by The Inside Cabin | Mar 16, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Capt Mercer came over the public address system and gave us a preview of what we can expect in near future. He said everything will be in a letter delivered to our rooms, but wanted to give us what he knew ASAP so we could start planning. Here are the highlights...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 13, 2020 | Sea Day, 2020 Grand World Voyage
2020 Grand World Voyage will end in Fremantle (Perth) At noon today, 13 March 2020, Captain Mercer confirmed that our wonderful World Cruise will be ending in Fremantle on 24 March 2020, 10 days from now. After the announcement, Henk held an informal town hall by...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 6, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
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...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 5, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day, Gala Night
Day 61, Captains Gala Dinner, March 5th I will be picking up my blog where I left off, back on March 5th. My last regular post was over a month ago on March 4th with a report of our visit to The Bay of Islands. After I finish the missing days, between March 5th and...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 4, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, New Zealand, Waitangi (Bay of Islands), Oceania
This is post 64 of 74 in the series “2020 World Cruise” 2020 World Cruise on the ms Amsterdam – 128 Days 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...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 3, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, New Zealand, Auckland, Oceania, Knitting
Day 59, Mini Yarn Crawl and Boat Ride MARITIME MUSEUM A visit to the Auckland Maritime museum, quite close to the cruise terminal, has been on my Auckland “to do” list and I would finally get my chance on our second day here. I also discovered that they have several...
