by The Inside Cabin | Jan 18, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
What’s worse than a seat saver? A seat saver who saves a seat for someone but then that person never shows up. That was the unfortunate situation today in the Wajang Theater for Good Morning Amsterdam. One of the nice things about this Grand Voyage was the...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 17, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Clear, bright blue skies contrasted with the deep blue Pacific as we continued our westward push toward Nuku Hiva. Good food is one of the joys of cruising and there is not much better than a delicious breakfast delivered to your room. We enjoy a leisurely start to...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 16, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
While walking around the ship today, I realized something was missing. There was none in the Ocean Bar – one of its usual haunts – nothing near the Explorers Lounge. No flyers in our mailslot, no announcements from the Cruise Director announcing the next event....
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 15, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
The sun was up very early this morning as our time changes are marching ahead of true local time. We will retard clocks one last time tonight, by 30 minutes, but we still have over 2000 miles until Nuku Hiva. With a time zone roughly 1000 miles wide we are ahead...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 14, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Day 10, Enroute Nuku Hiva Our steady progress across the Pacific continues and we continue to close on the equator and will soon enter the South Pacific. The weather continues to cooperate, and while a little on the warm side, it is quite pleasant on deck especially...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 13, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Warm, overcast skies greeted us this morning as we continue west toward Nuku Hiva at around 18 knots. The Seaview pool was empty as was the Lido Pool. Rain threatened so it was easy to decide to sleep in or relax inside. Our first event was the Shell Necklace Class...
