Friday, February 28th, 2020
At Sea
Today was another treat. We spent most of the day passing by beautiful little islands. We were going really slowly, so we had a good look at them. Most seem to be deserted, but they had beautiful white beaches, mangrove swamps, and were surrounded by that beautiful azure water. All very inviting.
We sat in the shade on the loungers on the Promenade deck, and watched the world go by, well at least Australia. It was all very relaxing. It was hard to get up and move so I could get ready for tonight’s World Cruise party.
Now these are always fun, and due to a miscommunication I did not get to go to the party on the previous segment, but I sure wasn’t going to miss this one.
At first I had thought that it was a poor choice to have a party on the open deck on what was likely to be a very hot, humid and windy night. There are certainly many suitable venues on this ship, and the area on deck 12 neat to the Boardwalk café seemed to be a strange choice.
Well it was for the passengers with early seating as their party at 5:15 had been unbearable hot, and very windy. The ice sculptures were melting fast. However, by 7:45 the wind had died down, and was now no more than a gently breeze fanning us all,
The stars had come out (still no Southern Cross though), and the band Purple Haze was playing while the waiters circulated handing out glasses of bubbly. It was actually a rather pleasant affair, and although the ice pagoda was clearly only a shadow of its former self – it was still standing.
When I returned to our cabin there was a letter to me from Simon Palethorpe, the president of Cunard. I would like to think that he wrote the letter just to me because he knows I am a fan, but I have a sneaky suspicion there are probably at least a thousand other people on the ship who received a similar letter.
Basically the letter acknowledges the frustrations expressed by the group who call themselves the Concerned Cunard Passengers (CCP), and in order to recognize the disruption caused to my original plans, a future cruise credit valued at $978.45 had been credited in their reservations system to be used on any Cunard voyage.
It’s time to plan another cruise. Where to next?
whereissafarigal? 