Rare GeezerCouple Posted October 24, 2019 #251 Share Posted October 24, 2019 What wonderful, active Roll Calls you've had! Nice way to start each segment of the trip. And thank you all for your comments and photos. We'll be boarding Noordam one month from today for our first HAL voyage. GC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted October 24, 2019 Author #252 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Tonight's Entertainment It is Wednesday, we are somewhere in the Pacific and it is a Sea Day On the Main Stage aka World Stage we had David Meyer, listed as Unique Musical Artistry. What we had was the on board band with a performer on an instrument that was basically a synthesizer. I believe I have seen him perform before and he does put on a pretty good show. He started with Babba O'Riley by the Who, and continued from there. The whole show was good. For two of the songs, his wife came out and did an interpretive dance which was pretty good. After the World Stage show I stopped by Billboard on Board. They were doing a '60's set and doing a better job of it. I don't know if it was because they were getiing used to each other, since they just started together 9 days ago. At any rate, the show was a bit better and they did have some audience participation. Next was BB King. As alway, the show was very good. All the musicians were very good and performed well together. The selection of songs was good and performed well. They had a pretty good crowd and many up on hhe dance floor. All in all a good night of entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxmantoo Posted October 24, 2019 #253 Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, richwmn said: Tonight's Entertainment After the World Stage show I stopped by Billboard on Board. They were doing a '60's set and doing a better job of it. I don't know if it was because they were getiing used to each other, since they just started together 9 days ago. At any rate, the show was a bit better and they did have some audience participation. Any chance you might find out the piano players' names in Billboard Onboard? Thanks! Edited October 24, 2019 by taxmantoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted October 24, 2019 Author #254 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Today is our 7th day at sea, second in this leg. An activity not noted on the schedule is the Mariners Luncheon today. This is a bit early, generally they are at the end of the cruise but this cruise is port intensive at the end so why not go ahead and do it. Medallion Ceremony is at 10:30, followed by lunch at 11:00 and 1:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeniEncinitas Posted October 24, 2019 #255 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Thank you Rich!! Finally have gotten caught up on your wonderful blog! Enjoy your write ups and pictures. Denise😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted October 25, 2019 Author #256 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Food, food, food - seems like all we think about on a cruise is food. Well, here are tonight's menus. Tonight is our second gala night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Himself Posted October 25, 2019 #257 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Just looking at your meal listing makes me hungry an I just ate supper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted October 25, 2019 #258 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Okay, I’m ready to order.😋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted October 25, 2019 Author #259 Share Posted October 25, 2019 14 hours ago, taxmantoo said: Any chance you might find out the piano players' names in Billboard Onboard? Thanks! Tonight's entertainment On the main stage we have the Noordam Singers and Dancers (yes they still exist) in a show called 1000 Steps. The singers were good and the dancers work well together. It seemed to be a well constructed show, performed well. In Billboard, Pianists Justin and Anderson were doing a Music Trivia Session, playing songs from artists that came to the US from elsewhere and wanting the answer to be the Artist's name and where they were from. They played the whole song which made the trivia session last quite a while. They did do a good job of engaging the audience again. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Himself Posted October 25, 2019 #260 Share Posted October 25, 2019 I am glad at least one ship still has singers and dancers performing on the main stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybear Posted October 25, 2019 #261 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Nice to see different menus! We had identical ones most days on our Back to back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted October 25, 2019 Author #262 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Another beautiful day on Noordam. Today's schedule is attached. Of note is that we cross the equator today. The shellback ceremony is at 10:30, should be a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted October 25, 2019 #263 Share Posted October 25, 2019 7 minutes ago, richwmn said: Another beautiful day on Noordam. Today's schedule is attached. Of note is that we cross the equator today. The shellback ceremony is at 10:30, should be a great time. The shellback ceremony/crossing the equator is always fun. I hope you get a good view point and enjoy it 😄 Thanks too for the reports on entertainment, etc. It's very encouraging for our cruise next year which has a lot of sea days as yours does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted October 25, 2019 Author #264 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Noordam has crossed the equator. We are now in the Southern Hemisphere. A fun ceremony. Pictures in a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted October 25, 2019 Author #265 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Here are a few pictures of the Ceremony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted October 25, 2019 #266 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Thanks for your updates and photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted October 26, 2019 Author #267 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Before I run off for trivia, time for tonight's menus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbarianPaul Posted October 26, 2019 #268 Share Posted October 26, 2019 5 hours ago, richwmn said: Noordam has crossed the equator. We are now in the Southern Hemisphere. A fun ceremony. Pictures in a bit. Actually, we don’t cross the equator until approx. 8 pm tonight, in about three hours, per the captain. But the ceremony, though a little early, was a blast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare GeezerCouple Posted October 26, 2019 #269 Share Posted October 26, 2019 What actually happens during the ceremony. It appears some people are standing near the pool...? We've only had the "crossing the Arctic Circle" ceremony... brrrrrr. 😮 Thanks! GC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poodles65 Posted October 26, 2019 #270 Share Posted October 26, 2019 This is such a wonderful and active forum! My brother was on the ship, just the first part to Hawaii. Said it was relaxing in spite of the rocky seas! In a few weeks I’ll be boarding the Nieuw Statendam and have dietary restrictions. Does anyone have them in this forum and how did the Noordam accommodate you? Mine is shellfish allergy and Celiac disease. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelker Posted October 26, 2019 #271 Share Posted October 26, 2019 We crossed the Equator about 800 pm tonight (just under 2 hrs ago) which I was able to confirm with the Coriolis Effect experiment in our bathroom sink! LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted October 26, 2019 #272 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Wonderful report and great pictures. We have crossed the equator several times and always love the ceremony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bnxshs Posted October 26, 2019 #273 Share Posted October 26, 2019 8 hours ago, GeezerCouple said: What actually happens during the ceremony. It appears some people are standing near the pool...? We've only had the "crossing the Arctic Circle" ceremony... brrrrrr. 😮 Thanks! GC Here's an interesting Wikipedia entry about the ceremony: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremony On HAL, it's a short, fun skit that celebrates crossing the line that borrows from some of the described activities. They are a lot of fun to watch and usually passengers get a certificate of crossing the equator signed by the captain and King Neptune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted October 26, 2019 #274 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Great pics of the ceremony, Rich. Thanks 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted October 26, 2019 Author #275 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Good Morning, or to those on the East Coast, Good Afternoon! Welcome to the 9th Sea Day of this Voyage. Here are the things to do for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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