Cruising the Arafura: O Club Party

Last day of 3 days at sea.

And the Arafura Sea was once again good to us … flat calm sea state. Another relaxing day at sea for us … with a busy wrap up.

Who knew?

We are so used to hearing “most-traveled” passengers on Oceania having 1,000-1,500 days with the cruise line that we never expected to be recognized as such … with just 526 days. In hindsight, to be expected, I suppose. The passenger complement on this cruise consists of 333 repeaters and 277 first timers … with the first two levels of the loyalty club (Blue and Bronze) outweighing the upper tiers (Silver through Diamond) by a very large margin.

It was a fun Club Party, which we followed with dinner at the Polo Grill. Then we went to see the encore performance of “Buddy’s Back” … a high-energy tribute to Buddy Holly, who, despite a career that lasted only two years — he was killed in an airplane crash — is considered a pioneer of rock ‘n roll in the fifties. Scot Robin, who played the lead role in the smash-hit musical, “Buddy” was the headliner. Great show.

After three days at sea, tomorrow we have a port of call … and it promises to be a very hot one!Läs mer