At Sea not at Stanley

When the captain came on the speaker about 6:00 PM, we knew what

was coming. We were not surprised but disappointed that we cannot

stop at the Falklands. Seas are too choppy and wind is too high for

tendering. I don’t know and it’s a moot point, but if we could have

docked we might have been able to stop. Anyone who has ever

taken a tender from a ship knows that even in good sea conditions

the tenders move around a bit. In rough conditions they are just too

dangerous. I am always pleased to know that Princess always puts

passenger safety first.

This is a day when I wish we had an outside cabin on Plaza deck. Not a

balcony-too cold, too windy, too high (can’t see the waves nearly

as well). View from balcony is not nearly as good as view from window

on lower deck.

So we are now on an unscheduled sea day rocking and rolling

Other than when a big wave bounces us around most people take

it in stride. Many passengers have taken world cruises and most

have cruised a lot more than we have.

On the first segment the most traveled passengers had over 1200 days.

The second and third place had over 900 days. Foster thought he heard

Sammi say she was an event where everyone had over 900 days. We

think it was the top 20/40 days traveled passengers. We’ll never reach

that level. The only chance we have to make the top 20/40 would be

a short cruise in the Caribbean. All the long time travelers would not

be showing up on the same 1-2 weeker.