- Day 12, Tenor Terrific
- 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 11, Samba Sizzle
- Day 9, Sunday Brunch Sampler
- Day 13, Recife, Brazil
- Day 15, Selfies at Sea
- Day 16, Rio!
- Alana Conway – Superstar!
- The Final Leg Home
- Day 78, The Long Road Home
- Emilio Valle Rocks the Amsterdam Main Stage
- Day 77, Keep Smiling!
- Amsterdam Grand World Voyage Ends Early – Heading Home
- 2020 World Cruise will end in Fremantle due to Corona Virus
- Day 63, Sydney Australia, Walkabout Park
- Day 62, Straight Flush on the Flop!
- Day 61, Captain’s Gala Dinner
- Day 60, Parasailing in Paradise
- Day 59, Auckland Yarn Crawl
- Day 58, Wine on Waiheke
- Day 57, Super Tuesday at Sea
- Day 56, Bowlers and Bumbershoots
- MAJOR SCHEDULE CHANGE
- Day 55, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
- Day 54, Advance Clocks 23 Hours
- Day 53, Mardi Gras at sea!
- Day 52, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- Schedule Change Take #2
- Day 51, Tropical Paradise
- Day 50, Papeete, Tahiti
- Day 49, En Route Papeete
- Day 48, Joie de Vivre
- Day 47 – Mutiny on the Bounty
- Day 46 – 7 Billion Meditators
- Day 45 – Cabin Crawl!
- Day 44 – Easter Island
- Day 43 – THE MAN THAT DOESN’T TALK
- Day 42, My Sweet Valentine
- Day 41, Abba Fabulous!
- Day 40, Polynesian Cultural Ambassadors
- Day 39, Valparaiso Artist Studios (San Antonio/Santiago)
- 2022 Grand World Voyage Survey
- Day 38, At Sea, En-route San Antonio, Chile
- Day 37, Puerto Montt
- Day 36, Paparazzi Night
- Day 35, Sarmiento Channel
- Day 34, Punta Arenas
- Day 33,Ushuaia
- Day 32, Cape Horn
- Day 31, Drake Lake – Redux
- Day 30, Super Fog on Super Sunday
- Day 29, Charlotte Bay
- Day 28, Neumayer Channel
- Day 27, Admiralty Bay and Deception Island
- Day 26, Drake Lake & Penguins!
- Day 25, Falkland Islands -Almost
- Day 24, Rock and Roll!
- Day 23, Black and White
- Day 22, Montevideo
- Day 21, Back Home
- Day 20, Walking to Buenos Aires?
- Day 19, Iguazu Falls – Argentina
- Day 18, Iguazu Falls
- Day 17 – A Carnaval Experience! (sorta)
- Day 14, Gold, Glitz and Gleam
- Day 10, Belém
Day 4
The weather is perfect as we head south toward our first port in Dominica. We have sun shine, smooth seas, light winds and low humidity.
EARTHQUAKE AT SEA
Early this morning about 7AM our time, the ship shuddered as if we hit a large wave. I was up and felt this, but didn’t think anything of it. During the Captain’s noon announcement he announced that this morning we were sailing near Puerto Rico, very close to the epicenter of a magnitude 6.0 earthquake and that is what caused the ship to shudder. He said this was only the second time in his career when he was able to feel an earthquake while at sea.
GUEST LECTURE
Guest Lecturer, Charles McClelland, gave another interesting lecture on the history of US intervention in the Caribbean and Central America since 1900. His lectures continue to be excellent.
CASINO UPDATE
We had another 5 person Texas Hold’em tournament at 11 AM. Still no interest in the 1 PM $100 tournament, but 7 of the regular players assembled at 2 PM for a Cash Game. We played for two hours and had a wonderful time.
It was so nice outside that we had our lunch out by the aft pool.
MAIN DINING ROOM
The guest entertainer from last night, John Bressler, joined us for dinner this evening. He was a wonderful guest and we enjoyed hearing about his travels around the world over his long career of entertaining on cruise ships. He has 51 nieces and nephews. We challenged him to name them all. He came close.
ON THE MAIN STAGE
Comedian Tim Kaminski was the featured entertainer this evening. His show revolved around his hilarious interaction with various guests he brought up on stage. They acted out a skit of the Wizard of Oz which was very funny due to the great attitude and talent of the random passengers he brought to the stage. Audience participation comedians can be hit or miss, but this was definitely a hit!
Tomorrow is our first port of call in Roseau, Dominica.
We had Tim Kaminski on our November Amazon Cruise and I was called to be the Scarecrow. Good times. Thanks for the daily blog. I also do one for our cruises. We’re doing the Grand Africa cruise later this year which will be our first grand cruise.
Thanks for the note. It was a good show. Many times those audience participation shows fall flat. This one worked.
I have seen ted do his wizard of oz on NCL twice. I think he spent most of the winter on NCL a few years ago. He hasn’t changed his show
Guess he doesn’t have to