http://www.vacationstogo.com/ticker.cfm?t=y If you are thinking of a last minute new-year holiday then the above URL (which requires providing some details and enabling cookies) has a 13 day cruise on the Diamond Princess from Auckland to Sydney departing on the 29th of December for $US705 per person (assuming 2 people per cabin). Generally any cruise that is less than $100 per night is cheap, so $705 for 13 nights is really cheap. I've just been on the Dawn Princess, a smaller ship from the Princess line (so presumably the Diamond Princess is better in every way). The food in the Main Dining Room was better than you can get for a $100 meal anywhere in Melbourne (AFAIK, let me know if you are aware of any good restaurants you think I've missed). So if you book that cruise you can expect $1300+ of fine dining in addition to all the other cruise stuff. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/