{"id":14262,"date":"2018-10-04T01:09:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T05:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=14262"},"modified":"2018-10-14T01:23:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T05:23:38","slug":"sea-days-in-the-pacific-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=14262","title":{"rendered":"Sea Days on the Pacific Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 4, 2018<\/p>\n

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We had four Sea Days between Los Angeles and Honolulu and an additional five Sea Days on the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to Tahiti. \u00a0Before the trip, I was a little worried about so many days crossing the largest ocean in the world. \u00a0I researched Pacific storms, hurricanes, cyclones, and other winds across the seas. \u00a0Although storms were brewing in the Atlantic, thankfully, our sea days were calm and peaceful. Below is a section of the Promenade Deck:<\/p>\n

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In case I became bored, I brought along three books to read and loaded my iPhone with two novels and many hours of podcasts. \u00a0I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Princess had many activities, lectures, entertainment, and events all day covering a wide variety of interests. Below is the Skywalkers Nightclub, hot tub, and lawn games:<\/p>\n

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The Piazza was the three-story atrium and heart of the Golden Princess with scheduled entertainment and activities as well as shops, internet cafe, library, and (our favorite) the 24-hour International Cafe serving coffee and pastries.<\/p>\n

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Lokielina and Komo performed traditional Hawaiian music and taught hula dancing, ukulele playing, and lei making. \u00a0They were a charming couple and very popular!<\/p>\n

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The Polonia Duo played classical music and as well as show tunes and popular music.<\/p>\n

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The outside pool had good pizza and burgers & fries which were served until 10:00 PM. \u00a0Movies were also shown here three times a day on a gigantic screen.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, October 2nd at about 4:00 PM we crossed the equator! \u00a0There was a very silly ceremony which involved the King and Queen of the Oceans who presided over the celebration. \u00a0One of the crew pushed Captain Aldo into the pool. \u00a0Several \u201cpollywogs\u201d – people who had never crossed the Equator before – had to be slimed and hosed down. \u00a0The King and Queen read an official proclamation and we all received certificates to celebrate the crossing. \u00a0It was very silly and funny!<\/p>\n

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On the first day, Jeff and I joined a Trivia Contest team. \u00a0There are six of us – Dee and Jean from Chicago, Mel and Louise from Rockhampton, Australia. \u00a0We meet twice a day to try to out-score the other teams. \u00a0We haven\u2019t won yet, and we\u2019re not bad; just a point or two away from winning \u201clife changing\u201d prizes. \u00a0It\u2019s all in fun and we\u2019re keeping our minds active.<\/p>\n

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Every night there\u2019s lively entertainment in the Princess Theater and the Vista Lounge. \u00a0We haven\u2019t had the energy to attend all the shows but we enjoyed a magician, acrobats & jugglers, comedians, singers, and a hypnotist.<\/p>\n

Half the passengers on the Golden Princess are Australians and New Zealanders, who are very friendly and outgoing, so it\u2019s a lively group. There are a few younger passengers and even a small number of children. \u00a0The vast majority of us are retired seniors. \u00a0We have been sharing tables in the dining rooms and there\u2019s always a lot to talk about. \u00a0The \u201cSea Days\u201d pass quickly with relaxation, places to go and a lot to do.<\/p>\n

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October 4, 2018 We had four Sea Days between Los Angeles and Honolulu and an additional five Sea Days on the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to Tahiti. \u00a0Before the trip, I was a little worried about so many days crossing the largest ocean in the world. \u00a0I researched Pacific storms, hurricanes, cyclones, and other winds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruising"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14262"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14266,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14262\/revisions\/14266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}