry Potter theme. Fairly intense, the caller had trouble with some pronunciations which was a cause of frustration for some players others just gave up.
A quiet evening was had by all and preparations were made for the mornings departure. The younger set had an early dinner and were then amused at the early ‘pg’ comedy show. The two olds checked out the restaurant again before heading for bed.
Woke a little earlier for breakfast before disembarking. The ship was sitting in the middle of the river about to do a 360 to dock at the terminal, interesting manoeuvre.
The cruise aboard the Luminosa had been entertaining, a party boat indeed! Below is a final map of the course taken over the three days, wandering around off the Sunshine coast.
Big night
70 not out. It’s about half what the English needed to win the fourth test in Melbourne and they did. Here is a video of the winning run. We witnessed it in one of the gathering areas aboard the ship.
While the cricket was coming to a close we were in the midst of a karaoke carnival. Some of the performers put on a good performance, others were questionable talents but at least had a go. Make up your mind about it from this short clip.
We were a reasonable distance offshore in the afternoon and the seas were a little more choppy with a little ship roll and the horizon up and down. But all good! The ship’s name is Luminosa. Allthego was a bit puzzled about its meaning. Apparently it is derived from latin and is of Spanish origin meaning ‘full of light”. And this is true as it is a fairly airy ship with plenty of windows and open space.
Ahead of the birthday celebratory dinner we returned to our room to change and were met with an animal creation by our room steward, quite a clever one!
In order to get a table for nine in the restaurant we had to make an early booking, 5pm. A tad early for some of us, but there was quite a big line up to get past. We were right at the stern of the ship, looking out on the wake as we cruised along.
The dinner went well and all enjoyed the banter and the antics of the wait staff, most of whom were from the Phillipines, putting on a little cultural musical performance.
Dinner finished about 6.30 and some went off to early night entertainment and the big screen movie out on the deck. But for some it was to be an early night!
Going to no where
Well here we are off on a short cruise to no where. It is a delayed family celebration for Leanne’s big 70. Mitch and Piper are out from the USA for Christmas and the rest of us held off until now to celebrate the big event.
We are on a Carnival cruise, leaving Boxing Day, aboard the Luminosa out of Brisbane for three nights, wandering around the ocean and returning to Brisbane. No port stops so we can’t get left behind.
The ship seems to be at capacity people wise being 2,260. Lots of small kids and families aboard. Lots of noise and partying.
The Sail Away party out of the Brisbane River was packed with plenty of noise, dancing etc on the deck. The pool and hot tubs well patronised with all ages. Maybe best to avoid these as the cruise goes on!
The course so far has taken us up the Brisbane Channel close past Moreton Island and the Sunshine Coast coastline before heading out to sea north of Caloundra, how far out we do not know.
Plenty going on around the ship, the nine of us have tried hard at a few games of trivia. So far no winnings.
Tonight we will be having a celebratory family dinner in the restaurant, have to start at 5pm in order to get a table for nine. We will see how that goes!
Until the next post.
Allthegobro 