Sunday, April 6 – Thursday, April 10, 2025
When you have several sea days together, they seem to blend. You get into a routine of activities (or not), meals, evening activities (or not) – rinse, repeat.
We had 5 sea days before we reached Hilo, Hawaii. Those days consisted of
Coffee from the Grand Cafe.
Clock turning back 3 times before Hilo arrival.
Time in the Casino (slots now open 24/7 because the Casino will be closed while we’re in Hawaii)
Daily Activities – Many people went to the Hawaiian cultural ambassador events such as hula dancing, making bracelets, ukulele lessons, etc. I’ve done most of them before.
I chose to go to a future cruise presentation to see if there were any must-do itineraries coming up. I attended multiple lectures by Australian author Michael Adams –
I participated in the Lido games to win door prizes (I didn’t) –
And, I attended the coffee chats with Cruise Director Gage interviewing various ship personnel.
Chuck preferred playing cards or hanging out with his buddies on the Sea View Deck. Cruising has something for everyone.
We spent a lot of time eating or thinking about where and when we would be eating.
Here are some examples of our food during the times I thought about getting a photo before I started chomping away.
Evening activities – A band was brought in to play jazz music during the dinner hours in the Ocean Bar.
We spent some time in the Casino, but it was usually very crowded in the evenings so we never stayed long. And we went to both the Rolling Stone Lounge band and the BB King band sets.
We only attended one world stage show – Jose Sarduy’s second show (which I didn’t think was as funny as the first). Other shows by the HAL singers and dancers or the FlyRights we had already seen.
I even managed one day to walk 2 miles around the track on the Sports Deck. Small victory – probably burnt enough calories for 1/2 of a dinner roll.
The days actually passed very quickly to me and it seemed like we were reaching Hawaii sooner than I thought. But we were right on schedule.
Tomorrow – Hilo, Hawaii
