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- Day 107
- Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
- ☀️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 59 ft
United StatesHonolulu21°18’23” N 157°51’34” W
Iolani Palace, pt 1.
April 19 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Built in 1882 by King Kalākaua, Iolani Palace was the home of Hawaiʻi's last reigning monarchs and served as the official royal residence. The monarchy was overthrown in 1893, the palace was usedRead more
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- Day 107
- Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 59 ft
- United StatesHonolulu21°18’23” N 157°51’32” W
Iolani Palace, pt.2
April 19 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
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- Day 107
- Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
- ☀️ 81 °F
- Altitude: 56 ft
- United StatesHonolulu21°18’47” N 157°51’49” W
Chinatown
April 19 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Leaving the palace, we wandered through Chinatown.
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- Day 107
- Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
- ☀️ 81 °F
- Altitude: 105 ft
- United StatesHonolulu21°19’0” N 157°51’27” W
Foster Botanical Garden
April 19 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
One of Honolulu's 5 Botanical Gardens. If you just walked through it, you'd be done in ~30 minutes. But we decided to take the visitor guide and treat the visit like a scavenger hunt. That made itRead more
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- Day 107
- Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
- ☁️ 81 °F
- Altitude: 115 ft
- United StatesHonolulu21°18’60” N 157°51’28” W
2 more trees, then non-scavenger finds
April 19 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
2 more trees from our scavenger hunt, then just some neat trees & flowers w/o (listed) names.
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- Day 107
- Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 69 ft
- United StatesHonolulu21°18’56” N 157°51’39” W
Shinto shrine
April 19 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
A few finds along our return walk to the boat, and the first few pics of a fun evening.
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- Day 108
- Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
- 🌬 75 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- United States21°13’60” N 157°49’2” W
Waikiki Combo - Sail
April 20 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
3rd & final day in Honululu, we all decided to go on a 3.5hr catamaran tour that included snorkeling with turtles and a nice sail along the coast. The owner (Woody Brown, Jr) was the captain, boatRead more
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- Day 108
- Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- United StatesHonolulu21°16’11” N 157°49’56” W
Waikiki Outing: the turtles
April 20 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
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- Day 109
- Monday, April 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
- 🌙 75 °F
- Altitude: 69 ft
- United StatesHonolulu21°18’28” N 157°51’56” W
Tonights Entertainment
April 21 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 75 °F
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- Day 110
- Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
- ☁️ 55 °F
- Altitude: 36 ft
- United StatesSeattle47°36’27” N 122°20’24” W
Day at Sea: our favorite band!
April 22 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
This team is probably the best band we've ever heard at sea!
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- Day 111
- Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM UTC
- ☁️ 61 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
North Pacific Ocean33°22’12” N 146°55’39” W
Dolphins visit
April 23, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
A school of dolphins approached the ship from both sides and enjoyed surfing the ships waves. It amazing how small they look from the 9th floor pool deck.
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- Day 112
- Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM UTC
- 🌬 52 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- North Pacific Ocean41°34’17” N 137°9’6” W
Ship-building contest
April 24, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
Similar to our ship-building efforts on Oceania a few months ago, Holland held the same competition.
This time we just observed. 😄
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- Day 112
- Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM UTC
- ☁️ 48 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- North Pacific Ocean45°45’14” N 130°33’21” W
Orange party
April 24, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
The orange party was hosted by our favorite house band. They all had SO much energy!!
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- Day 113
- Friday, April 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM UTC
- ⛅ 48 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- North Pacific Ocean45°59’57” N 130°7’5” W
Last Day at Sea
April 25, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Last day at sea, and the 'pool zoo' comes alive! (see video)
At 1 pm, had a virtual presentation of all the ship's services, afterward all the officers were present on stage. Followed by my 11amRead more
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- Day 114
- Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
- ☁️ 48 °F
- Altitude: 13 ft
CanadaVictoria48°24’59” N 123°23’17” W
Arrived in Victoria, Fisherman's Wharf
April 26 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
Our final port stop. The four of us decided to roam around on foot.
We started with Fisherman's Wharf, then the Capital Building, a walk through the iconic Empress Hotel, Beacon Hill, a boat tour ofRead more
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- Day 114
- Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
- ☀️ 57 °F
- Altitude: 30 ft
- CanadaVictoria48°25’12” N 123°21’60” W
Beacon Hill Park, Fairmont Empress Hotel
April 26 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
We had perfect temps & plenty of sunshine to maximize our enjoyment of a really beautiful park.
And to walk through the Empress Hotel was like a trip through an elegant movie set.
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- Day 114
- Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
- ☀️ 61 °F
- Altitude: 20 ft
- CanadaVictoria48°26’31” N 123°23’28” W
Gorge Waterway Tour
April 26 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
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- Day 114
- Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
- ☁️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 66 ft
- CanadaVictoria48°25’45” N 123°22’2” W
Chinatown: Fan Tan Alley
April 26 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Interesting history: Named after the Chinese gambling game Fan-Tan, the alley was originally well known for opium factories that produced opium until it was made illegal in 1908. The alley becameRead more
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- Day 115
- Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
- ☁️ 48 °F
- Altitude: 43 ft
- United StatesSeattle47°36’28” N 122°20’25” W
Cruise ends in Seattle
April 27 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
Time to disembark our floating home. 😞 For the next few days, we'll explore Seattle. 😊
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- Day 115
- Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
- ☀️ 52 °F
- Altitude: 85 ft
- United StatesSeattle47°36’31” N 122°20’26” W
Pike Place Market
April 27 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
Founded in 1907, the Market is one of the oldest and largest continuously operating public markets in the United States. It's alive w/ color, smells and sounds that make the experience a bit surrealRead more
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- Day 116
- Monday, April 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
- ☁️ 52 °F
- Altitude: 23 ft
- United StatesSeattle47°36’22” N 122°20’27” W
Walk on the pier area
April 28 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
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- Day 116
- Monday, April 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
- ☁️ 54 °F
- Altitude: 43 ft
- United StatesSeattle47°35’59” N 122°19’59” W
Beneath the Streets Underground History
April 28 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
This was a fun little tour of some Seattle history & how the street levels changed over the years.
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- Day 117
- Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
- ☁️ 54 °F
- Altitude: 43 ft
- United StatesTukwila47°31’11” N 122°17’59” W
The Museum of Flight
April 29 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
One of the largest space & air collections in the US. Pretty impressive.
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- Day 118
- Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
- ⛅ 52 °F
- Altitude: 171 ft
- United StatesSeattle47°37’13” N 122°20’58” W
Roaming around Seattle; Spaceneedle
April 30 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
You can't go to Seattle w/o a visit to the Needle.
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- Day 118
- Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
- ⛅ 57 °F
- Altitude: 157 ft
- United StatesSeattle47°37’13” N 122°20’60” W
Still roaming: Chihuly
April 30 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
This should also be on the 'must see' list....this man's creations are aMAZing!
TravelerIt holds a tremendous history. There is a movie, Princess Leilani (sp?), it’s factual based with some stories put in, but it gives a decent overview of what we did to the Hawaiians.
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They were ahead of their time. They had the highest literacy rate in the world when it was a monarchy
TravelerSuch a regal well restored building. So advanced for its time