by The Inside Cabin | Apr 29, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Today is the final day of our Grand World Cruise and it has exceeded all my expectations. We will be continuing on thru the Panama Canal and disembark in our home town of San Diego. We have 16 days to decompress as we enjoy what used to be a long cruise, but now seems...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 28, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Today was the last day for Good Morning Amsterdam. Event Manager Mark joined Cruise Director Gene and Culinary Arts Center Host Donna for a reflective discussion of the previous 114 days. For future cruisers, I highly recommend putting Good Morning Amsterdam on your...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 27, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Island Magic was the guest on Good Morning Amsterdam this morning. They are the steel drum band that wowed the crowd the other evening. They got their start playing calypso music by the pool on cruise ships in the Caribbean. They wanted to move off the pool deck and...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 26, 2016 | Sea Day, 2016 Grand World Voyage
Good Morning Amsterdam was canceled this morning due to a crew drill. This gave me time to check out one of the morning exercise/dance classes led by one of the passengers, Linda, who has also been our tablemate and friend for the past 4 months. Her class was held in...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 25, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
We continued to pitch with the occasional roll all night and into the morning. It’s been a while since we have had a steady deck, but it’s not really affecting much that I can see, unless you wanted to get into a pool as they still have the net covers installed. The...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 24, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
The deck motion has increased significantly since yesterday and was now impacting your ability to walk straight without being careful. A few times we had some small objects tumble to the deck of our cabin during a particularly heavy pitch. We must be close the limits...
