The boat isn’t scheduled to
arrive in Brunei today until about 10 am, so we aren’t leaving the hotel until
about 10:30. This is a nice surprise as it means a little sleep in.
Once we get to the ship we are able to catch the last 10 minutes of the Super Bowl that is being shown in the ship’s theatre. The theatre is done up with balloons, NFL signs, stadium foods and beer. I think the game started here around 7:30 am – I don’t think I would have had a hotdog and beer for breakfast.
We are scheduled to have a tour this afternoon, but I just am not up for it. I’m just about toured out after the last 3 days. Chris is up for it – he has a lot more off-the-boat stamina than I have, but not me. We both stay back, have a nice long lunch (with wine I might add) and relax for the rest of the day.
Once we get to the ship we are able to catch the last 10 minutes of the Super Bowl that is being shown in the ship’s theatre. The theatre is done up with balloons, NFL signs, stadium foods and beer. I think the game started here around 7:30 am – I don’t think I would have had a hotdog and beer for breakfast.
We are scheduled to have a tour this afternoon, but I just am not up for it. I’m just about toured out after the last 3 days. Chris is up for it – he has a lot more off-the-boat stamina than I have, but not me. We both stay back, have a nice long lunch (with wine I might add) and relax for the rest of the day.
It sounds like we got lucky being
off of the boat for the last 3 days. When we get back on the boat we hear
stories of 12-16 foot swells in the sea, of stacks of plates crashing, ocean water
making it onto the pool deck which is 11 floors up on the boat and people
setting sick. It is obvious that something happened as while we were away as
all of the stuff we have on shelves in the room and bathroom are in different
places from where we left them.
Missing a major port like Saigon
not only throws a wrench into travel plans, it means the boat misses restocking
supplies. We can tell this at lunch when some of the usual staples are missing,
when there is no sparkling water and when the wine I particularly like that ran
out before Saigon is still not available. They also have run out of bell
peppers. Chris has a standing order for bell peppers for his pre-dinner snack
in our room – guess not until we get to Manilla on the 13th. For us
these are hardly big problems, I think they are a major headache for the staff
here who constantly have to tell people they are out of something.
Missing a major port like Saigon
not only throws a wrench into travel plans, it means the boat misses restocking
supplies. We can tell this at lunch when some of the usual staples are missing,
when there is no sparkling water and when the wine I particularly like that ran
out before Saigon is still not available. They also have run out of bell
peppers. Chris has a standing order for bell peppers for his pre-dinner snack
in our room – guess not until we get to Manilla on the 13th. For us
these are hardly big problems, I think they are a major headache for the staff
here who constantly have to tell people they are out of something.
This storm has significantly changed
the cruise schedule. The ship missed Vietnam all together (luckily we saw it),
is 2 days in Brunei when it was supposed to be one, the next port in Malaysia is
being given a pass and we now have 2 instead of 1 day in Manilla. None of this
is upsetting to us…we’ve been through this schedule change at the last minute
due to nothing we can control. To me an extra sea day is not the worst thing in
the world.
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