20240426 Sapphire Princess South Pacific Cruise Day 23 - Sea day - smoother seas and fewer sick folks

Sapphire Princess South Pacific Cruise Day 23 - Sea Day - a slow, calm day

Today was a slow day with the standard sea day activities. We slept in a bit, adjusting to the lost hour from last night's clock change. 10:15 trivia, noon ukulele lessons for Arlona, 12:15 progressive trivia for me, lunch, reading, 4:00 trivia, drinks, dinner, evening games at the Explorers Bar - same old same old. This will be a short blog today.

There are lots of other activities on the ship, but not much that we have chosen to avail ourselves of. The entertainment tonight, a signing show, Thank God I'm a Country Boy, wasn't our style. We're enjoying the sea days, but this cruise is definitely a little too sea-day-intensive for us. We'd prefer a few more port days mixed in.

Arlona hid the cruising duck that she found yesterday. This afternoon, she walked by where she had hidden it, and it was gone, so someone else found it. But...in its place, was another cruising duck.

See it there next to the mirror?

Arlona will hide it again sometime tomorrow

It was a mixed trivia day with some good rounds and some brutal ones. The team swings and misses follow.

• J.D. Rockefeller owned what company that made him a billionaire?
• We had a brain fart and said U.S. Steel - doh! Of course, it was Standard Oil
• How many glasses (8oz) of milk can a cow produce in her lifetime?
• We guessed 110,000 - it was 200,000 cups
• Where was Christopher Columbus born?
• Italy
• How many islands are in Fiji?
• More than 330
• What is the only officially bilingual province in Canada?
• We assumed Quebec, but nope - it is New Brunswick
• Which is farther north, New York City or Rome?
• Rome
• What is Vin Diesel's real name?
• Mark Sinclair
• What is the current Chinese year animal?
• Dragon
• In what century was the Colosseum built?
• 1st century AD (CE)
• What is the devilish cat's name in Cinderella?
• Lucifer
• What animal is known as Struthio camelus or sparrow camel?
• Ostrich

In the Captain's announcements today, he reported on a continuing reduction in cases of gastrointestinal distress and reiterated that the ship will go through a full disinfection tomorrow while we're in port. He also commented on the fact that there is a couple on the ship celebrating an anniversary. He doesn't usually make announcements about that, but they are celebrating their 70th anniversary and he felt that was noteworthy and worth mentioning. I agree.

The ship continues to have maintenance issues. This was on deck 7 just above the entrance to the International Dining Room.

Yet another water leak dripping from a light

Here's a look at some of the clouds as we were reading on the balcony this afternoon. I found it interesting that we were passing the lower clouds but the higher clouds were passing us.

The moon was playing hide and seek with the clouds tonight as we continued to make our way to French Polynesia. 

We will dock in Papeete, Tahiti tomorrow morning. We're planning to just wander the markets in the city. Arlona is interested in checking out the Tahitian pearls.