Off The Maritimes Provinces

    We had another 30 minute time change last night which means we were up early enough to get to breakfast. We made it to the meditation and zumba sessions as has become our pattern on sea days. After that the day gets fragmented. We have talked to many Princess cruisers and all complain about the same things. One lady this morning said that this is the worse run ship she has been on. We know what the problems are – scheduling – but have not heard of why it is the way it is. One couple at breakfast said that they had to rush dinner to get to the early show which we are constantly reminded is for the late diners like us! The cruise itself has been good – especially the Greenland part – but the daily sea routine is not that good for our liking.

 

Our Table

  They had another shopping sale at sea. They have piles of tee shirts left over from their time in the Caribbean last year and are trying hard to unload their stock. I have replenished my supply – twice. The enrichment lecture was moved to the middle of the day for some reason which means we had an opportunity to go to it. He was a Hollywood writer with stories about the film and TV industry. Today the topic was New York. The whole talk was about Ellis Island and there was nothing about the film industry. It was the only lecture that we were able to attend since it the talks ran at the same time as zumba. We managed to get to the pub lunch and then headed to the cha cha dance lesson and more Effy jewellery events.

   

Tonight's Dessert

Tonight was a formal night with the Captain's farewell party – scheduled at the same time as the comedian in the Princess theatre and our dinner time. Actually the comedian was quite funny. He is from New York but he did joked about Canada. He was among the better of the acts that we have seen. Dinner was excellent as it always is on formal night. Lobster was on the menu! The rest of the evening was a game show called the Marriage Game. It was quite funny as well. They asked questions of 3 couples. Newly weds, mid marriage (35 years) and over 50 years marriage. Some of the answers were quite hilarious. We also received our leaving time and departure instructions. We will be off the ship by 8 am!