Last Sea Day of Golden Gala

Rainy, overcast with a low cloud deck, windy, and cold … 57F at noon without factoring in the windchill. No veranda time today! The sun tried to peek out between rain showers … and by late afternoon, the skies were brighter. However, the overcast never left us fully. The rain, for the most part was light … though the quick squall that hit just as we were entering Toscana tonight sounded very much like hail … a lot of rat-a-tat-tats on the windows.

The good news? The motion of the ocean was not nearly as bad as originally forecasted … though it did seem to get a little worse as the day progressed. Capt B advised us at noon that the sea state was up to 16 feet in height, but the long swells moved along with the ship. Now, at 8:40p, there is a noticeable change to the conditions … and it is not for the better.

Since we could not sit outside at breakfast time, we went down to the GDR for breakfast. We don’t do this often since service doesn’t start until 8:00a … too late for us. But with nothing pressing on our day’s agenda, it suited us today.

The instructions for tomorrow’s turnaround day was in our mail slot this morning. Additional reservations in the specialty restaurants … ✓. Spa appointments … ✓. Confirmation for the back-to-back guest lunch in the GDR … ✓. Set up keycards for the World Cruise … ✖️. Mui went down to reception to do so as requested, but it turns out this was not necessary for us since our cards already have the correct dates programmed. Methinks the instructions were directed to segmenters with separate booking numbers, but that was not clear in the letter.

One of the letters we received confirmed that there will be no immigration process in SF and that we can go ashore at our leisure. Makes sense, since we took care of the formalities yesterday in San Diego. Although we RSVP’d our acceptance for lunch in the GDR tomorrow, we do hope to go ashore for a wander and lunch instead … assuming the weather cooperates. We’re not concerned about a light rain, but if it is raining cats and dogs, then all bets are off.Read more