CRUISE LIFE in Doha Qatar - a new experience for our fam

We’re big believers in taking every opportunity that comes our way and we love doing things that are outside of our comfort zone / different to our normal way of life.
So it was a BIG YES from us when we were invited to head over to Qatar & experience our first ever cruise ship and Zu’s first international flight!
And it wasn’t just any old cruise, this was the launch of the brand new MSC World Europa!! And we can tell you now this whole experience blew our minds!!
We went into this with open minds, ready to have an absolute ball. And we hope you enjoy this hour long ep with us..👍🏻

[@justrob5301]

So cool to see people from 'Our Town' keeping it real. So happy for your family to experience this. Beats my little Donga in Port Keats, NT. Thanks for letting me be free once a week guys.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thanks for watching mate and so glad we can take you on a journey each week!! ✌🏻😄

[@leesydneyharry7958]

Dito😂

[@leesydneyharry7958]

We’ll be sitting here in the Donga watching 😊

[@gwagon2010]

If anyone deserves a break its you guys ,,, you are all amazingly down to earth and genuine,,,, wherever you are....

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thank you so much!!! So nice of you to say… we really did enjoy this lil holiday!!!!

[@alvincharlesworth5475]

Fantastic episode, you guys are the only one's able to pull off a trip like this, loved it, you nailed it.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Haha thank you!! We made the most of our time on board 🙌🏻

[@fromalandfaraway1789]

Well done guys a well deserved break enjoy you lucky ducks, can't wait to see you guys back in your new rig travelling Oz again, take care always.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thanks mate!! We’ll be in the Kombi for the first half of 2023 - then will be preparing the rig from about June 👍🏻

[@joanneoregan6395]

What a fabulous, Opulant ship !!! Sooo much fun you guys had !!! Just Love Zu’s “Magic” opening the lifts !!! Such a fabulous, inclusive holiday !!! Sooo envious watching !!! Sooo a cruise to nowhere ??? 🙌🙌🥰🥰😘😘

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

💙 Yes this cruise was docked! We were there for the opening / naming ceremony. We had 5 days to explore everything the ship had to offer…🙌🏻

[@BrandonsBus]

The authentic, beautiful responses every time you felt gratefulness from all the new experiences gave me goosebumps. Your family is amazing and I'm so happy to be following along. Much Love from FLorida :)

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

WOW what an amazing comment to receive. THANK YOU ❤️!

[@jacquihunt7946]

How lucky are you guys, what an experience. Thanks for sharing, loved the naming ceremony and those drones...wow!

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

So lucky!!! Seeing drone show was next level… we were very impressed!!!

[@AlliOopsadaisy]

Brilliant, how awesome to be invited to such an event! You guys scrub up pretty well too, did us all proud🤩

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thanks Alli :) we felt so lucky to be invited!!

[@minhgtr]

Great video. Its amazing when you watch videos like this. Makes you think and realise how much bigger the world is then just Newcastle, Ballina, Goldcoast etc. Im happy to head up to iluka in 3 weeks lol. Then I see this!. Have a great time guys and stay safe!

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

It’s true there is so much out there to see and experience!!!

[@gavinjones4452]

Looked amazing must had great time how much waz holiday all up an cruze ship love do it

[@emilycroot6306]

spot on hahahaha ! , looks like you all had a fab time. 10 out of 10 parenting for letting go and remebering to have fun too x

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

❤️❤️🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@rossp1762]

Bloody good job guys I'm glad that you got to experience a great trip way

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thank you ❤️😄

[@leesydneyharry7958]

WOWZA!!!🎊 🎉

[@cheryllgoodluck3561]

This put a whole new spin on cruises enjoy it great to watch you all cheers

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thanks for watching!! Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻❤️

[@swada02]

Such an unexpected video but oh so awesome! Yall deserve that amazing experience.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thank you!!! Yessss was so cool to share such a different experience 🙌🏻

[@anguscooper]

I just subscribed in your channle and I love the way you share your family's travels. I like your travels in your truty KOBI around Australia, and your travels overseas. Family Time is such an important thing and its truly awesome to see how you guys spend it together travellin. More Power and will surely be a fan of your travels.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

We agree - family time is so important and you cannot get time back so we are just living for the now 😄

[@danielnewton2821]

Wow guys what great adventure So glad you had this experience 🎉 We really enjoyed seeing you guys on this amazing ship wow😮 so impressive

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thanks mate!!! Was so cool to have a lil holiday… we all had a lot of fun - there was so much to see, do, eat and drink 😜

[@jandonnelly5245]

🎉🎉❤🤦‍♀️bare feet on a cruise you silly billy! ~ thank you for the exposure to another view of your life of adventure, hope you keep loving and living the life🥰!

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Haha it’s Karstan what do you expect 😂

[@dustysgarden2254]

It’s fantastic that Zuzu can have kid time whilst still being in mum and dads reach! Awesomeness!

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Yes 🙌🏻👏🏻

[@Stephenja]

G'day guys. What an incredible, awesome experience. Thank you for sharing your experience. One day. !!!!!!

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thanks so much for watching 😄!!! We’ll remember this forever… Zu had an absolute ball!!

[@kathycarter-stokes2127]

Never ending amazement at all the experiences for Miss Zuri ❤🎉 Felt your tears leaving Zu for the first time Max and joy at returning to her❤❤

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

❤️❤️❤️

[@mariac9582]

Awesome you guys get to experience such a fantastic journey enjoy every bit xxx

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

🙌🏻❤️

[@elizabethg5447]

Awesome ship!

[@jandonnelly5245]

Love you are both feeling sooooo good! You both deserve this!! ❤❤❤🎉

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thank you 😍 it was great 🙌🏻

[@peterselman1537]

Excellent vid guys , Awesome content You 3 are the best bloggers on the tube . 👍

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

😍 thanks mate!!!!!!

[@elainemcintyre4407]

That was just Fantastic Guys,what a wonderful ship! What an experience,you will never forget. Wishing you safe travels, from Elaine in Queensland.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thanks Elaine!! Such great memories… we had a ball!

[@clarkeyclarkey4295]

Awesome stuff, you guys so deserve that spontaneous getaway

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thanks so much!! We soaked it up that’s for sure 😍👍🏻

[@billinns7676]

We recently hosted “Overlanding Sophia” for Thanksgiving dinner at our house in Virginia, and Chesca and Ben recommended adding ya’lls channel. Could not be happier we did! What a great adventure and family! ❤

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Woohoo!!! Welcome to our channel 😍 we haven’t met Sophia in person but would love to one day.

[@paultabone2010]

What a wonderful experience you guys had. I definitely can relate to kids club our two boys don’t want to leave, we had to beg them to spend the day with us when we were out to sea , Hahahah but when you been on one cruise you just have to go on another, looking forward to seeing you all together on the road 🦘🦋😎🌸🌼

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Yessss we had a great time as a fam! Was cool to do something different & have a lil holiday.

[@amandaison6083]

That was great guys, so interesting to see what a cruise is like 👍 loved it.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Woohoo!!! Glad you enjoyed it!!!

[@colinross6259]

Well done for putting yourselves out there and getting the rewards. Great ship, looked like a shopping mall when you first walked on, huge. Not sure about the cruise bit, didn't leave port, that's a plus, no bloody sea sickness to worry about. Oui, Oui, Oui.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

It was really cool to experience something sooooooo different!!!! And you’re right ship did move. We were there for the launch - so we were there to focus on the cruise and all it had to offer 🙌🏻

[@lynpatnat]

It was great meeting you guys at Glen Mervyn Dam last week. We now know the Doha backstory of your cruise. It looks like you had a nice holiday. The Oka will be awesome for your future adventures. It sounds like we were part of the minority that knew what they were and where they were made. We hope to bump into you again. Cheers. Lyn and Pat.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Soooo very nice to meet you!!! And thanks for watching 😍

[@jadefishingtworocks3497]

Absolutely amazing well done guys you all deserve it 💯🤙

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thank you 😍🙌🏻

[@merrilynhamilton3073]

Love watching your life journey.. what a fantastic experience for your daughter. Have a wonderful Christmas New year.. cheers Merrilyn 🍻

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

So great to hear you enjoyed this!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@hannahgordon3698]

Incredible ❤ Makes me want to visit. You guys are just AWESOME! 💫

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@anthonyjerak8324]

So cool guys and ZUZU what a champion thanks for sharing

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

🙌🏻 thanks for watching!! Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻

[@AndrewSmith-sl9up]

What a great video and experience for you guys, the Newcastle brown has been known to induce many a hangover , I think you may have changed my opinion on cruising. Keep up the great work guys!

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Ohhhh well luckily we didn’t have too many of them 😜 we were too busy tasting them all!! so glad we could give you a bit of a different opinion.

[@TF-yb9lt]

My face hurts from smiling. You guys are awesome .

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Awwww that’s the best 😍

[@kenwatson7815]

This is just WOW amazing, what a beautiful ship, a far cry from my time when I worked as a Silver Service waiter on ships back in 1970s then I thought were big, but after seeing this, I'm sure what I worked on was just a 'dingy' if you'd like to compere, look up the 'Orcades' P&O lines. Nice to see you having relaxing fun instead of crawling under Vdub to fix it. thank you for sharing.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

So great to hear you enjoyed this 😍 We saw another ship docked next to the MSC and the difference was crazy!!!

[@jmpersonal2402]

Now that adventure was well beyond a small drive to Oodnadatta or Bunbury..... MSC has a great reputation, you showed them at their best in the happiest way... but what a bloody monster hallway.....14,000 steps!! was that just in the morning!!

[@BenMitro]

Its about time you gave us a tour of the back of the combi. I had no idea it was a tardis!

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

We know 😆 it’s on our to do list!!

[@BenMitro]

@@KarstanAndMaxine :Sorry, old man humour...most miss it. I was implying that the footage from the cruise ship was actually from inside the combi.

[@leecoates6524]

wow guys thats amazing good on you , and zuri is a little legend , i think world tour idea is epic you should do it love the spirit you have for living the world would fall in love with you

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

We won’t ever stop adventuring!! We have big dreams for the future 😍

[@leecoates6524]

@@KarstanAndMaxine love ya work

[@nakedarse2507]

Great vid guys , good to be out of the pindan for a change !

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thanks for watching and so glad you enjoyed it… it’s always good to do something different for a change.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thanks for watching and so glad you enjoyed it… it’s always good to do something different for a change.

[@tuckerbailey3341]

Was lovely to meet you Karstan at the VW Car show in perth. good luck with all your future travels and best wishes

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thank you 👍🏻 and it was great to meet you too!

[@KevIsOffGrid]

Well done for grabbing that opportunity, and good to hear you say "world tour", assume with the Oka; maybe I'll have set off before you have finished lapping the world :)

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Yeah that’s the plan to ship the Oka overseas!!! After we do Australia properly of course 🤙🏻

[@haemhorrhoidian]

7 mins in and you guys once again have me pissing my sides 😀 haha "What is this place,we're not in our natural habitat"!! 😀 so so funny!!

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Haha that makes us so happy to hear 😂

[@kikiLou2575]

Your little girl is adorable! Seriously the cutest 🥰

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Hehe thank you!!! We are very lucky 💓

[@kikiLou2575]

@@KarstanAndMaxine we are from Newcastle as well (Lake Macquarie) and are loving your videos!! Esp the Bali ones 🪷 we will be back in March we love it there! Hope you had a lovely Christmas 🎅🏻

[@whyyes6428]

I've enjoyed your videos over the last week and this one was my favourite. You could see the magic during the naming ceremony. What kind of work do you both do in order to have this lifestyle? I'd love to do this. You're inspiring people. Thanks for sharing

[@andrewelisehem6862]

Fantastic video guys loving it

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@andrewelisehem6862]

@@KarstanAndMaxine still watching it and man o man you two are like little kids on Christmas day unwrapping your Christmas presents

[@leannechurches5227]

Wow, what a change,

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

CRAZY 🤯

[@orionpazlara1472]

Espetacular...muito top...Adorei o vídeo....show...

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thank you! That makes us very happy to hear 👏🏻❤️

[@milnerontheroad57]

Good on you guys, well deserved.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Cheers 🍻😄

[@Pomybasterd]

O my good can’t believe you guys went on a cruise my werst nightmare been on one never again

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Haha it’s our first time on a cruise & it was cool to do it with an open mind! Our daughter had a ball.

[@chrismcdonnell1695]

Huge!

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

MASSIVE!!!

[@helenmcbay7651]

From the block to the world not bad enjoy

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Yeah it’s been a wild ride!!!

[@leesydneyharry7958]

😂🤣😂 During WWII and the end of the War Australian Service Men/Woman were returning to Australia on the QEII Queen Elizabeth 2 is a retired British ocean liner converted into a floating hotel. My Grandfather would book a cruise every year for memories and he enjoyed it I suppose. Well done Karstan, Maxine and Zuri.❤

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Glad you enjoyed this one!!! It certainly was an experience 🙌🏻😄

[@kingstonrose3431]

How in the hell did you get an invite to this, awesome looking ship. You must know the right people 👍

[@michaelsecomb4115]

Have fun. Mask up on the boat. Where next - Malaysia and head north? Cape Town to London? South America? USA to North Pole? So many choices.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Haha so many choices but after this trip we were straight back to Perth WA!!! But we are so keen for more overseas experiences.

[@lynntutticci9248]

Wow and wow. 2.30am😂😅. We had booked a Mediterranean cruise for 2020 with MSC but covid killed that. Maybe we’ll get there after all. Would be Bloody awesome !

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

😳 haha that was so close! Glad we can laugh about it now. We highly recommend MSC… the staff on board were absolute legends!!! Hope you guys get to do it eventually.

[@iwayansuleman2067]

Verry nice

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@nikoletcolling1957]

Would love to see you guys take the kombi world wide. It'd be epic .

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

We’ll take the Oka worldwide!!! But the Kombi is for Australia 🤙🏻

[@philbis2774]

THEM DRONES 😮

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

INSANE!!!

[@mummytumy]

Thank you for sharing this trip. the only time I have been on a ship was in 1963, to Australia. things were very different. lol. did your ship move as It was like you were in the same place? the food looked great. glad you had a great time. back to the dust. thanks again. Owen. :)

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thanks for watching Owen 👍🏻 we were docked the whole time (for 4 nights) there to just experience all the ship has to offer and even though we did so much… we still didn’t get to do everything!!

[@mummytumy]

@@KarstanAndMaxine That is my kind of cruise lol. I have been in the hospital and was not well but I am out now. got more tests. still it was great to watch your video. thank you. :)

[@Tanderssen]

'this is so different from the outback...you've got no idea' 😂🤣😅

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Haha YES WE DO!!! We’ve never done anything like this before.

[@coloradoridgerunner791]

That was awesome 👍👍 Did the ship ever leave the dock, just wondering because all of your photos looking out show you were still at the dock? Another great video!

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Nope it never left! We were there for 4 nights to just experience the ship 👍🏻 we did so much on board but still didn’t manage to get around to do everything… it was huge!!!!

[@coloradoridgerunner791]

@@KarstanAndMaxine Thank you for answering my question glad that you guys had a wonderful time 🤗

[@michelleflynn1092]

How amazing. I enjoyed watching this. So you didn’t actually cruise anywhere? Was the boat docked the whole time? Those views were spectacular ❤

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Yep we were docked for the naming ceremony and launch. It was such an amazing time for our fam. Thanks for watching.

[@michelleflynn1092]

@@KarstanAndMaxine how incredible 🌟

[@dgordon9645]

Noooo you sold out to corporate!!! Lucky buggers I would have jumped at a flight and cruise looking forward to your next adventure.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

It was a cool / unique opportunity! Zu loved it!

[@davidmilledge221]

💯👍

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@live_work_play]

I have been on cruises, but your ship was something else. Did you ever leave the port?

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Nope we didn’t leave the port! This whole experience was all about seeing and doing everything on the ship… it would be amazing to be cruising on the water… stopping off at different places!!!

[@MrDcastleman]

Looks awesome! 👌🏻🍺 Was it all inclusive? Did the ship move at all whilst you’re there?

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Hey Dean, yeah this was a lot of fun! Our trip was all inclusive as we were there for the new ship reveal. But they do have different types of packages. And no the ship did not move, we were docked in Doha there to just check out everything the ship has to offer. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

[@micklong8867]

Have a good time cheers 👍👍👍👍👍🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍻🍻🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍨🍨🍧🍭🍦🍦🇦🇺😎🤘🤘

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

We certainly indulged 😜

[@markhines8959]

How did the opportunity arise? Loved the vid.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

We received an email invitation & then we thought WOW this is so different to anything we’ve done before - sounds like fun!!! So we said yes 👍🏻

[@gazzafloss]

Great stuff K,M&Z, our great little family from Newcastle, 'Straya. From another ex Novocastrian born and bred, I swear that little ZuZu is the sweetest little kid. Glad you enjoyed that wonderful experience keep it in mind for your old age.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Thank youuuuuuu ❤️🙌🏻

[@Shawn2ndaccount]

Well in 9 months we will see a second baby! 😂😂. Great adventure and video.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

😂😂

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

😂😂

[@johnmathisen1167]

Ho hum

[@outtyrider]

Old mate on level 20 looks like he had a ripper of a night at the nighty lol

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

😂😂 haha!!! Having way too much fun!!!

[@E4mily44]

🙂

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

🙌🏻😄

[@lesh1986]

So cute.can one take one trip with MSC,from Qatar to Dubai only.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Not sure - you’ll have to jump onto the MSC website 👍🏻

[@leroyeadon378]

How did you manage to hide all the other travelers, or was the ship half full, or was it sponsored by MSC? Glad you had a great time.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Haha we didn’t hide anything. We were there for the ship launch / naming ceremony so there weren’t the usually amount of people on board 👍🏻

[@cherrierellon8467]

What an awesome video! Congratulations and thanks for sharing this video 🥰 Just wondering if I have a complete vaccination,do you need to present a negative test result? Thanks and more videos pls.... I just subscribed you guys🤗

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Hey Cherrie! Thanks for watching and for subscribing 😍 we just had to show our international vaccination certificate. It was a simple process 👌🏻

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Hey Cherrie! Thanks for watching and for subscribing 😍 we just had to show our international vaccination certificate. It was a simple process 👌🏻

[@toddthomas3226]

Did you guys win lotto. Wow

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Haha no... we were flown over to be part of the cruise ship launch. Very grateful for such a cool opportunity 🙌🏻

[@Withycombe1]

Thanks for the cruise review… but like don’t cruisers actually like cruise? Amazing boat but what’s the cost- like it’s not for normal workers/middle income earners… or?

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Hey Mark, we were flown over there to just experience the ship and showcase what is has to offer. It was docked the whole time but it’s was a quick trip (4 nights) If you Google you can easily get an idea of the costs. Thanks for watching 😜

[@karlschmidt4018]

Cashed up 😂

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Haha nope! But it certainly felt like it whilst on the cruise 😜🍻

[@ChrisIsOutside]

9 hours early? What are you my parents?!

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Hahaha yesssss it was way too early 😜 but we had to put the Kombi into storage and our flight was at night!

[@campcreekhill8933]

Did the ship actually go anywhere?

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

The ship stayed docked at Doha, we were there for the launch. So our time was spent checking out all it had to offer 🙌🏻😄

[@campcreekhill8933]

Nice!

[@peterhavord5984]

Watch any soccer while you were there ?

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Nope!!!

[@mblakrak_ongisnade87kanjur24]

Hello cute baby...

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

👍🏻😄

[@westaussie9497]

Karstan, you can drive around the world. In your OKA.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

That’s the plan 😉

[@chrrissss]

Lol , did you buy new thongs ( flip flops) for that trip ! .. only joking great vid.

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

🤣 hahaha we did have to make some purchases for this trip!!!

[@leecoates6524]

kombie in Qatar leave oka at home

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Haha wouldn’t that be epic!!!

[@davidschulte3425]

Why fly half across the world to cruise why not cruise within Australia

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

This opportunity was provided to us and we jumped at it.. for us that’s what life is all about. Saying yes to new experiences 👍🏻😄

[@dorwarddorward2371]

Chicken nuggets

[@holodip]

It's so hard to watch them talk together. She tries to get a word in and he talks over her everytimr

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

Haha ... that happens in relationships ... especially after beers

[@Pomybasterd]

Yuck it’s luck being stuck in a shopping centre get of before it leaves

[@KarstanAndMaxine]

We were very open minded for the trip so enjoyed all it had to offer 👌🏻

[@Pomybasterd]

I did a ten day cruise in the South Pacific total nightmare felt like I was stuck in rsl club and shopping centre give me the outback any day 😱👍🍺🤪🤪

[@petermercer5968]

Hell no