Hawaii

So not inclined to pen a new post for the blog simply because you’d read so many of our lives at sea——but this is a brand new experience for us on Royal Caribbean’ Explorer of the Seas. Hardly a zimmerframe or motorised scooter to be seen; rock climbing walls, mini golf, video games arcade (10-17 year olds only) Johnny Rockets burger joint and a surfing ‘flow rider’ for the daring.
Whereas cruising is our holiday wont, this ship is a brand new experience for us, the grub is very good in served in uniquely different venues from that we are used to and after an early lunch every day we have choir practice at 1.15pm
So far we’ve learned an ABBA medley and I Will Follow Him from Sister Act. What an absolute hoot! All the blokes (bullfrogs) up the back with altos and sopranos in the front either side of us.
We told everyone how good it was so now there’s hardly any room for us all. (About 70). The first couple of days out of Seattle were difficult because it was rough and that makes singing a tad difficult clinging on to the carpet with your toenails, while practicing the knee bending bobbing the men have to do while singing ‘take chance—take a chance —take a chance— take a chicka chicka chance’ what a bloody hoot!
We will be performing in the main theatre on two occasions before 1250 audience.
Woooooha me Mama Mia!!!
The showtime each night has been really excellent (2 shows either 6.30 and 8.30 or 8.30 and 10.30 but definitely no rushing dinner to get to a show. There’s also an ice rink and they put on ice spectaculars twice on an afternoon over two days to give everyone a chance to see the show and kids and the brave have access to skating times each day.
We’ve used our balcony for a couple of days now, with temperatures 26-28c.
Oh yes! There’s no over-jolly cruise director pushing his barrow over the tannoy every 30 minutes. On Princess the C.D’s seem to be injected with a gramophone needle dipped in Concorde fuel.
Just doing words alone today on day 6 and adding pictures and uploading the post tomorrow in Hawaii. And because we cross the international date line we are credited with this being a 23 day cruise not 22 days arriving into Circular Quay Sunday the 29th.