- Happy Days Are Here Again!
- Day 1, Bon Voyage!
- Day 2, The Endless Cruise
- Day 3, Black and Gold
- Day 4, Earthquake at Sea
- Day 5, Roseau, Dominica
- Day 6, Cook like a Lucian
- Day 7, Grand Gala Party
- Day 8, Devil’s Island
- Day 9, Sunday Brunch Sampler
- Day 10, Belém
- Day 11, Samba Sizzle
- Day 12, Tenor Terrific
- Day 13, Recife, Brazil
- Day 14, Gold, Glitz and Gleam
- Day 15, Selfies at Sea
- Day 16, Rio!
- Day 17 – A Carnaval Experience! (sorta)
- Day 18, Iguazu Falls
- Day 19, Iguazu Falls – Argentina
- Day 20, Walking to Buenos Aires?
- Day 21, Back Home
- Day 22, Montevideo
- Day 23, Black and White
- Day 24, Rock and Roll!
- Day 25, Falkland Islands -Almost
- Day 26, Drake Lake & Penguins!
- Day 27, Admiralty Bay and Deception Island
- Day 28, Neumayer Channel
- Day 29, Charlotte Bay
- Day 30, Super Fog on Super Sunday
- Day 31, Drake Lake – Redux
- Day 32, Cape Horn
- Day 33,Ushuaia
- Day 34, Punta Arenas
- Day 35, Sarmiento Channel
- Day 36, Paparazzi Night
- Day 37, Puerto Montt
- Day 38, At Sea, En-route San Antonio, Chile
- 2022 Grand World Voyage Survey
- Day 39, Valparaiso Artist Studios (San Antonio/Santiago)
- Day 40, Polynesian Cultural Ambassadors
- Day 41, Abba Fabulous!
- Day 42, My Sweet Valentine
- Day 43 – THE MAN THAT DOESN’T TALK
- Day 44 – Easter Island
- Day 45 – Cabin Crawl!
- Day 46 – 7 Billion Meditators
- Day 47 – Mutiny on the Bounty
- Day 48, Joie de Vivre
- Day 49, En Route Papeete
- Day 50, Papeete, Tahiti
- Day 51, Tropical Paradise
- Schedule Change Take #2
- Day 52, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- Day 53, Mardi Gras at sea!
- Day 54, Advance Clocks 23 Hours
- Day 55, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
- MAJOR SCHEDULE CHANGE
- Day 56, Bowlers and Bumbershoots
- Day 57, Super Tuesday at Sea
- Day 58, Wine on Waiheke
- Day 59, Auckland Yarn Crawl
- Day 60, Parasailing in Paradise
- Day 61, Captain’s Gala Dinner
- Day 62, Straight Flush on the Flop!
- Day 63, Sydney Australia, Walkabout Park
- 2020 World Cruise will end in Fremantle due to Corona Virus
- Amsterdam Grand World Voyage Ends Early – Heading Home
- Day 77, Keep Smiling!
- Emilio Valle Rocks the Amsterdam Main Stage
- Day 78, The Long Road Home
- The Final Leg Home
- Alana Conway – Superstar!
Day 48, Joie de Vivre – Joy of Living
BRACELET CLASS
The Polynesian Cultural Ambassadors led the assembled guests in weaving a bracelet called a “Lau Fala”. Lau Fala is the type of plant used to make the band while the thread we used is called Raffia. You can find the instructions HERE.
For their first class, making the necklace, there were plenty of seats available at 8:30 AM, thirty minutes prior. Based on that I arrived at 8:30 and found all the seats taken. I was able to get a spot close to the stage by sitting on the edge of the pool. There were plenty of kits so everyone who wanted to make the bracelet was able to get a kit regardless of where they were sitting.
Paki started off the class with a few announcements before turning it over to Haulani who guided us thru the rather simple process to weave the bracelet. Fifteen minutes after we started most everyone was finished.
COFFEE CHAT
Coffee Chat was next up for me with the Polynesian Cultural Ambassador lecturer, Kainoa, as the guest. Kainoa spent 18 years living in New York City and considers the big apple his second home. He got his start on Carnival Cruise lines before switching to Holland America where he worked as a crew member for many years before joining Paki’s Polynesian Cultural Ambassador’s team.
GALLEY TOUR
The Galley Tour was lightly attended as most guests have been on this tour many times. I always enjoy going regardless as I can usually pick up something new. On today’s tour I was able to get a glimpse of the Gala menu for the Captain’s Dinner on March 5th, but it will remain a close secret until then.
GALA NIGHT – Joie de Vivre
The theme for this evening’s Gala Night dinner was “Joie de Vivre”, French for “Zest for Life” or similar. The waiters were wearing rainbow colored bow ties and the tables were set with colorful napkins and chair covers. We wore our tropical formal wear and later had fun taking some pictures with the ships photographer.
ATLANTIC CROSSING
The Holland America Singers and Dancers were on the Mainstage this evening performing “Atlantic Crossing”, a British Invasion themed show, which featured such hits at “Build Me Up Buttercup”, “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, “Good Bye Yellow Brick Road” and “How Do You Mend a Broken Heart”.
