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    • RTW Redux ... 2023
      Tag 193

      At Sea

      22. Juni 2023, Nordpazifik ⋅ 🌬 63 °F

      After 11 days of non-stop sightseeing, today we got a break. Definitely much appreciated. We pick up with another Japanese port tomorrow

      We wrapped up our day with a 60th anniversary celebration in Toscana for friends Mary Jo and Doug, whom we met on RTW2017.Weiterlesen

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    • Around the World
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      We left JAPAN-now in the Kurile Islands

      25. Juni 2023, Nordpazifik ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F

      Where are we spending my 67th birthday? At sea! But is it in Russian or in Japanese territory? We are in the Kurile Islands. These islands are in dispute (Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, & Habomai) between Russia and Japan.

      We left Hokkaido, Japan last night (and then did a short 6 hour roundtrip back due to a passenger emergency). We are now sailing for the next FIVE days and will be at sea from Japan to Alaska.

      You might say where are the Kurile Islands and who owns them? Russia AND Japan both maintain they do and have been debating this since the end of WWII. The islands separate the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean. Russia took control of the islands at the end of the war, and by 1949 it had deported all residents to Japan.

      Currently, as of February 7, 2023, the 168th anniversary of the 1855 Treaty of Shimoda, Japan reaffirmed its position that it considers the 4 islands to be illegally occupied by Russia. In a statement, Fumio Kishida stated that "It is completely unacceptable that the Northern Territories have yet to be returned since the Soviet Union's illegal occupation of them 77 years ago". On March 22, 2023, Russia said it deployed a division of its Bastion coastal defense missile systems to Paramushir. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said it was to bolster Russian security around the Kuril Islands and partly in response to the United States efforts to "contain" Russia and China.

      I will "choose" to say I spent this birthday with my 380 close friends that I travelled with around the World ... and we are somewhere in "safe waters" in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific is the Worlds largest body of water ... 70 million square miles (double the size of the Atlantic), covering one third of the earths surface. If all the Earths land masses were put in the Pacific, there would still be room left over. Plenty of room for everyone.      Weiterlesen

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    • RTW Redux ... 2023
      Tag 197

      At Sea

      26. Juni 2023, Nordpazifik ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F

      Day 1 of five days at sea.

      Having bid Japan goodbye yesterday, our next “land Ahoy” is scheduled to be the Aleutian Islands of Alaska … on 30 June.

      But wait. That means only four days at sea not five … 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th. True. Except that we cross the International Date Line on the 28th and get to live it all over again the next day. The first 28th and the second 28th is how we are referring to this phenomenon on the calendar since it has only one block for the that date.

      Confused? Don’t worry. Just trust that we have five days at sea before we set foot on land again … 🤞🏻 the weather cooperates!

      Today was a busy day and plans to do some catch up port footprints went out the window quite early. I’ll get to them eventually.

      In the meantime, here are two of the fun things that ate into our R&R, which is much deserved after two weeks of non-stop port calls.

      First up, the Special RTW2023 Auction … with proceeds going to the Insignia Crew Welfare Fund. Emceeing the event was CD Ray … who is not the CD on this segment. He rejoined us in Tokyo to run the special events planned for the RTW passengers on this final segment of the world cruise.

      On the auction block were a number of items, including the painting that was displayed at the RTW Event in Argentina; three sets of voyage charts showing our route … hope we make all of the ports that are still ahead of us; a ship’s ensign that was flown on this voyage … signed by the senior staff, including Captain Maro; a number of certificates to take two crew members to dinner at various dining venues … special treat for the crew; a certificate to dine with the Panache Quartet in the GDR; and a certificate to be the CD for a day … under the guidance of CD Dottie. We’ll find out how much was raised in total after the White Elephant Auction, which is planned for 6 July.

      The next special event was a RTW dinner … the last one of the voyage … and appropriately offering a delicious Japanese themed menu.

      Since there are 374 of us world cruisers, this dinner was presented over two nights in the two specialty dining rooms … Toscana and the Polo Grill. Our invitation was for tonight and we were seated in Polo with our friends, the Gelmans and the Craddocks. Sonia, who was feeling under the weather, was absent and missed by all.

      (If interested, you can google the menu selections to see what we ate as describing each here would add to the length of the footprint considerably.)

      All in all … a very pleasant and fun day at sea … the cold temps and pea soup thick fog notwithstanding. While I missed not being able to sit out on the veranda, I’ll take cool/cold over hot/humid any time.      Weiterlesen

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    • RTW Redux ... 2023
      Tag 197

      Simply More

      26. Juni 2023, Nordpazifik ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F

      Feel free to skip this footprint if you are not an Oceania cruiser or have no interest in booking Oceania cruises in the future.

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      One other thing that ate into my writing time on our first sea day after a long series of ports was OCA Cella’s “Future Voyages Presentation.”

      The focus this time was not so much on where the ships in the Oceania fleet cruise. Rather, Cella reviewed the Oceania Club “free cruise” perk and announced the details of the new booking program. The current O Life program — described as a promotion — is going away as of 1 July. It is being replaced by Simply More.

      The new program basically has some inclusions in the cruise fare that one can no longer opt out of as we used to do be able to do with O Life.

      (1) Ship’s excursions … in the form of a specified amount of non-refundable shipboard credit (based on length of cruise) that can only be used to book ship’s tours on a use-it or lose-it basis. There are no restrictions on which type of excursion one can book with the credit.

      (2) Champagne, Wine & More … at lunch and dinner … from a select list … on a drink-it or lose-it basis. You can upgrade this package, but both passengers in the cabin must do so.

      (3) Unlimited WiFi … two logins per cabin instead of a single, shared one … made possible by the upcoming installation of Starlink across the fleet.

      Frankly, I don’t much care for having (1) and (2) included as part of the fare. And while having two logins to use the internet would be nice, it’s not a big enough draw for us to overlook what I expect will be some steep price increases to cover (1) and (2) … and (3) as well.

      Nonetheless, we have learned to never say never. We’ll just wait and see how this new program plays out.      Weiterlesen

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    • RTW Redux ... 2023
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      At Sea: (First) 28 June

      28. Juni 2023, Nordpazifik ⋅ 🌬 46 °F

      Day 3 of 5 days at sea.

      Today’s featured event was a brunch to which all passengers were invited. As they always do, the culinary team put on a great meal with lots of variety. Delicious and beautifully presented. Since Mui had his art class this morning, we went around noon and shared the meal with our friend CD Ray … our first chance to catch up now that he is back on the ship to manage the last of the RTW-specific activities.

      The wrap up to the day involved more food and drinks — happy hour hosted by Younga & David in their cabin … followed by dinner in the GDR.

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      By the way, no idea where in the footprint timeline this one is going to post. It should be on the 28th. At least that is the date we are observing on the ship. But due to the time zone changes we’ve made, the calendar is showing today as yesterday because it is indeed still yesterday on the other side of the International Date Line … which we will be crossing some time tonight. It’s all so confusing!      Weiterlesen

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    • RTW Redux ... 2023
      Tag 211

      Air-Dropped!

      10. Juli 2023, Nordpazifik ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F

      And this is how the pilot came aboard this morning around 7:30a to guide us up the river to Astoria, Oregon.

      We’ve seen this with medical evacuations of course, but it’s the first time seeing the pilot air-dropped like this in more than 20 years of cruising.Weiterlesen

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    • RTW Redux ... 2023
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      An End of the World Tradition

      10. Juli 2023, Nordpazifik ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F

      The End of the World Sail Away Crew/Guest Party is a fun tradition. It is held as the ship leaves the last port of call prior to arrival in the debarkation port.

      Today’s event was emceed by CD Ray, who returned to Insignia not as the cruise director, but specifically to coordinate and oversee the last of the events organized for RTW passengers.

      This grand finale of the voyage was held on the pool deck. There was music and dancing to kick things off. Then, Captain Zuzic led the officers and crew representatives from each department on a parade around the top decks. More music and dancing followed … this time with the crew joining in.

      As Insignia slowly left it’s berth in Astoria, the fun times were wrapped up with CD Ray and the production cast taking the traditional plunge into the pool … joined by several of the passengers who had come prepared to do so as well.

      A grand time was had by all … lots of laughter, and dare I say … a few bittersweet tears. Just three more days to go for those disembarking in San Francisco on 13 July.      Weiterlesen

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    • ReisenderOctober 2023
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      Sea Days to Yokohama

      13. Oktober 2023, Nordpazifik ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

      After our brief stop in Kushiro, we’ve had two sea days as we steam south to Yokohama.

      On the first day, we had ate in one of the ship’s specialty restaurants, thanks to our toilet.

      You read that right!

      After our toilet broke several days in a row, Holland America gave us a coupon for a free lunch in the Pinnacle Grill.

      We are budget travelers and don’t usually eat in ship venues that charge an extra fee, so this was a special treat.

      Today, the lido deck featured a menagerie of towel animals. It was warm enough to open the roof, so we enjoyed some fresh air. At one point, some type of crossbill bird perched near us and peeked in. I’m always intrigued by birds that drop by cruise ships.

      After skipping lunch, we decided to try the afternoon tea. They serve tea, obviously, but there’s also a nice stack of nibbles. The bottom plate features savory finger sandwiches, the middle one has mini scones, and the top has desserts.

      The tea is a nice way to mix and mingle with other guests.

      Since many people are leaving the ship tomorrow, Larry figured out a liquor loophole. He had a friend who is disembarking buy some whisky, after which she handed the booze off to us.

      Since we’re staying on the ship longer, Holland America would keep the whisky and only give it to us as we left. They want their passengers to buy the booze onboard.

      They offer a beverage package for $50/day, but neither of us drinks that much in a day. We just buy a coffee or cocktail when the mood strikes.

      The ship had a “buy 2 whisky’s, get one Johnny Walker blue free” deal today that intrigued Larry. Neither of us are big drinkers, so I’m not sure how much of this we will end up drinking before the cruise is over. We shall see!

      As Larry said, we can always give someone one of the bottles as a gift. I think he’s mostly just chuffed over the loophole he figured out.      Weiterlesen

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    • Disney Sea
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      Staying afloat

      15. Oktober 2023, Nordpazifik ⋅ 🌧 28 °C

      Another relaxing sea day. The highlight today was shipbuilding! We have the duration of the cruise to complete our watercraft. These will then be launched into the swimming pool. The boat to keep a can of soda afloat the longest will win. Our prototype has begun.Weiterlesen

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    • ReisenderTrip Around the World
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      Day 3 at Sea - Crossing Equator!

      16. Oktober 2023, Nordpazifik ⋅ 🌧 27 °C

      One of the parts of the trip I’ve been the most excited for! Crossing the equator!

      This was the first time ever Disney has had a presence in the southern hemisphere! They have no parks or cruise ships currently located out here and as of this evening they now do. In typical Disney fashion, it was a huge event.

      In the afternoon we had King Tritons Royal Trial of Equatorial Passage. We learned that kissing a fish was a common rite of passage for those crossing the equator. We also got a fun certificate from going from Pollywogs (never crossed equator) to Shellbacks (crossed equator)!

      This evening we had a party again at 10:30 for the official crossing of the equator. I decided to fact check Disney and confirm they actually crossed when they said we did, and as you see from my compass we truly did! On the dot. A few days back our captain said he was going fast to ensure we made it in time for the party, and we ended up going so fast that they took time today to wrap up some propeller testing from the dry dock the ship had.

      We had a beautiful sunset tonight too, these photos are unedited and the colors were amazing.

      In addition to this huge Disney first tonight, it’s also the 100th anniversary of the Walt Disney company today. So cool to be apart of this monumental day on a huge anniversary!      Weiterlesen

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