Saturday, April 5, 2025
Today was disembarkation for some, embarkation for others. For us, it was an in-transit day.
It was a bright sunny day but still chilly. We had no plans to leave the ship today so after a Lido breakfast, we made our way to the world stage so that all in-transit guests would be taken off the ship in a group – have our passports verified, and then you could either leave the ship or go back to the ship.
Once I was back on the ship, I took the time to go to the Specialty Dining Reservation booth to make a couple of reservations. I also had to go to Guest Services to show them that we were charged for our dinner last night at the Tamarind when we should have had it comped. I had tried taking care of it using the HAL Navigator app but the charge stayed on, so I had to go in person.
We had a pleasant afternoon chatting with new guests on the Sea View and enjoying the sun. We had to go to our muster station at 2:00, but we only had to have our cards scanned.
The sail-away party was at 3:30.
The Casino party was at 4:00. We received another Casino gift.
We were surprised to see that they had changed the times of the world stage performances from 7:30 and 9:30 to 6:00 and 8:00. We don’t know if this is a permanent change or just for tonight.
The comedian Jose Sarduy was performing his same show from last week, so we skipped it. We ate dinner in the Lido.
We went to the BB King Lounge to listen to the band. They started with a moment of silence for their friend. We stayed for the entire first set. I know it must have been hard for them to muster the energy to play.
We then went to the Rolling Stone Lounge to listen to their last two sets.
We decided not to wait up for the Casino to open and called it a night. When I hung up my jacket, I found that I managed to lose one of my gloves. Glad we are headed to Hawaii instead of Alaska. Will try lost and found at Guest Services tomorrow.
Also, Nathan the gnat is still with us. He has managed to elude our room stewards so far. I admire his spunk.
Tomorrow – Sea Days
