We Ricky Nelson's sons perform a tribute to their deceased dad the other night which played to two packed houses and standing ovations resulting in an 'encore' matinee today. Last night we saw Cinematastic, a Princess cast production which we had seen before. I guess they are amortizing the costs of the costumes/productions over more cruises to cut operating costs. Tonight is Liar's club, which is always good for laughs and expanding vocabularies (rememberiing Woopknacker is an irritable irascible cranky individual from cruises past).
Yesterday, we crossed the equator at 2:45PM local time although the cruise staff held the King Neptune ceremony at 11:15AM to initiate two lower officers by dousing them in spaghetti, spinach and chocolate syrup and tossing them in the Neptunes reef pool. We avoided the throngs that turned out for this 'event' which ended with the pool being drained and washed down. Not sure this was a great way to celebrate the event, but apparently a naval tradition of sorts. We did get a certificate validating our crossing though.
Today is a slow 'at sea' day so Peggy is getting a pedicure. We have met and made friends with a number of folks on this trip and will continue to correspond afterwards. We are having a group dinner with three other couples the sea day after we leave Hawaii and have had several invites to visit their locales (be careful what you wish for).
Looking forward to a couple of days on land, as seas are tossing us around a bit right now. We attended the Captain's cocktail party last night and re-connected with Captain Edward Perrin and reminisced about our previous cruise with him on the transATlantic cruise. It remains his most difficult crossing and most memorable storm as a master, so that says something about the 120 Knot winds and 50 foot seas we encountered.
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