I’m on the cruise right now. We were just in America Samoa yesterday after all of our sea days, and today is another sea day before we stop in Fiji tomorrow. We crossed the International Date Line so we skipped Friday!
I’m not someone who does a ton of activities so maybe someone else will chime in later, but the entertainment team has worked hard to make sure there are plenty of trivia games, crafts, and game shows created just for this cruise. Plus the usual entertainment in WDT you might expect from a longer cruise: some musicians, a couple of magicians, and of course the 3 big shows. There will also be a crew talent show later on. There’s a couple leading dance classes. And the usual bingo, karaoke, etc.
The special guest is a photographer from
National Geographic that has been giving lectures on sea days.
Last night was the pirate party with the fireworks, which was at 7:30 in between dinner. I’ve only been on 2 prior cruises many years apart so I’m not experienced enough, but apparently that was a first. The only real oddity is it feels like everything has been shifted a little and are on the “wrong” nights.
Like the 2nd night was the Aloha menu with the Hawaiian singer in WDT, but it was formal night. Then the next night was The Golden Mickey’s and not formal night. Then tonight I saw Stitch and the Fab 5 in their pirate outfits, but last night was officially pirate night with the show and fireworks that the guests dressed up for. Last night the servers had a regular menu (a California menu? I’m not well-versed on all the usual menus but that seemed the overlying theme) and weren’t in pirate garb, either. So… it’s a little odd, but whatever. We’re still having a blast.
Also I purchased the highest tier of internet because I needed to stay connected for my job and the refurb has been great! I haven’t had a video meeting yet (that will happen next week), but regular web-based needs (email, general internet browsing, downloading files) have worked well without any issue.
What else… special merchandise that is Australian themed has been a couple t-shirts (one child, one adult), a spirit jersey,
Loungefly backpack and ears, Tervis cup, Micky and Minnie plushies, Christmas ornament, and so far 2 pins — one for the Australian/NZ cruises, one for the equator.
Oh! That reminds me — there were also special themed activities the day we crossed the equator, like trivia, the photo scavenger hunt for the day, and a midday event about the things seafarers traditionally do when they first cross the equator. We didn’t attend because it conflicted with our Palo brunch reservation. There was a party countdown to the equator crossing that looked cute but it was around 10:45pm and we were too tired after dinner. So I can’t really speak to any of the equator crossing day activities but everyone seemed to be having fun!