Scott & Rob World Cruise 2024

January - April 2024
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  • Day 2

    Santa Barbara

    January 10 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    Beautiful sunny day in Santa Barbara. We visited the mission with two towers (the only one with two) and the Court House. The Court House has a bell tower and working chimes. We were lucky enough to be climbing the bell tower stairs when the bells went off. Beautiful murals on all 4 walls of the court room. Nice leisurely stroll down State street with many places to shop, dine and drop in for a beer or coffee. Stopped a couple of local breweries to experience their beers and they were very tasty.
    We did not dock at Santa Barbara and used the tinder boat to shuttle to shore and back. One of the tinder boats had a seal try to jump onboard - Bet that was a surprise...!
    Back on board we checked out the ship layout, the gym, visited the Spa for a hot and cold experience and a relaxing time laying on the heated rock lounge chairs.
    Looking forward to all the at sea activities tomorrow after a good night's rest.
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  • Day 3

    Sea Day Jan 11th

    January 11, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌬 14 °C

    Our first day at sea was just getting used to the ship layout and putting the finishing touches on where all the stuff we brought with in the room. And as usual, we have too much stuff....
    Dinner in the Restaurant was a nice change from the World Buffet. Today was a rough day at sea with high winds, so we got our 'sea legs' walking around the ship, in the gym on treadmills and in the Spa for some hot and cold treatments.Read more

  • Day 4

    Sea Day Jan 12th

    January 12, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Our second day at sea and starting to do more of the on-board activities.
    We had our first Cooking Class from 9:30 for just over 3 hours. We prepped the veggies, herbs and made friends doing it. Was a small group of 10 in the area outside of Manfredi's. The menu was Callolo Soup, Pork Medallions and Spices Pound Cake. We did prep for the pork marinade and herbs for the soup. Our chef / instructor did a lot of helping out and 'improving' our chopped ingredients. The induction heating and pans was wonderful and something to consider adding to the kitchen since there is no heated surface, just the pan.
    We then ate the food prepared for the meal with good wine and a lot of conversation. Penny and Roger were there from trivia the day before. We met David and Maggie who were from Cape May. We are meeting them for dinner tomorrow.
    Afternoon was another gym and spa time, then a shower
    We attended an interactive lecture on world travel and then a Magic show in the main theater. Who knows how the magic works, but was a mystery how his Instagram account could contain the answer to the trick...
    Then off to bed.
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  • Day 5

    Sea Day Jan 13th

    January 13, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌬 21 °C

    Another day at sea. Was rough seas and high winds so the ship was rocking around. Testing our 'sea legs' again... Now we know why there are handrails all over the ship or something to hold on to.
    Played Bag-O / Cornhole in the morning. They have it every day and it gets competitive. The cruise director and crew also play. Our team did not win. Obviously someone cheated.
    Trivia again at noon and we won! Only because Penny knew all the food questions. Roger and Penny were our partners again today.
    Afternoon was the gym treadmill and the spa hot, cold, hot cold then jacuzzi. Seems like we do this every day. Trying to exercise to avoid exploding due to all the excellent food on the ship.
    Dinner with David and Maggie in the restaurant for a lot of conversation about all of use, then the nightly theater of duet songs by the ship's entertainment. The Viking band and entertainers.
    Off to bed for some rest and more rocking back and forth with the waves.
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  • Day 6

    Sea Day Jan 14th

    January 14, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌬 23 °C

    More high winds and rough seas today, so we are weaving around all over the place down the hallways. Making good use of the handrails.
    Played Bag-O / Cornhole in the morning. This bunch gets pretty competitive. They change up the game to make things interesting like throwing the bags while up on the grand staircase or throwing across to the hole instead of straight on.
    Tried just the two of us at Trivia today and found that we could use all the help we can get on some of the questions. Out of 35 total points we scored 17.
    Normal lunch, then the gym again and the spa for some hot and cold rooms then the jacuzzi.
    Dinner with Roger and Penny was a lot of conversation and story telling.
    There was a LGBTQ gathering in the lounge and surprisingly there were about a dozen couples that showed up as well as a couple of the crew members. Was fun to meet and greet and get to know other onboard. Many of the couples haven been together 20+ years just like us.
    Port talk introduced us to our Hawaii excursions. First day for use is a Hawaiian Luau and the second day is a hike to the top of Diamond Head. We are both looking forward to some time on land.
    Evening entertainment was a former 8-year Jersey Boys headliner from Vegas. He was very entertaining and as usual, you have to get to the main theater 30 minutes early to get a good seat.
    Then off to bed.....
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  • Day 7

    Sea Day Jan 15th

    January 15, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Much calmer seas today, so not nearly as much staggering around on the ship. We attended the morning coffee talk with the cruise director Avine and the singer from the Jersey Boys show. He talked very frankly about the industry and his path through entertainment.
    We had an hour with the gym personal trainer and he showed us exercises and the equipment and how to use them correctly for posture and the best results. We then did a set ourselves and probably over-did it. We'll find out tomorrow morning how sore we are since neither of us has done any weight training...
    Then trivia again at noon, and we came in second, but it was not a good score since the questions were all about Hawaii, the islands and their history. Guess we should have attended some of those history talks / lectures they had the day before.
    The winds started back up so our attempts at ping pong and putt-putt golf did not go well at all, so we just decided to walk 4 laps around the ship which is one mile.
    We had Afternoon Tea with Roger and Penny.
    Then a presentation on turtles and how they are in the wild and also a racy video of 2 turtles getting it on in the water.
    THEN the BEST part of the day was with Penny teaching us how to play cribbage. She is a very patient teacher and we made it through a 200 point game, which I (Rob) won.
    Dinner and going to stay in the room to watch the 2nd show from the magician on TV. Then early to bed to get ready for our first day on land in a week!
    Big plans for our days in Hawaii tomorrow
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  • Day 8

    O'ahu - Hawaii

    January 16 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 25 °C

    First day on land in a while, so that felt good. Arrived in Honolulu and then a trip to the Pearl Harbor Memorial and viewed the sunken Arizona Memorial. Walked around the park and took in the history of all the devastation from the initial 2 waves on Pearl.
    We had a driving tour of the city and walked to the Honolulu Brewing Company where we had a couple of beers, lunch and Scott bought a tank top as a souvenir.
    In the evening we attended an authentic Hawaiian Luau with the roast pig, poi and dancers. They did traditional hula dancing and with fire sticks. We had special VIP access, so we had table service rather than having to go thru the buffet line. Our escort from Viking was really great, he was funny and played good music on the bus, which really helped to pass the time (since it was almost an hour drive there and back).
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  • Day 9

    O'ahu - Hawaii

    January 17 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Got up early for a hike to the top of Diamond Head, The hike was not too long in length, only 1.6 miles however it had a change in elevation of over 600 feet. The terrain started easy with paved walk, but then became more rugged with lots of steps. At the top there were great views of the ocean as well as Honolulu. Also there are remnants of a military bunker. The way back down was thru the bunker and a tunnel. Back on the ship we hit the gym for some body work and the hot and cold sauna to make the muscles feel better.
    The afternoon movie was the original Around the World in 80 Days (3 hours long). It was in the main theatre.
    Dinner outside under the sunset and stars as we sail again for another 5 days to French Polynesia. The evening show was performed by the assistant cruise director Michael. After the show we went up to the sports deck to view the stars.
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  • Day 10

    Sea Day Jan 18th

    January 18, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Another day at sea and our usual routine. Breakfast, playing cornhole, trivia (and we did not win again, but it's fun), lunch, gym with treadmill and weights, spa with hot and cold then jacuzzi.
    Dinner and a show with the new entertainer, Lindsay Hamilton. She was really good. Veteran West End entertainer. And she was funny also.
    Late night star gazing with the resident astronomer that can see things with the naked eye that I would never see. My SkyView phone app helped out a lot with that.
    Then off to bed for some rocking around with the ship motion...
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