Five days at sea - all pretty much the same!
We were up by 6:00 every morning drinking coffee outside the WJ. If Jim had spin cycle, we'd eat breakfast in the WJ; if not, we'd meet Valerie & Ian in the MDR for breakfast most days.
We did meet up for lunch in the MDR one day - I didn't much like the menu and probably won't go back. There is a big salad bar but I can't eat lettuce so it's lost on me. There is much more to choose from in the WJ.
Three different times during these sea days I collected the money for Patrick's Bora Bora excursion. Everyone (71) came through except one couple who fell ill and another couple who ended up making other plans (she apparently didn't check Cruise Critic as she was on my list). I had a Wait List and other people were only willing to take their places. I worked with Concierge Juan Diego to get all of us off the ship. He worked with Steve, Cruise Director, and Liz, Activities Manager, and took us off as a tour to the tender! Woohoo! We tried hard to get Juan Diego to go with us but he couldn't get the day off.
Our evenings have been all the same: drinks in the Diamond Lounge at 5:00, dinner at 6:30 at table 314 with Elisio & Iputu (same as last cruise), and in bed usually by 9:30 or earlier. We have gone up to the Solarium pool for a swim and hot tub after dinner a few nights while people were still at dinner or at the show. It was nice having the place pretty much to ourselves.
Speaking of shows, we haven't gone to any yet. We heard that the 70+ year old comedian was not the least bit funny. We don't really enjoy the production shows either. I guess we'd rather go to bed!
We crossed the equator a couple days out of Hawaii about 9:00 p.m. The Captain told us during his Noon update that if we felt a big bump about that time, that's what it would be! Haha, funny man!
The day after we crossed the equator, there was a ceremony at the pool with King Neptune coming on board. All the passengers who had never crossed an ocean on a ship are called pollywogs. After a ceremony performed by King Neptune, the pollywogs were then deemed shellbacks.
The ocean has been pretty good. There's whitecaps (or white horses as the Australians call them) but the ship doesn't seem to be moving all that much. Maybe it's the following seas or maybe it's because I've been on this ship for so long I'm just used to it!
We've been getting lots of sleep in preparation for three busy days in the French Polynesia islands. This view from our balcony never gets old!
Another towel animal.
And one more!
A just one more!
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