Post #706322 by danlovestikis on Fri, Jan 31, 2014 7:52 AM

TikiAno don't ever be sorry I love hearing Dan laugh. Your reward is on the way and it's not from our bathroom.

hang10tiki Your reward is also on the way and it's not from bathroom either.

hang10tiki 350 is the best length for a first time book.

zerostreet Dan loved the way he's showing up in your paintings since our visit.

Professor G I hope you slept well and nightmare free last night.

LoriLovesTiki we were on Celebrity Eclipse. Our room was called a Veranda Stateroom. It actually could sleep four. The bottom of the couch pulls out and the ceiling drops down for two more beds. It was a perfect extravagance for us on a first long cruise and new countries tour. As retired hospital workers we were impressed with the efforts to control the passing of bugs on the ship. There were hand sanitizer machines everywhere and at the entrances to the dining rooms a person made sure you got a big squirt coming and going. No problems came up on our trip. It was happy sailing. Woo Hoo Wahine made all the right choices for our trip.

TikiHula Dan agrees but I think one was enough or I'd never get him to leave for the cruise.
When I showed the photo of the women's bathroom to Dan he said that the men's didn't look that ornate.
Kier here and there? The Mai Kai guy was a man.
More photos coming.

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The first two and a half days were at sea. There were so many activities available that you had to choose.

I wonder how many miles you can see before the curve of the earth hides other ships from view. This is the back of the ship.

We spent time walking around each of the 15 floors to find everything. Ping pong became a daily game for us. We play to see how many times we can hit the ball before we miss it. That way we don't spend much time running for the ball.

Woo Hoo got us a bonus $300 payback to spend on the ship. I found a camera shop and got a new water and dust proof camera. The one I've been using needs a repair and the one before that bit the dust so to speak. Clay is hard on cameras.

Ships have a dining room where you sit and have a relaxed meal or you can go to the self serve buffet. You may go to both. I was able to find lots of healthy choices at the buffet so we went there for most meals.

Woo Hoo Wahine is over the top as a travel agent and friend. She not only sent us flowers she sent us chocolate covered strawberries. They were the best we have ever had. Thank you Woo Hoo.

I have practiced hypnosis for years so when a hypnosis lecture was scheduled on the ship Dan, I and Polynesian Pattie went to participate. The hypnotist didn't show up because the snow back east caused his flight to be cancelled. So Dan and Chuck put on their own show on stage.

Here's where they thought they were naked!

The Corning Museum of Glass has glass blowing equipment and staff on three ships. We were lucky ours was one. We spent many hours watching these three talented glass blowers create art.

They held a raffle every so often. We didn't win anything but Polynesian Pattie and his wife won three times.

Tomorrow we reach Aruba. Cheers, Wendy

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