There is no doubt that we have entered the part of the Pacific Ocean where the temps are cool, and the weather not so nice for sun bathing. The morning view was dismal, as the skies appeared different shades of gray. The breeze had a bite to it as we did our laps today. The crew has been busy scrubbing, vacuuming, and painting the gutters and railings. Now that the worst of the mess has been cleaned up with the lanai room change-over, it is starting to look presentable. We do know that every lanai cabin has the new walk-in showers, but as far as the rest of the passenger decks, we are not sure.
During breakfast, we had an interesting conversation with Agung, our former waiter/turned head waiter. He mentioned that the Sunday brunch will happen on every cruise over 14 days fleet wide. That is, of course, if that Sunday happens to fall on a sea day. Today there was a special fish lunch in the dining room, with most every item containing some type of fish or crustacean. Only the desserts were fish-free. Not to our tastes, lunch would be Dive In Grill for us.
For most of the day, we noticed that people stayed inside either reading in the new comfortable library, playing games and bridge in the Hudson Room, or relaxing in the public areas of the ship. The puzzle table is still in the library, and is always full of folks having fun with it.
The most exercise many people got was chasing the little ball at the ping pong table. Despite the cooler temps around the walk around deck, the Lido Pool area was warm enough for swimming and some sun bathing. The sun did finally peek out after 2pm, though there was not a lot of heat in it.
The final folkloric Mexican dance took place in the Lido Pool at noontime. More than likely, they will be leaving the ship in San Francisco. Then it will be everything Alaska.
Have you ever heard of Loteria? Guess it is the Mexican form of bingo, and was free to play in the Wajang Theater at 2pm. The movie, Black Panther, was shown at 3,6, and 9pm.
It appears that the liquor shop has gotten a lot more customers now that we are approaching the end of this cruise. Duty free and 2 for 1 prices might boost their sales, as many passengers seem inclined to buy before they leave the ship.
It was a 2 movie day for us with “Dough” and “Murder on the Orient Express”. Both were very good.
Dinner was in the dining room once again, where we had soups of cheese tortellini and dos frijoles. Entrees of coq a vin and medium rare sliced beef were perfect. We saved a smidgen of room for dessert.
At 9pm, there was a Call My Bluff game show, where a panel of storytellers (usually staff) present the folks with off the wall definitions. Most are obscure words that can potentially have many different meanings. Most times, they are not what you would expect. So it is up to the viewers to decide who is lying, and who is telling the truth. If we had wanted to go to this venue, we would have had to eat really fast.
The Mainstage featured an encore variety show with Dale Gonyea and Matt Disero, both promising all new shows.
Tomorrow will be a busy day with the port of San Francisco. It will start early with a zero clearance of all passengers and crew before 10:30am. Once checked through, we will be able to enjoy our day as “tourists” in our very own city.
Bill & Mary Ann
