- 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 62, STRAIGHT FLUSH ON THE FLOP!
March 6th
CASINO UPDATE
I have been playing Texas Hold’em every sea day this cruise. Today I experienced something for the first time EVER.
I flopped a STRAIGHT FLUSH.
The odds of this happening are about 10,000 to 1. For the non poker players, a straight flush is the highest poker hand possible, beating 4 Aces. This is when you have 5 cards of the same suit (a Flush), that are also in sequence (a Straight). This rare combination is called a Straight Flush.
I was in the Big Blind and was dealt a 7 and 10 of Diamonds. Everyone checked around and the flop appeared on the electronic table: 6, 8 and 9 of Diamonds!. I raised one Big Blind and all but one player folded. There was little interest from the only caller and I was able to get him to call one more small raise before the showdown. If he had had a better hand he would have bet more. No big payday for my winning hand, but a lot of fun nevertheless.
COFFEE CHAT
Irish Comedian William Caulfield, was today’s guest at Coffee Chat. Now that the Alley Cats have set the stage for humorous pre-Coffee Chat announcements, William Caulfield reminded everyone that the clocks were turned back one hour earlier this morning with his thick Irish accent.
Today was Hamish’s Birthday and William started out by singing Happy Birthday before they started the interview. William was a wonderful guest and totally captivated the audience with a 15 minute story about how he got his start in comedy while living in Northern Ireland.
KNITTING UPDATE
Judy spends many sea day mornings up in the Crow’s Nest knitting with other fiber enthusiasts. Judy is a very popular name and after Auckland, another Judy joined the group completing the “Four Judys”.
LCR
Before Dinner we joined some friends in their cabin for a game of “Left, Center, Right”. We had a fun and noisy time. Who knew we could squeeze nine people into a veranda cabin. More about the game HERE https://www.wikihow.com/Play-LCR
DINNER WITH THE ALLEY CATS
Several of the A Capella group “The Alley Cats” joined us for dinner. We had a wonderful time and learned that they are big hockey fans as well as avid poker players. Armando even tried his luck during the afternoon Texas Hold’em game. I missed him as I always play in the morning game.
MAIN STAGE
Brett Cave was the featured entertainer on the Main Stage. Wearing a bright orange suit, he exploded onto the stage with a high energy show that went on for an hour, well past the normal 45 minute standard. I have included here a photo I took of his show in 2018. He played a number of hits including:
- The Entertainer
- You May Be Right
- Hello
- Love Will Keep Us Together
- Beatles medley
- Crocodile Rock
- Piano Man
