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The Entering the Pacific Ceremony King Neptune, a.k.a. Vernon our LA, held court over the scoundrels who tried to slip into the Pacific and for crimes on board. Select crew were called out for their transgressions. The King then doled out justice. They were cleansed in waters of the Pacific. GSM and Activities Manager were up next. Crimes of closing guest service in port so he could go on excursions and failing to bring the CD coffee were allegated. Guest volunteers were hauled before the King. They had to kiss the fish. Next the HD was "cleansed" four times once for each stripe for crimes that included eating in Chops every night. Then Captain Rumen was called out. His crimes included making too many announcements and forgetting to give the CD a birthday present. The crew seemed to be enjoying this. So the Captain fired them all. For back talking he was cleansed two more times. CD Mark tried to end the Ceremony but was called out. King Neptune and his Queen ended the ceremony and poised for pictures. It was a lot of fun and enjoyed by crew and guests alike.

How dare they treat you like the millions of cruisers before you. 🤣🤣🤣

Here's the video the ship created to instruct guests how to disable MAC address randomization. This is such an issue that there were lines at the Voom desk for several days into this cruise. This impacts all ships so be prepared and save yourself the headache of dealing with this when you board a ship.

The chat feature is back in the app but I'm having difficulty searching for people by name.

Back on Radiance too. I didn't update my app as I tend not to do updates while on a cruise. Voom isn't good enough to risk getting some corruption during an update.

Live from the Pacific

When I left my cabin this morning I could smell the faint textile smell of new carpet that I caught when walking past them the other day as they were replacing carpet in the forward stairwell. I suspect they've replaced more carpet somewhere overnight.

Very smooth with a minor swell from the West.

Sunrise report

Starlink report: Our Starlink gateway city at this moment appears to be Bogotá, Columbia. My email app is promoting me to re-enter my passwords. I guess it is concerned I popped up in Columbia unexpectedly.

Day 9 - Sea Day Progress report:

I noticed in tomorrow's cruise compass we change time tomorrow night, one hour back.

Time lapse of the transit through the Panama Canal. Bridge cam isn't high resolution so it is what it is.

We may be through the canal, but we've got a seven night cruise still ahead of us. 🤣

Day 9 Cruise Compass RD Day 9 cruisecompass.pdf

Vernon, our LA, spotted a whale. Keep an eye open, we're in the Pacific now.

Sunset from the Colony Club

MDR menu

One thing to note about Radiance and a canal transit. They block access to the outdoor promenade aft deck 5 area. These bollards or whatever is the proper name on the sides near the aft were used for the steel cables from the mules. There was a lot of worn paint chips and bare metal showing so they would be a hazzard to guests. I'm assuming a lot of tension is on the cables so a safety risk.

Check Youtube for Canal Expansion full length videos.

Pacific Ocean Progress Report post transit

Hmmm That's not the airport.

Panama City

Next stop, somewhere with cold beer We made it!

The Bridge of the America's up next