Wednesday, April 2, 2025
The seas were very rocky last night, so it wasn’t a restful night’s sleep. I was looking forward to my first latte of the day. Unfortunately, I had a longer wait than usual. The Grand Dutch Cafe was short-staffed, so the line of caffeine-starved passengers was stretched down the hallway. Sigh.
Once we did have sufficient caffeine, we went to the main dining room for a leisurely late breakfast. Then I went to a presentation by Gage, the Cruise Director, regarding information about Astoria, our next port. I was interested in going out to the state park but needed to know if Uber was available. If not, finding out what would be interesting within walking distance.
Spent some time in the Casino. It was very crowded since people had not been able to play until they re-opened the slot machines around 11:00 pm last night.
Since I didn’t sleep that well last night, I decided to return to the room to read and take a nap while Chuck stayed to play some cards.
I was reading when maintenance knocked on the door. Our room stewards had reported that our shower needed some grout work, and he had come to fix it. I had not even noticed the problem. He was in there about 30 minutes.
I thought I could still take a short nap but just as I was drifting off, there was another knock. Room service was delivering a gift of chocolate covered strawberries compliments of the Casino. Can’t be mad at someone giving you free chocolate.
Tonight was another dressy night, and we had been invited to HAL’s Awards Ceremony at 4:30 so my hopes for a nap were now dashed. It was time to get ready.
We weren’t getting any Medallions on this cruise. We have received our Silver Medallions, but we have many more sea days to go before getting a Gold one. There were several people on this cruise who received their Gold Medallions signifying 500 cruise days. We enjoyed chatting with other passengers.
We opted for an early dinner in hopes that we would avoid the fiasco of the last dressy night dinner. It was a good decision. The line was long but once we got to the host desk, he was able to seat us right away. No beeper needed.
Chuck and I each had the Beef Tenderloin Oscar. It was very tender and the crab meat on top was very sweet.
We went to the early show in the world stage. The show was a talented group of vocalists and dancers called The FlyRights. We really enjoyed their show.
After the show, we listened to the last two sets of the BB King Lounge band. They were better than the other night, but I still prefer the Rolling Stone Lounge Band.
We called it a night and hoped for a more restful sleep.
Tomorrow – Astoria, Oregon
