- The Journey Begins – The 2018 Grand World Voyage
- Leaving San Diego for Fort Lauderdale
- Arriving in Fort Lauderdale and our first day
- Fort Lauderdale – Day 2
- Day 1 – The Adventure Begins
- Day 2 – Our First Sea Day – Abba Fabulous!
- Day 3, Georgetown, Grand Cayman
- Day 4, At Sea En Route Puerto Limon (San Jose), Costa Rica
- Day 5, Puerto Limon, Costa Rica
- Day 6, Transit the Panama Canal
- Day 7, Fuerte Amador, Panama
- Day 8, At Sea
- Day 9, At Sea
- Day 10, At Sea
- Day 11, At Sea
- Day 12, At Sea
- Day 13, At Sea – Enroute to Nuku Hiva
- Day 14, At Sea, Enroute to Nuku Hiva
- Day 15, At Sea – Enroute to Nuku Hiva
- Day 16, Taiohae, Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia
- Day 17, At Sea
- Day 18, Avatoru, Rangiroa, French Polynesia
- Day 19, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
- Day 20, Mooera, French Polynesia
- Day 21, Bora Bora, French Polynesia
- Day 22 – At Sea
- Day 23, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- Day 24, At Sea
- Day 25 – Alofi, Niue
- Day 26 – At Sea – Crossed Dateline – Jan 29th GONE!
- Day 27 – At Sea
- Day 28 – At Sea
- Day 29 – Auckland, NZ
- Day 30 – Tauranga – 3 Feb 2018
- Day 31 – Napier
- Day 32, At Sea – Super Bowl Monday
- Day 33, Port Chalmers, Dunedin
- Day 34, Fjordlands National Park – Milford Sound
- Day 35 – At Sea – Enroute Sydney
- Day 36 – At Sea
- Day 37 – Sydney, Australia
- Day 38 – Sydney, Australia
- Day 39 – At Sea
- 2020 World Cruise Possibilities
- Day 40, Hobart, Tasmania
- Day 41, At Sea
- Day 42, At Sea
- Day 43 – Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island
- Day 44 – Adelaide, South Australia
- Day 45 – At Sea
- Day 46 – At Sea
- Day 47 – Albany, Western Australia
- Day 48 – 21 Feb Perth
- Day 49 – Perth Yarn Crawl
- Day 50 – At Sea
- Day 51 – At Sea
- Day 52 – At Sea
- Day 53 – Benoa, Bali
- Day 54 – Benoa – Bali
- Day 55 – At Sea
- Day 56 – At Sea
- Day 57 – At Sea
- Day 58, Puerto Princesa
- Day 59, – At Sea
- Day 60, Manila, Philippines
- Day 61, Manila, Philippines
- Day 62 – At Sea
- Day 63 – Hong Kong
- Day 64, Hong Kong
- Day 65 – At Sea
- Day 66 – At Sea
- Day 67 – Phu My, Vietnam
- Day 68 – Siem Reap (ms Amsterdam at Sea)
- Day 69 – Siem Reap
- 2020 World Cruise – w/detailed dates
- Day 70 – Singapore
- Day 71 – At Sea
- Day 72 – Phuket
- Day 73 – At Sea
- Day 74 – At Sea – Enroute to Sri Lanka
- Day 75 – Columbo, Sri Lanka
- Day 76 – At Sea – Enroute to the Seychelles
- Day 77 – At Sea
- Day 78 – At Sea
- Day 79 – Victoria, Seychelles
- Day 80 – At Sea
- Day 81 – At Sea
- Day 82 – St Denis – Reunion Island
- Day 83 – At Sea
- Day 84 – At Sea
- Day 85 – At Sea
- Day 86 – Maputo – Safari Day 1
- Day 87 – Kambaku River Sands – Safari Day 2
- Day 88 – Kambaku River Sands – Safari Day 3
- Day 89 – Kambaku River Sands – Safari Day 4
- Day 90 – Cape Town, South Africa
- Day 91, Cape Town, South Africa
- Day 92 – At Sea
- Day 93, Walvis Bay, Namibia
- Day 94 – At Sea
- Day 95 – At Sea
- Day 96 -Luanda, Angola
- Day 97 – At Sea
- Day 98 – At Sea
- Day 99 – Crossing the Equator
- Day 100 – At Sea
- Day 101 – At Sea
- Day 102 – Banjul, Gambia
- Day 103 – Dakar, Senegal
- Day 104 – At Sea
- Day 105, Praia – Cape Verde
- Day 106 – At Sea
- Day 107 – At Sea
- Day 108 – At Sea
- Day 109 – At Sea – April 23, 2018
- Day 110 – At Sea
- Day 111 – San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Day 112 – At Sea
- Day 113 – At Sea
- Day 114 – Fort Lauderdale
- 2018 World Cruise Entertainers
Day 66 – At Sea – March 11th
Coffee Chat
Laurie Ashworth and Spencer Moran of “Eterni Amici” – were the guests at Coffee Chat this morning. Everyone assumes they are married, or at least seeing each other, but their relationship is purely professional. Laurie was discovered by Spencer when he heard her sing in an informal setting and approached her about singing professionally on cruise ships. Spencer had been performing on ships as a musician in various bands and knew the business and what type of acts might be popular. He created Eterni Amici with Laurie singing Soprano and play the piano while he would sing tenor and play the sax.
Activities at Sea
Played in two Texas hold-em tournaments today – losing in both.
Judy attended Ben’s drawing class where he demonstrated how to draw figures using shadows and highlights.
During Crafts today, Judy made Chinese Good Fortune Ear Rings.
Red Lantern Dinner
This evening was a gala night advertised as a Red Lantern Dinner. The dining room was decorated with red lanterns throughout while the entrance had two large dragons guarding the doors. Red chopsticks were placed at each place setting while a red hibiscus arrangement was the centerpiece for each table.
Noel, the on board marketing manager, was our table host. She is responsible for many of the on board revenue generating entities on the ship including: retail, casino, spa and the photo lab.
Adagio was playing during dinner on a small stage in the dining room on Deck 5. They filled both levels of the dining room with their wonderful music.
Featured menu items were consistent with the Asian theme including such choices as:
- CRISPY SEAFOOD SPRING ROLL
- CHINESE CINNAMON BEEF NOODLE SOUP
- ASIAN STYLE ROTISSERIE DUCK
Nevertheless, most people stuck with the classic gala night choices of Surf and Turf. Or old standby surf and turf with lobster tail. As always, copies of the complete menu are available on the blog.
Queen’s Lounge
Entertainment tonight was provided by the talented Holland American Line singers and dancers as they performed “Ala Mode” which was billed as “A musical journey around Europe, stopping in Italy, France, Sweden, Ireland, Spain and Great Britain”. They are exceptionally talented singers and dancers and they performed such hits as —-Abba’s “SOS” and The Four Season’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You”.
Hamish was under the weather, so Event Manager Mark did a fine job of filling in as the Master of Ceremonies.
After the show we finished packing for our overland tour to Angor Wat. We were scheduled to meet our driver around 9 AM outside Phu My’s port gate.
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