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The Bird Show was in the Cruise Compass at 2pm... not really, this was a random show put on by the wildlife of the Pacific.

While I was up on deck 12 watching the crew vs. guest volleyball action I noticed some other action down at the water level. So I headed down to the helipad for a better view.

Could you be a little more specific? 🙂

They lowered the water level so you can stand.. Captain Rumen representing team crew. Wait, who is driving the ship?

Pool is salt water and heated... by the sun.

Chair Hog report Apparently all tne chair hogs have ventured to the aft Windjammer outdoor seating where they play card, dominoes. read a book or snooze during meal times. The pool is setup for volleyball crew vs. guests coming up shortly.

It's Royal. Rarely consistent. I'm sure someone once had the UDP on a longer voyage, or will at some point.

Captain's noon address. 3,543 nm traveled so far. The winds we experienced the other night were a weather phenomenon from the Chivela Pass. I never felt any ship movement but I did hear the cabin groaning in the night from where the walls meet the ceiling and such. Apparently some guests felt a little motion and asked the Captain why. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivela_Pass "In extreme circumstances during the winter, truly cold, dense, air occasionally flows from the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico through the Chivela Pass into the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the Pacific side. These winds can be strong enough to sandblast paint off ships in near-coastal waters." We didn't get those type of extreme winds but the increased wind we had was the same phenomenon as we sailed across the Gulf of Tehuantepec on our way to Huatulco.

Last night at Samba I overheard the guests behind me telling the waiter they don't eat red meat or pork. The bacon wrapped chicken was okay though.

Radiance TV channel line up

Morning selfie.

Not all Radiance class have stairs in the Centrum. Only Radiance and...

Pretty nice sea day. If a cruiser sees his shadow, how many nights of specialty dining 'till the end of the cruise?

Not consecutive, pick your nights. They didn't enforce a night one requirement on this cruise. Specialy lunches available on an individual basis. You may be able to apply a dining plan visit towards a lunch, I've never tried.

Descriptions of the theater shows offered on this cruise in no particular order:

No UDP on long cruises like this. Saw Chops plus one, 3 night, 5 night and 10 night.

MDR dinner menu... to Italy 🇮🇹

Yikes. It looks like the tug was able to slip over to the port side of the bulbous bow. Hope they were okay other than needing to change their shorts. The lock gate is another story. Great example of why there are two gates. I wonder if they closed that side for an inspection.

Just spent an hour on a wifi call fixing what the Air2Sea agent last night did to my booking. 🙃 This mornings wifi call quality was great. Starlink is very inconsistent. Once they finish building the satellite constellation over the next two years it should get better.

Last night I noticed an airfare drop so I tried to call Air2Sea. The wifi calling experience was pretty bad. I moved to the deck 7 Voom desk area and it was still bad. It took an hour but I got it done but before the call was over the call dropped. Fortunately they were far enough along where my airfare was repriced. Today is final payment for the airfare so a last minute price drop saved me $100 but it was an effort due to the poor internet performance.

Starlink report

Sea state report - very nice cruising day. This morning's forward views are courtesy of the deck 13 forward public deck.

Day 12 - Sea Day Progress report

In the theater... I'm Still Standing. An Elton John Tribute.

Talking with different crew tonight it seems Huatulco was very popular with the crew. Many who had time off went to beach. It's close and convenient. It sounds like they all enjoyed the day.