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I will finish updating this no longer Live from when I am back home. We currently have a medical emergency on board. We are heading to the coast of Oregon at full speed to rendezvous with the Coast Guard for a helicopter evacuation this evening. We will still make it to Victoria on time. There have been calls for a blood donors and a general surgeon to provide a 2nd opinion. Not sure if it is a crew member or passenger who is injured.
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April 16 Kona This was our first port day. CBP was on board to clear everyone through customs. They started with people on excursions and then went deck by deck. We had been given a schedule and they were much faster than expected. Normal tendering procedures with tickets. Our 4 star status let us get off the ship quickly. We have been to Kona before and spent the day wandering the port. We went up the hill tothe shopping centers for some supplies and Ube softserve. The line for the return tender looked long, but moved quickly. Today's menus s_pacific_lido_lunch_2023_-_menu_12_en.pdf kodm-lido_dinne-menu.pdf hawaii_dr_dinner_2023_menu_12.pdf
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April 15 The Cellar Master Bernardo held a popup wine market and tasting. Holland America has revamped their wine program and stranded some wine inventory on the ship. For $29 pp, we tasted 15 wines over the course of an hour and one could have multiple samples of each wine. The wine varieties were as follows: 2 rieslings 1 gewurtztramiener 2 chardonnays 1 sauvignon blanc 2 rosees 1 tempranilo 2 pinot noirs 1 shiraz 3 cab sauvignon 1 port Theses were fairly high end wines that were deeply discounted. One of the cabs was marked down to $81 from the original price of $135. Some of the wines were fantastic, but we will stick to our wine package bottles. I neglected to photograph the wines. I must have been too excited about the day drinking 🍸.
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On to today! I worked for a few hours this morning. Was able to use Teams and VPN with no issue on the Premium internet package. A post work to trip to the thermal suite was followed up by tying for 1st place at 1pm trivia and losing on the tie breaker. Tie breaker question was 'How many studialbums did the Beatles record?' The correct answer is 12. Today's Lido Corner is Dim Sum. There were an assortment of bao (steamed buns) and pot stickers. My dim sum favorites of Har Gao and Sui Mai were MIA. All in all they were tasty. At this afternoon's lightening trivia our team had a respectable 25 out of 20 score. Three teams tied for 1st with a score of 27.