- 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 57, Super Tuesday at Sea
COFFEE CHAT
The Maori Cultural Ambassadors, Lucky, Pali, Destiny Rose, and Brady, were the guests at Coffee Chat this morning. While all are from New Zealand, they have different backgrounds and bring a variety of different experiences to their work.
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Brady
WASHING THE BALCONY
Every few days they wash off the balcony decks outside our cabin. The day before we will receive a notice informing us that they will be out there with hoses so as not to alarm us when we see someone appear on our deck.
SUPER TUESDAY VOTE BY FAX
Today is the Sunday before Super Tuesday, which is the big Primary Election Day in the United States. As a California resident, we discovered we could get our ballots sent to us via email. How this works is they emailed us a code which we inserted into a website and then we filled out our ballots. We then saved the completed ballot as a PDF file and were required to fax it back to San Diego County elections. I used to have a fax by email service but since I rarely used it I discontinued the service a while ago. I tried to establish another account but due to the poor Internet I was unable to logon.
Since we are in New Zealand tomorrow I figured I could go to an office supply store and pay to have them send a fax to San Diego. But first I decided to ask Guest Services if the ship had the ability to fax information for guests. Much to my pleasant surprise, not only did the ship have a fax by email account set up, the service was complementary for passengers. I took our ballots to Guest Services and while I waited they scanned the ballots and faxed them to San Diego Voter Services. The next day I received an email from San Diego Voters confirming receipt of our ballots. So if you need fax services aboard ship, check with Guest Services, and they should be able to help you out at no charge.
MAORI SERENADE
During dinner this evening we heard a group singing what appeared to be some local Maori music. I scurried over to the railing and there were the Maori Cultural Ambassadors singing on Deck 4. It was a nice tune, but I did not catch the name.
MAIN STAGE
Tonight’s entertainment was a split bill between Juggler Steven Ragartz and the talented multi-instrument musician Jim Hodson. Steven was first and performed an amazing pantomime depicting a circus hand waking up and getting ready for the day’s work. If someone described this to me I would never imagine that this would be remotely interesting, but due to Steven’s incredible talent you cannot take your eyes off the stage. He is an amazing performer, if you see him listed on your cruise, be sure to catch his show. He followed up by balancing 5 boxes on his chin and juggling three bricks.
Jim Hodson was a second half of the split bill. He performed a variety of tunes including:
- Pipeline
- Walk Don’t Run
- Canon in D
He performed an amazing rendition of Pure Imagination on the mini trombone.
After the show Jim greeted passengers by the Starboard entrance on Deck 4, which is becoming more more rare recently. Judy and Jim mugged for the camera.
