- The Journey Begins – The 2018 Grand World Voyage
- Leaving San Diego for Fort Lauderdale
- Arriving in Fort Lauderdale and our first day
- Fort Lauderdale – Day 2
- Day 1 – The Adventure Begins
- Day 2 – Our First Sea Day – Abba Fabulous!
- Day 3, Georgetown, Grand Cayman
- Day 4, At Sea En Route Puerto Limon (San Jose), Costa Rica
- Day 5, Puerto Limon, Costa Rica
- Day 6, Transit the Panama Canal
- Day 7, Fuerte Amador, Panama
- Day 8, At Sea
- Day 9, At Sea
- Day 10, At Sea
- Day 11, At Sea
- Day 12, At Sea
- Day 13, At Sea – Enroute to Nuku Hiva
- Day 14, At Sea, Enroute to Nuku Hiva
- Day 15, At Sea – Enroute to Nuku Hiva
- Day 16, Taiohae, Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia
- Day 17, At Sea
- Day 18, Avatoru, Rangiroa, French Polynesia
- Day 19, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
- Day 20, Mooera, French Polynesia
- Day 21, Bora Bora, French Polynesia
- Day 22 – At Sea
- Day 23, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- Day 24, At Sea
- Day 25 – Alofi, Niue
- Day 26 – At Sea – Crossed Dateline – Jan 29th GONE!
- Day 27 – At Sea
- Day 28 – At Sea
- Day 29 – Auckland, NZ
- Day 30 – Tauranga – 3 Feb 2018
- Day 31 – Napier
- Day 32, At Sea – Super Bowl Monday
- Day 33, Port Chalmers, Dunedin
- Day 34, Fjordlands National Park – Milford Sound
- Day 35 – At Sea – Enroute Sydney
- Day 36 – At Sea
- Day 37 – Sydney, Australia
- Day 38 – Sydney, Australia
- Day 39 – At Sea
- 2020 World Cruise Possibilities
- Day 40, Hobart, Tasmania
- Day 41, At Sea
- Day 42, At Sea
- Day 43 – Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island
- Day 44 – Adelaide, South Australia
- Day 45 – At Sea
- Day 46 – At Sea
- Day 47 – Albany, Western Australia
- Day 48 – 21 Feb Perth
- Day 49 – Perth Yarn Crawl
- Day 50 – At Sea
- Day 51 – At Sea
- Day 52 – At Sea
- Day 53 – Benoa, Bali
- Day 54 – Benoa – Bali
- Day 55 – At Sea
- Day 56 – At Sea
- Day 57 – At Sea
- Day 58, Puerto Princesa
- Day 59, – At Sea
- Day 60, Manila, Philippines
- Day 61, Manila, Philippines
- Day 62 – At Sea
- Day 63 – Hong Kong
- Day 64, Hong Kong
- Day 65 – At Sea
- Day 66 – At Sea
- Day 67 – Phu My, Vietnam
- Day 68 – Siem Reap (ms Amsterdam at Sea)
- Day 69 – Siem Reap
- 2020 World Cruise – w/detailed dates
- Day 70 – Singapore
- Day 71 – At Sea
- Day 72 – Phuket
- Day 73 – At Sea
- Day 74 – At Sea – Enroute to Sri Lanka
- Day 75 – Columbo, Sri Lanka
- Day 76 – At Sea – Enroute to the Seychelles
- Day 77 – At Sea
- Day 78 – At Sea
- Day 79 – Victoria, Seychelles
- Day 80 – At Sea
- Day 81 – At Sea
- Day 82 – St Denis – Reunion Island
- Day 83 – At Sea
- Day 84 – At Sea
- Day 85 – At Sea
- Day 86 – Maputo – Safari Day 1
- Day 87 – Kambaku River Sands – Safari Day 2
- Day 88 – Kambaku River Sands – Safari Day 3
- Day 89 – Kambaku River Sands – Safari Day 4
- Day 90 – Cape Town, South Africa
- Day 91, Cape Town, South Africa
- Day 92 – At Sea
- Day 93, Walvis Bay, Namibia
- Day 94 – At Sea
- Day 95 – At Sea
- Day 96 -Luanda, Angola
- Day 97 – At Sea
- Day 98 – At Sea
- Day 99 – Crossing the Equator
- Day 100 – At Sea
- Day 101 – At Sea
- Day 102 – Banjul, Gambia
- Day 103 – Dakar, Senegal
- Day 104 – At Sea
- Day 105, Praia – Cape Verde
- Day 106 – At Sea
- Day 107 – At Sea
- Day 108 – At Sea
- Day 109 – At Sea – April 23, 2018
- Day 110 – At Sea
- Day 111 – San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Day 112 – At Sea
- Day 113 – At Sea
- Day 114 – Fort Lauderdale
- 2018 World Cruise Entertainers
Day 39 – 12 Feb – At Sea
We received a cruise log for the first segment. Find it HERE
Other letters are posted under the menu 2018 World Cruise Reference
Coffee Chat
Paul Adam, the comedian from last night, was the guest for Coffee Chat. He took over the interview and basically did another show touching on a wide variety of topics. He has been a professional comedian for over 20 years with extensive experience on cruise ships. Paul has been on numerous HAL ships and world cruises over the years and shared many humorous anecdotes about his interactions with guests and staff on other cruises.
Cruise Critic Meet and Greet #2
Today was our second Cruise Critic Meet and Greet for the cruise. As expected, attendance was down, probably by 50% from the first meeting, but everyone present had a good time catching up with people and meeting a few new faces who joined us in Sydney. The first slot pull was so popular that Jerry decided to organize another one sometime soon.
Casino
I had another good day with Texas Hold’em and won the only tournament I played today. There are 3 tournaments every day, sometimes 4. People start lining up at 7:30 to sign up when the casino cage opens at 9 AM. I don’t get there until they open and always get the 3 PM game and somethings one other.
Port Arthur Cancelled
Captain Jonathan came over the public-address system this morning and announced a change to our schedule. Due to forecast heavy swells, Port Arthur was cancelled, and we would be leaving Hobart at 8PM instead of 4AM so we could get ahead of weather and allow us enough time to transit around the north coast of Tasmania rather than the southern coast. Although we would have enjoyed seeing Port Arthur, we also enjoy sea days so we were not too disappointed. Our plans for Port Arthur was to take a pre-arranged taxi to the Unzoo, visit a chocolate store and then return to the ship. Now that Port Arthur is cancelled, we only have one tender port remaining for this cruise: Kangaroo Island.
Read the Captains letter about our cancelled port HERE.
Dinner
Dinner featured another Fresh Catch – Macadamia Crusted Barramundi. It was delicious. Our servers, Deden and Billy continue to impress us every evening with their outstanding service and good humor. Dinner is a major event of our daily routine and Deden and Billy are significant reasons we are enjoying our meals so much. Our wine steward, Kaye, celebrated her birthday while we were in Sydney and everyone at the table gave Kaye a small present.
Queen’s Lounge
Andy Joy was the featured entertainer this evening. If you look at the daily When and Where you will see Andy pictured with a variety of instruments, none of which is a piano. This is usually code for something unconventional. As it turned out, Andy runs a piano bar in Australia and he played a number of hits by Elton John, Billy Joel and more. Toward the middle of his show he pulled out an accordion and wowed us with his talent on that instrument. Andy put on a great show – don’t miss him whenever you have the chance.
