Day 2 - At Sea

 

We woke up yesterday and it was so calm.  The waves you see are the wake from the ship.  The sun was shining and lots of people including Cheryl saw whales!  I went onto Vessel Finder and at 8 AM we were at Alert Bay!   In all my cruises to Alaska, I've never gone this slow.  We don't have far to Ketchikan and he's saving fuel.  About 1:00 PM, we passed the north end of Vancouver Island and the seas were rocky.  It's about the same as we experienced with Celebrity Eclipse last month.  Nothing for us but some people feel it.  Our wrist bands are still in the package!

It was a very interesting Seminar this morning.  Lots of travel agents with many years of experience.  Some are less than a year and the longest serving person in the industry was 51 years!  He was a lovely man from the US.  He started working for an airline and then moved into the agency business.  He too works from home.  

After the seminar we had a galley tour, but it was a walk through the galley, not into the fridges and stock rooms like I had once before.  Here are some pictures:

Before the tour, the staff introduced themselves to us and told us about the jobs.

The pastry area

This is where the main meals are made

They told us the Crown Princess took top marks in the fleet for cleanliness.  The CDC inspects all ships!

Check your favorite cruise ship:  https://wwwn.cdc.gov/inspectionquerytool/inspectionsearch.aspx

It was formal night and we had duck al orange and crab cakes.   The show was the production of Sweet Soul Music with the singers and dancers.  I have never seen this show before and it was spectacular!

After the show we went to the Explorers Lounge and played Majority Rules, 80 Music Trivia and Read My Lips,  Lots of laughs and Cheryl sure knows her 80's music.  I was pretty useless.