Thursday, April 16 – Monday, April 21, 2025
Just as the sea days blurred going to Hawaii, they blurred coming back from Hawaii. Making matters worse this time though is that we would move our clocks ahead three times and we would be packing to leave on the last sea day.
One weird thing I was asked to do was complete a Hawaii Tourist Survey and return it to Guest Services. I thought it was a weird survey because it asked questions about “what we were going to do in Hawaii” and I was completing it after we left Hawaii. Anyway, I completed it best I could and turned it in.
Because of the time change, we usually slept late so my daily activities normally consisted of reading and going to afternoon presentations. It was beginning to get colder again so pool time was out for me.
We tried to play in the Casino during the day when it wasn’t as crowded. They gifted us with 3 big bottles of water. I appreciated them but I wish we had gotten those earlier in the trip, but we did manage to finish them.
We enjoyed pre-dinner drinks at the Ocean Bar. We went to a couple of evening shows on the world stage. We saw singer Emily Yates. She had a lovely voice and could imitate several female singers.
I really enjoyed the sand art show by John Thiering. He would create images in a large box on stage and his creations would project onto the large screen. All set to music. It was very unique. Chuck was not as impressed as I was.
We attended at least one set of the Rolling Stone Lounge band each evening. The night the band was off, we attended the sets in the BB King Lounge. We did not go to the Orange Party this segment. It was held in the Lido Pool area, so I heard there was more room to move around versus holding it in the BB King Lounge.
And we ate.
One day we went to the Mariner’s Luncheon and we each had the poached lobster appetizer, filet mignon, and the chocolate plate. We were fortunate to have one of the ship’s engineers and his wife join us at the table. He had some interesting stories. The ship doesn’t always offer a luncheon to recognize its repeat guests so I’m always happy when they do.
We had another Tamarind dinner and we repeated our choices of crispy duck and wasabi-crusted beef tenderloin. Other nights, we were either in the main dining room or the Lido. You don’t have to worry about us. We found food.
Then, just like that, our bags were packed and outside the room ready for pick-up in Vancouver. Good times flew by.
Tomorrow – Disembarkation and traveling home
