Hello All! Our Thanksgiving day was great. We got a little extra sleep, and then got to know our ship. It is huge; however; we are able to manage finding our way around. Just like a giant hotel. We are meeting some nice people. Our Meet and Greet with the Cruise Critic group was fun, and the Captain showed up to talk to us. We got to meet some people from our next tour and saw some faces we recognized from our first tour. That helps when the ship is full of 3000 people.
Points of interest on the Crown Princess:
1. The buffet is huge and twice now I have missed over 1/2 of the offerings because I thought I had seen it all. Yesterday they had a complete Asian buffet as well as other American offerings. Today I plan to make sure I walk around the entire area for all the choices. Last night at a formal dinner for Thanksgiving we had the traditional turkey dinner and all the sides, but they started with a seafood cocktail steeped in Vodka. Gotta' watch the chef because almost every meal has some special dish with alcohol. I tried the Pina Colada soup our first night; couldn't figure out whether I should drink it or spoon it since they served it in a glass! The Creme Brulee is great, and Jim has figured out how to order two scoops of ice cream with chocolate sauce; I had great lamb shanks one night, and Jim had a wonderful prime rib the first night. We are not starving.
2. The showroom had a good show last night, and the seats are very comfortable in the theater. On Holland America, the theater seats are mixed in with small cocktail tables to allow drink service, cutting down on the number of people in the theater. Not on Princess. We had lots of room, comfy seats, and none of that drink business. We were there to see the show! It was the usual semi-Vegas production, but not too long and good voices. Each night there is a show, and we can eat dinner, see the show and get to bed by 9:30, which is great for old people. Tonight there is a violinist.
3. This ship has movies under the stars, so last night Jim and Mike went down(out) to the deck to watch a football game. Jim wore his new lightweight down parka and said he was not cold at all. Good buy, Janet! Mike and Janice watched a movie yesterday afternoon, so it must not be too cool out on the deck. BTW, the weather has been amazing so far, 65 degrees or so and sunny off and on. People were in the pool yesterday.
We are in Santorini, Greece tomorrow and are going out on our own to see the sights. To get to the top of the hill from the port you have to walk 535 steps or take the tram or ride a donkey. Janice is taking a donkey, Mike plans to walk and Jim and I are going on the gondola tram; I will have my eyes closed. My knees are recovering from the long Pompeii day, so I think I can manage a trek around Santorini. We'll see. That's all for today. I'll check in again tomorrow. The Whidbey Wagners in the Ionian Sea.
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