It is Tuesday, February 17th, yesterday was Sunday the 15th. We crossed the International Dateline so there was no Monday the 16th ; the crew is quite happy as they get paid for it! We also had a weird time change… the night before last we set the clocks back 1 hour (as we have been doing quite often) and then last night we set them forward 1 hour. Now tell me why with no port call it was necessary to make those changes???
Since I mentioned the crew above… what a hard working bunch of people. It seems that they get a day off about once in three weeks and, as you know, their hours are long. By now most of them know the names of the passengers and everyone seems quite comfortable. I don’t imagine that this is a difficult passenger base, but I think many of them are dealing with a bit of boredom and probably a slightly lower income as this is not a drinking and spa-going group of passengers as they would get on a 7 or 10 day cruise.
We have a special Galley tour at 10:00 this morning for the CruiseCritics. I just got the invite late yesterday afternoon so we tried to spread the word quite quickly - I hope most people heard about it. I always like visiting the galley - it is really remarkable how they manage to feed the entire ship - even more remarkable on he mega-ships.
Since I mentioned the crew above… what a hard working bunch of people. It seems that they get a day off about once in three weeks and, as you know, their hours are long. By now most of them know the names of the passengers and everyone seems quite comfortable. I don’t imagine that this is a difficult passenger base, but I think many of them are dealing with a bit of boredom and probably a slightly lower income as this is not a drinking and spa-going group of passengers as they would get on a 7 or 10 day cruise.
We have a special Galley tour at 10:00 this morning for the CruiseCritics. I just got the invite late yesterday afternoon so we tried to spread the word quite quickly - I hope most people heard about it. I always like visiting the galley - it is really remarkable how they manage to feed the entire ship - even more remarkable on he mega-ships.
Is the albatros good luck or bad? He was with us all afternoon and evening.
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Hi Sue - I've heard you mention the CruiseCritics group a few times. What is this? Is this available on all cruises? We are booked on Azamara Mar 8, is this something to join for that?
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As the snow just keeps coming down here in SW Colorado...
ReplyDeleteHave fun...enjoy the warmth of the S. Pacific. Following you on the CC board too!