Not Going Anywhere Anytime Soon

After well over a month and a half of waiting, I finally received word that I had been approved to extend my contract past its original end date. As it stands now, I will be remaining on the Queen Victoria through July 7, 2009, and will most likely return to the ship in early September, 2009 for an additional four-month contract. Below you will find my itinerary, which consists of the ship's 2009 World Cruise from January 2 - April 20, and then additional travel to northern and western Europe.

1/2/09 Southampton ENGLAND
1/10/09 New York UNITED STATES
1/13/09 Fort Lauderdale UNITED STATES
1/16/09 Willemstad CURAÇAO
1/21/09 Puerto Quetzal GUATEMALA
1/24/09 Puerto Vallarta MEXICO
1/25/09 Cabo San Lucas MEXICO
1/27/09 Los Angeles UNITED STATES
2/1/09 Honolulu UNITED STATES
2/6/09 Apia WESTERN SAMOA
2/9/09 Nuku'alofa TONGA
2/12/09 Auckland NEW ZEALAND
2/14/09 Lyttelton (for Christchurch) NEW ZEALAND
2/17/09 Hobart, Tasmania AUSTRALIA
2/19/09 Sydney AUSTRALIA
2/20/09 Sydney AUSTRALIA
2/13/09 Yorkeys (for Cairns) AUSTRALIA
2/26/09 Rabaul PAPUA NEW GUINEA
3/1/09 Saipan MARIANA ISLANDS
3/5/09 Nagasaki JAPAN
3/6/09 Pusan SOUTH KOREA
3/8/09 Shanghai CHINA
3/11/09 Hong Kong CHINA
3/13/09 Nha Trang VIETNAM
3/14/09 Vung Tau (for Ho Chi Minh City) VIETNAM
3/16/09 Laem Chabang (for Bangkok) THAILAND
3/19/09 Singapore SINGAPORE
3/21/09 Phuket THAILAND
3/25/09 Mormugao (for Goa) INDIA
3/26/09 Mumbai INDIA
3/29/09 Dubai UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
4/4/09 Aqaba JORDAN
4/7/09 Alexandria (for Cairo/Giza) EGYPT
4/9/09 Kusadasi (for Ephesus) TURKEY
4/10/09 Istanbul TURKEY
4/11/09 Mykonos GREECE
4/12/09 Athens GREECE
4/14/09 Civitavecchia (for Rome) ITALY
4/16/09 Barcelona SPAIN
4/20/09 Southampton ENGLAND
4/24/09 Barcelona SPAIN
4/25/09 Monte Carlo MONACO
4/26/09 Civitavecchia (for Rome) ITALY
4/27/09 Alghero SARDINIA
4/28/09 Palma MALLORCA
4/29/09 Gibraltar GIBRALTAR
5/2/09 Southampton ENGLAND
5/3/09 Normandy FRANCE
5/4/09 Rotterdam (for Amsterdam) THE NETHERLANDS
5/5/09 Zeebrugge (for Bruges or Brussels) BELGIUM
5/6/09 Southampton ENGLAND
5/8/09 Vigo (for Santiago de Compostela) SPAIN
5/9/09 Lisbon PORTUGAL
5/11/09 Palma MALLORCA
5/12/09 Barcelona SPAIN
5/13/09 Cannes FRANCE
5/14/09 Civitavecchia (for Rome) ITALY
5/15/09 Ajaccio CORSICA
5/17/09 Gibraltar GIBRALTAR
5/20/09 Southampton ENGLAND
5/22/09 Stavanger NORWAY
5/23/09 Hellesylt/Geiranger) NORWAY
5/24/09 Aalesund NORWAY
5/25/09 Bergen NORWAY
5/27/09 Southampton ENGLAND
5/28/09 Zeebrugge (for Bruges or Brussels) BELGIUM
5/29/09 Bremerhaven GERMANY
5/30/09 Kristiansand NORWAY
5/31/09 Copenhagen DENMARK
6/2/09 Stockholm SWEDEN
6/3/09 Helsinki FINLAND
6/4/09 St. Petersburg RUSSIA
6/5/09 St. Petersburg RUSSIA
6/6/09 Tallinn ESTONIA
6/8/09 Gothenburg SWEDEN
6/10/09 Southampton ENGLAND
6/14/09 Barcelona SPAIN
6/15/09 Cannes FRANCE
6/16/09 Livorno (for Florence/Pisa) ITALY
6/17/09 Civitavecchia (for Rome) ITALY
6/18/09 Alghero SARDINIA
6/19/09 Palma MALLORCA
6/20/09 Gibraltar GIBRALTAR
6/23/09 Southampton ENGLAND
6/25/09 Stavanger NORWAY
6/26/09 Hellesylt/Geiranger) NORWAY
6/28/09 Honningsvag (for North Cape) NORWAY
6/30/09 Ny Alesund SPITZBERGEN
7/2/09 Tromso NORWAY
7/4/09 Andalsnes NORWAY
7/5/09 Bergen NORWAY
7/7/09 Southampton ENGLAND