- 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 45 – 18 Feb – At Sea
Coffee Chat
Courtney, the Librarian, and Claudia, the Digital Workshop Host, were the guests for Coffee Chat this morning. Courtney is from the USA but now lives in Belgium with her husband. This will be her last contract as she plans to spend more time pursuing opportunities ashore. Claudia is from Mexico and is hoping to return for next years world cruise.
2020 World Cruise
Every year about this time they post prospective itineraries for the World Cruise 2 years away, in this case 2020. In addition to soliciting the opinions of current cruisers, surveys are usually sent, via email, to past World Cruise participants. The final itinerary is usually published in late May. It only takes $100 pp to hold a cabin until the schedule is released but then it bumps up to around 10% of the expected fare. Final pay for a Grand Voyage is 120 days of the sailing date but if you make full payment 60 days before that – you receive a 3% discount and other perks.
Afternoon Activities
Judy continues to enjoy the Drawing Class. Today the lesson built upon spheres and squares with an introduction of foreshortening and hash marks to show volume.
Ever since Henk sent out his memo and made an appearance at the Crafts group Judy has never failed to make the cut and get a kit. Today she made an Owl Totem Native Australian Design Key Fob.
I won the only Texas Hold’em tournament I entered today. Texas Hold’em is very popular this cruise with at least 3 tournaments a day, sometimes 4 and a full table at the cash game from 9 PM till closing around 11:30 to midnight.
A copy of the days When and Where with all the daily activities can be found HERE
Evening
New England Pot Pie was on the menu again this evening, which I always order when available. Judy enjoyed the Blackened Ahi Tuna Oaxaca-Style. Both dishes were outstanding along with the service.
Penny Shaw and Fiona Cooper Smyth, aka Divalicious were the in Queen’s Lounge this evening. Their powerful soprano voices performed a variety of popular show tunes including hits from Les Misérables and Sound of Music along with an occasional opera aria thrown in for good measure. Between songs they engaged in some humorous light banter as Fiona joked, for example, that she was Bond Girl, but Penny was more of a Miss Moneypenny.
Thank you for posting the Where and When daily programs!
Do you win real $$ in the Texas Poker games or is it “funny money”? If real, what is the buy in and the winnings?
DoggyDaddy
We win real money. Buy-in is $30. With a full table of ten, Winner gets $175 and second gets $75. House keeps $50
On most HAL ships tournament is $60 buy in with $350 for first and $150 for second.
We have a live dealer. Most ships use poker pro electronic tables.
We get $4000 in tournament chips. Blinds start at 100/200 and double every 10 minutes and max out at $3200/$6400 so at the end the games finish quickly.