- 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 54 – Advance all Clocks 23 hours!
Early this morning we advanced all clocks 23 hours as we crossed the International Date Line. Actually, we advanced all clocks 24 hours and then set them back 1 hour as we continue our westward journey toward Tonga.
TONGA HEALTH QUESTIONAIRE
Fears of Corona Virus continue to influence our travels and we learned that Tonga refused entry to several cruise ships earlier in the week. Tonga finally relented and agreed to our entry provided we complete a health questionnaire certifying that we haven’t been to an affected area in the last 2 weeks.
COFFEE CHAT
Steven Ragartz was the guest at Coffee Chat this morning. He decided to take some time off after completing all his course work for his PhD in computer science and worked as a street performer before landing his gig with Cirque du Soleil where he performed in the shows Mystère and Quidam.
DINNER GUEST TYLER
Our guest for dinner this evening was Tyler, the bass player for the HAL Orchestra. He majored in music at Penn State and is having a great time working on cruise ships.
THE ALLEY CATS
The featured performers this evening were “The Alley Cats”, a Doo Wop acapella Group from Los Angeles. They did a wonderful job singing hits such as:
- Stand By Me
- Barbara Ann
- Little Darling
- Blue Moon
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight
- Let There Be Peace On Earth
About halfway thru the show they asked if anyone in the audience would like to come up on stage and help. Normally such a request has people diving under their seats, but this evening an older gentleman slowly started walking toward the stage indicating he was ready to sing with them.
Once on the stage, he proceeded to sing an amazing baritone, and had some pretty good moves. I was convinced he was a plant and was related to a member of the group. I spoke with him a few days later and it turned out he was 86 years young and a retired professional singer. While he never sang Doo Wop, he was still very polished with a great stage presence.
The Alley Cat’s have incredible voices and are very entertaining. Don’t miss their show!
THE SOUTHERN CROSS
After the show we stopped by the Seaview pool to see if the Southern Cross was visible. The night was clear, but the ambient light by the pool was so bright that any visible stars were hard to see. We decided to go forward to the Deck 6 observation deck, right below the bridge. It was dark there as the bridge team needs to maintain good night vision. Often times, the wind over this area is too intense for comfortable viewing, but tonight, the ships slower speed and favorable wind direction made it quite pleasant.
It was dark here as we hoped, but there was enough light shining up from the Deck 5 ladder to make it safe to shuffle forward clinging to the handrail on the outer edge of the deck. After taking a few minutes for our eyes to adapt, millions of stars came into view. Using the SkyView app on Judy’s phone, the Southern Cross was easy to spot.
