John the birthday boy
Wow, what the size and difference in the passenger demographic makes on this segment of the voyage. The average age is about 55 compared to 70 ish on the previous segment. The Lido is always full. There are full pools with lots of children. The casino is quite active, and the ukulele lessons turned into a jam session led by the sheer quantity of Polynesians. For us there was a repeat of the Polynesian migration lecture, so I elected to not go to any lecture until David's port talk at 2:30pm in the afternoon.
Our Cruise Critic Meet & Greet at 10am in the Explorers Lounge was very well attended. It was good to put faces with screen names for the newly embarked members. I also had the opportunity to talk about the tendering process and field questions regarding the same.
Yesterday I sort of felt like a celebrity when at breakfast, a lady sitting with us suddenly turned and said, "You're the one writing the blog!" Besides her, I've received lots of positive feedback and I appreciate the comments. If you have a question, feel free to contact me through the link on the blog.
We enjoyed a very nice birthday dinner in the Main dining room on Gala Night for John (of John & Ann) with 8 other people. Cake and an Indonesian happy birthday song sung by the crew were enjoyed by all.
The captain's toast was brief and he's really young, but definitely has a captain's voice! The Unexpected Boys presented the first (Frankie Valle tribute) of their repeat 4 shows from the first segment. It was well received for both the 8 & 10 pm shows (yes, we attended both and Angela danced with Joe in the first show but we took a defensive seat in the second row for the second show).
Afterwards I was finally able to get on Cruise Critic's new website, and I have to say that I am not impresssd. So far I've not found any explanation for what the changes were needed for. As I use an iPhone while traveling, it's not particularly friendly to IOS. But the biggest negative is that one can't access the site using an APP like Tapatalk which improves the speed and ease of access.
Tomorrow will be our first tendering and it remains to be seen how well that will work. Stay tuned.
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