Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Sea Day - February 20


We continue to follow a Northerly course towards Guam. Early in the morning we crossed the equator again. There will be another King Neptune Ceremony for anyone who has never crossed the equator on a ship in 2 days.

It started out being a beautiful sunny day and I walked the track for an hour after breakfast. Just as I came back to shower it started to rain. So, the rest of the day was a bit grey even though it didn’t continue to rain.

There was no bingo today for whatever reason. I know they had some safety training that was mandatory for the workers and I think they are short staffed with the loss of the usual dancers that can do all of the games throughout the day.

At lunch, we were seated with 2 couples that we hadn’t met yet. One couple said this was their 3rd World Cruise. We had quite a few travel stories to tell each other. The other couple was from Arizona so we had a lot to talk about with them.

Tonight was a formal night and we had a Captain’s Circle party before dinner. We actually didn’t get our invitations and Jeff came up to tell us he didn’t get one either and neither did Bob & Phyllis. Because we were off the ship between Sydney and Cairns, they showed us as inactive so no invite was generated. Oddly, our cruise cards worked to let us back on the ship. Even more odd was that we did get the free wine tasting invite, just not the one for the party. They gave us one when we asked. On or off the ship we are still Elite……

After the party they don’t let you go in for the evening show until after the room is cleared of the second seating people and they have time to clean up. So, many of us stand in line to get good seats. Many waited up to an hour. There are always a few people that just stand by the stairs and then try to merge with the front of the line. Several people made sure they didn’t get far.

The Production Show after dinner was “Talk of the Town” with the new singers and dancers. It was another great show.

Two more sea days until Guam. Hopefully, I can get photos finished tomorrow. The video that Greg is working on takes a lot of time and internet minutes, so they are slow and may have to wait until we get back on land after the cruise. We’ll see how it goes.

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