Yehootu

Not much wind, just rolling

Went to Harmony last night. The food was so-so. Service was awesome. Don't think I'd repeat as for the price, Crown or Rudy are so much better. Rolling this am and just hoping sun comes out. Day 38 for us, time to start some SLOW packing as we get off in Vancouver on day 40.

My duck noodle soup tonite was ono. It's just putting a cup of my duck into a bowl of soup. Nothing different from someone bringing something from the buffet to have put into their soup which I've seen. I've brought cans of spam ( gotta love spam, eggs and rice) and have asked the buffet line to cook half for me and they get the rest. They've been more than happy to do it. I always give them an extra can for later.

Bringing food ON board isn't a problem. I've gotten roast duck at 3 stops and take a cup up to the noodle bar and they make me Duck Noodle Soup.

Doing 18kts on a NE heading with a 20kt East wind. I'd say it's a little windy out there.😀

We were in group 2,even though they didn't call any groups, and were off pretty quick and in a Uber home. Tree trimmer got there before us but it was a very productive day.

Good Morning Honolulu! Aloha Tower all in green.

I forgot about immigration in Honolulu and have a bunch of appointments in the morning at home. Went to GS this am and they were able to get me a slot in the first group off at 0715. They said letters would be coming tonight about times to clear. Now just hope I can take my Wife’s FULL bag of Grandkids “stuff” off to ship to them back in Long Beach”.

Just think, they could give you double Effy sales or Art auction flyers on regular paper for the cost of the fancy one😃

I told them not to worry, First Aid is offered during the ceremony

Crossed the Equator at 3am. Today is the Crossing the Equator Ceremony. Was told they’re thawing out the fish IMG_3113.mov Didn’t get chosen! A few folks dropped out after seeing a few of my videos from the Crown last year.

We just did a tour to Hobbiton last week with the company I'll list below. They had 4 tickets left on the morning of the tour that got grabbed at the port. I booked WAY in advanced. They will not accept cruiseship tours. I had it booked through Princess and it was cancelled so I booked this company. Very good tour, even though I've never read or seen any of the books.

Last year on the Crown Lax-Lax, Moorea was ground zero for a nasty bronchial infection. Might be the humid air, I have no idea. Was doing my regular laps today and it will be my last time going through the Hollywood Conservatory. Deep coughing and it wasn't just the chorine air, starting to sound like seals barking. Unfortunately people don't care, they will do what they want regardless if feeling sick or not. Here we go.

Our small boat. Afternoon showers moving in.

Fun to snorkel with the rays and sharks. We tendered into the Papetoei tender pier. We rented a small boat for the 2 of us. You need a license to rent anything with over a 5hp motor. Slow ride, but loved every minute

Last year when we were here you could only exit the dock area by walking to the left along the dock to a small park area. This year you can exit to the right directly to the street. If you go to the left you'll run into people selling all types of tours, both for Papeete and for Moorea. This area is also where the food trucks are at night.

Turned the balcony table upside down and used Duct tape and bungee cords to secure. It would've taken the whole table with it if a gust that strong came along.Zoom in on the picture and you can see how it was attached We only opened then when we were out there. Never an issue. Again, I doubt you'd be able to do what I did but I can't see why you couldn't bring your own collapsible umbrella onboard.

This was 10yrs ago on the Island Princess. Turned our non covered balcony into a covered one. Only used them when we out there. Doubt you could use them on the balcony today. Gave them to our room steward. They collapesed down nicely and we checked them in when boarding.

Very light drizzle. Real muggy if you aren't used to it. Good beer drinking weather.

We move another hour forward tonight so tomm will be on HST.

We were supposed to be there on "Lei Day" but due to port congestion Honolulu got moved to the 2nd and we got Moorea instead of Kona.

I booked the Penguin Experience at Sea Life Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium in Auckland last June. It sells out as they only allow 4 people to participate 3 days a week. Awesome experience. I used to tell my Mom, "I've been to 6 continents and you've only been to 5." So she planned a trip to South America and actually was able to land on Antartica and walk around in penguin poop. I don't think I'll make it to Antartica, but I've gotten to walk around in penguin poop. Very inquisitive little guys

Not a peep on the Majestic right now. Just wish people would realize that letting their door slam does affect other rooms.

Pride is in Kahului 2 days a week.The cruise we are presently on moved our HNL stop from May 1st to the 2nd due to "port congestion". We had Moorea substituted for Kona. We are scheduled for a stop in Lahaina in Oct on the Coral, and Pride is in Kahului that day. The Coral is small enough to get into Nawiliwili and I hope that's where we go instead of Kona. In Lihue my go to is Hamura Saimin.

Great seeing you again. We were off to eat at a place we had seen reviews on only to find out they didn't open till 4pm. Suzanne did find a backpack of stuff for the grandkids and I found several good beers. Hope you found good wines.