by The Inside Cabin | Feb 25, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day, Gala Night
Day 53, Mardi Gras at sea! Making Poi! The Maori Cultural Ambassadors were leading a class on “How to make Poi” at 9 AM by the Lido Pool. Having been on cruises with the Maori Cultural Ambassadors before I knew that when they said “Poi” they meant the balls, attached...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 24, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Let’s Circle Australia! After the daily meteorological and navigational update the Captain said he would be back on after Hamish’s activity update. This gave the Captain a chance to broadcast news of our second schedule change into all the cabins rather...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 23, 2020 | Gala Night, 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Day 51 – Tropical Paradise COFFEE CHAT The featured guests for Coffee Chat this morning were the three Sea Cadets: Jelle, Stephan and Thorald. They are all going to college in the Netherlands and spend time at sea as part of their education. This also allows...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 21, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Day 49 – En Route Papeete, Tahiti Coffee Chat was canceled due to a crew drill scheduled for the same time. We spent most of the day catching up with photos and didn’t venture out of the cabin except to play a couple games of Texas Hold’em. The highlight of...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 20, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day, Gala Night
Day 48, Joie de Vivre – Joy of Living BRACELET CLASS The Polynesian Cultural Ambassadors led the assembled guests in weaving a bracelet called a “Lau Fala”. Lau Fala is the type of plant used to make the band while the thread we used is called Raffia. You can...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 18, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
I started to notice a new event in the Where and When called “Seven Billion Meditators with Photographer Gee” which is being held in The Mainstage at 7:30 AM. I wasn’t exactly sure what to make of this so I headed down to the Mainstage this morning to check it out. ...