Niagarawine

5 hours ago, MISTER 67 said:

Good one!

Yes indeed

6 hours ago, kazu said:

 

Today is National Ferret Day, National Love Your Produce Manager Day, and National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
 

Give the world the best you have anyway.--Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

Meal Suggestion for today - Healthy French Toast Casserole
Drink of the Day - Purple Butterfly 
Wine of the Day - Freakshow Cabernet Sauvignon 
Destination of the Day - Townsville, Australia

Today in History:
1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain as the first known European to reach Florida

Ship Locations
 

Eurodam

Kralendijk Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles 08:00 - 18:00 
 

Koningsdam

San Francisco, California 07:00 - 17:00 
 

Nieuw Amsterdam

Grand Turk Island, Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos 08:00 - 17:00 
 

Nieuw Statendam

Grand Turk Island, Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos 07:00 - 15:00 
 

Oosterdam

Oranjestad Aruba, Netherlands Antilles 08:00 - 17:00 
 

Rotterdam

At Sea Destination Kralendijk Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles eta 04-03
 

Volendam

At Sea Destination San Diego, California eta 04-06
 

Zaandam

At Sea Destination San Diego, California eta 04-13

Eastern Hemisphere
 

Noordam

At Sea Destination Melbourne, Victoria Australia eta 04-04
 

Westerdam

Hiroshima City, Japan Hiroshima 08:00 - 17:00 
 

Zuiderdam

At Sea Destination Victoria, Seychelles eta 4/4

I like that quote to give your best anyway and thanks for the daily. Going nuts g

here in Niagara ,expecting a million visitors for the eclipse lasting three minutes. In Hamilton one minute and twenty seconds. They are filling the football field here with activities. Hope they know enough not to look at the sun directly. Can’t believe the fuss in Canada along with carbon tax deal. Rainy and cool and my daffodils are blooming wildly!

26 minutes ago, POA1 said:

At 11:30 AM, Lido pool loungers pretty packed. Aft pool has a smattering of them. The Panorama Deck (10) had decent availability of the big, lounge beds and some chairs.

 

Deck 14,the Sky Deck has chairs galore.

 

 

Because I care, I took a photo to show you just how many chairs are empty up there. This photo is of the starboard side, but the port side was equally empty.

 

 

Loungers are not comfy and are harder to get on for my old back

Amore 

3 hours ago, 3rdGenCunarder said:

 

I don't know how easy it is to leave dead areas in a system like that, but I think it would be a great idea.

 

I remember a bar in the Caribbean, Aruba maybe, where they had a sign saying "No, we don't have wifi. Talk to each other!"

If ship is sinking the captain will make an announcement 

4 minutes ago, sandiego1 said:

You gave me an idea. I have a horrible singing voice (which is really unfortunate as I love to sing — alone that is). I have chosen my song 🎵 🎶 

 

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands! 👏 👏 

 

If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it,  

 

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!  👏 👏 

 

There are a few more verses about stomping feet and yelling Hurrah. But I bet after they hear me serenade them with the 1st verse, they will have moved their conversation elsewhere. 😀

S’more Dean Martin

Restaurant in Italy is offering a discount to diners who leave tgeir cell phone at the door

1 hour ago, Navybikermom said:

Please let me know how the painkillers are. Hopefully they fixed the recipe… 🍹

They were good when  was on , maybe be too good

2 hours ago, POA1 said:

We have made our Pinnacle Grill lunch reservations, upgraded to the Elite Beverage Package, watched the safety video, and checked in at the muster station.

 

We're in cabana land, waiting on lunch from NY Pizza and Deli. Also Mai Tais from the Crow's Nest.

 

Talk about a full day!

Oh boy sounds great!

Hope to be there

13 hours ago, Scrapnana said:

A half day at Half Moon Cay - March 28, 2024

 

I knew that I wouldn’t be able to use my rollator on the sand and wasn’t sure how good the pathways were, so I chose not to go ashore.  I heard later that a woman fell out of her wheelchair on a path - glad I made the choice I did.  The last tender back was supposed to be at 2:30 but they announced five people were missing.  Eventually they must’ve been found because we sailed away.

 

I had decided to try the pizza place and when I got there Frances and Tony were waiting for it to open.  They had gone ashore but found the water too cold for comfort.  
 

After a very good pizza and salad, we went to the Sea View pool.  I stayed in the pool about an hour.  The water felt wonderful 

 

The last trivia of the cruise was another hard one.  I had 10 of 17 and the winners had 14.

1.  According to Rolling Stone magazine, what is the only non-English song in the top 500 of all time.

2.  What is Canada’s #1 summer sport?

3.  What actor played Batman in the 1995 movie?
4.  What did the Wicked Witch of the West write in the sky?

5.  In what year was the first Tour de France?

 

 

 

1. La Bamba

2. lacrosse 

3. Val Kilmer

4. surrender Dorothy

5. 1903

 

After trivia I finished packing before a quick trip to the shops (I had non-refundable OBC) and then to our final dinner in the Club Orange dining room.  We skipped the show and I put my dinner clothes in the suitcase and wheeled it out.  
 

Early morning tomorrow- we are meeting at 7:20!

 

Smooth sailing until next time!

They need buggies on Half Moon Cay like tgey do on MSC private island. From what I’ve read it is fully accessible and there are a lot of us who need better accessibility 

On 3/28/2024 at 10:20 AM, Haljo1935 said:

Great information - I didn't know about having a more knowledgeable accessibility shore ex manager - we'll definitely ask for them when we book our next excursions.

Me neither, thanks for letting us know

Lack of social awareness of others comes with the new territory, not greeting others, letting ladies go first, smiling at the crew and generally being nice to b around.

1 hour ago, cbr663 said:

 

Not at all surprising.

 

If someone hasn't done it yet, it is only a matter of time before passengers are live streaming throughout the ship.  That is what high speed internet allows them to do and they will do it.

I fondly remember the pre internet days when  cruising was relaxing although I did need it to book a flight home on Air Canada for seat selection otherwise we would have been bumped. 

Had it on Rotterdam the bar area where some lady was on a angry call with her son, thought mus be som emergency because she looked pretty upset so we moved away

Oh oh you are really selling this cruise to me, what shall I do?

27 minutes ago, JazzyV said:

Good morning. Thanks for the Fleet Report/Daily.

I'll salute the Red Cross for what they do in disaster areas. I don' scribble and I'm not a big fan of whiskey. Funny quote. I don't like regular Hollandaise, but maybe this is different. The drink looks good and pass on the wine. I have not been to Falmouth. 2 good days in history.

 

Rain has finally stopped after all day rain yesterday. I don't know if hydroplaning was a cause, but there was a terrible accident between an 18-wheeler and 2 cars. People in the one car were ok, but 5 people in the other car were killed, including an infant. I'm very sleep again today, after about 3.5 hours of sleep. The contractor called this AM and the cleaning crew won't be here until next week. I'm still working on the dining room. I have 2 built in cabinets that flank the fireplace, and the glassware in them is dusty and needs to be cleaned (and maybe some gotten rid of). I've taken some ibuprofen for my poor overused left leg, so hopefully it will feel better.

 

@StLouisCruisers Thanks for the nice Falmouth photos.

@Mr. Boston Nice of you to help out your replacement.

@RedneckBob Enjoy snorkeling in Grand Turk!

@grapau27 Nice photos from Weymouth. No worries on it being Portland as the port.

@aliaschief Bruce, that was quite the spread!

@Crazy For Cats Safe trip home. I've mainly traveled with BFF and we've never been separated.

@Niagarawine Sorry to hear you need knee surgery. I was told I do too, but with upcoming back surgery, the knee is on the back burner.

@RMLincoln It sounds like you have great memories from that heritage immersion. I'm sorry to hear that DSIL has had a decline. Hopefully she rallies with holding the radiation a while. 

@ger_77 Congrats on booking that TA.

@Nickelpenny Obviously you must be a talented teacher. even though not trained as one. Great on the cruise savings.

 

Prayers for the Care List and a Toast to those Celebrating.

 

Hope your leg feels better. Funny tge cold really bothers my knee and the rain so now I don’t need to watch the weather channel

They need more ports and more variety on longer cruises. It seems the smaller ships have more interesting ports but I prefer Pinnacle class ships. Love the Dutch cafe.

Thanks for the Daily and prayers to all on the sick

k list especially Allan who we met on Rotterdam. Take care Joy and everyone have a great day. Love hollandaise and will try the less caloric version. It’s a beautiful sunny day here in Hamilton, getting warmer. 
gearing for Alaska and the old knees wil need a few painkillers to get to the Mendanhall. Can’t wait to sail with the lovely crew on Koningsdam. Safe travels to all this weekend. Got ham and lamb. I love lamb, they want ham. Hone mustard glaze and fresh asparagus with hollandaise , with pineapple coffee cake and lemon loaf for afters. 
waiting on knee surgery which could take some time so I will limp around Juneau.

Very good review,thanks

Also I don’t think Holland ships offer much for kids. If they are running around the library then they are bored. 

Loved the nine day on Rotterdam but you are correct that unless you want to do the same itinerary or the canal there isn’t much left. 

I love painkillers and when I get on board Koningsdam in May guess what I will be doing?

24 minutes ago, Real NHDOC said:

Please post any response you receive. I also plan to express my disappointment when the cruise ends and we receive the survey looking for comments on how they could make the experience better. 

Yes I would also be interested in hearing this.  Loved lunch in there on embarkation day.

Okay I will try that