Sunny and Smaller Swells

    We are experiencing nice warm weather and smaller swells although we are still under the influence of the storm system that is far away. The weather continues to be warm and sunny. After the Captain's party last night where our “friend” Gunter (from Indonesia) kept bringing us glasses of wine, we had a really good night's sleep. It was shorted because we needed to “gain” one of the hours that we “lost” on our way to Hawaii. So the clocks went ahead an hour.

    We made our way to the buffet for a light breakfast, picked up the Sudoku (still working on it) and found the morning zumba class. It must seem like a rut but exercise in the morning seems to get us going. After the class we attended a lecture on Natural Disasters in The pacific mainly on tsunamis and tropical storms. The lecturer is the naturalist on board and is an excellent speaker. The other lecturer was also presenting but we left immediately. The one time we heard him he was terrible. We saw the line dance class where they were doing the Wobble! That took care if the morning.

    The afternoon was filled with the pub lunch followed by the ballroom dance class. Today the Waltz was the dance taught 1 2 3 123 etc. It was also the day for the Grapevine Wine tasting where they talk about 5 different wines. We have gone to them many times as it is part of the Elite package. In the past there was always a list of what wines were being demonstrated. Not today. Our waiter just filled the glasses before the wine was talked about. Usually they show you the bottle and the label. Our waiter did not do that.  He was in a hurry to get out of there. The wines on board have gotten more expensive as have the drinks. It may be just on this cruise. We have seen variations of the prices before based on the itinerary of the ship. Some outside time ended the afternoon. The pool areas are filled with people enjoying the warm weather.

   We were out early to get to some of the entertainment venues before dinner. One of the cruise staff did a show which was quite entertaining. From that point on, it was on to dinner. We were able to catch some of the Queen show put on by the house band. The show in the Princess theatre was a trumpet player. Enough said!