At Sea

Satellite reception is limited so I’ll post as I can hit it. The TV addicts are beginning to Jones!

We have now traveled 4020 miles; Easter Island is 760 miles away. This is day 14 of the cruise and would be the day on many of our past cruises when we would have to repack to disembark… this time we have 93 days to go! We have had wonderful weather and calm seas except for the first two days. You wouldn’t even know that we are far out in the Pacific; the seas are as calm as the Caribbean.

We went to the special Sunday Brunch when it opened at 10:30. It is a really impressive spread; everything from prime rib to seafood… including caviar (well, it was probably salmon eggs, but it served the purpose) It was impossible to even taste everything that looked good. Thank heavens we will have 93 more days to try more of the food. So far I’m rating the food above that that I’ve had on either Celebrity or Holland America in the last couple years.

Last night for the Superbowl Princess paid for a special downstream of the game so the satellite disruption didn’t bother it. They decorated the Cabaret Lounge with balloons of appropriate colors and provided a munchies buffet of chips guacamole, salsa, pizza, etc. The room was filled. That is our only large showroom on this small ship. It isn’t like the theatres on the large ships with the tiered seating; it is much more like a night club with chairs and tables; very nice, but often difficult to see the stage area.

They make use of every possible space on the ship for multiple purposes. Computer classes are taught in the specialty restaurants and they will schedule smaller (quiet-type) events in both sides of the Royal lounge (forward top deck) at the same time.