Live from the Viking Sky (Ft Lauderdale to London) December 20, 2023 - May 6, 2024

[SantaFe1]

4 minutes ago, millybess said:

Do you mean harder to read because of empathy for the situation? 

Yes, and the atrocities.  I won’t ruin it for you, but there are some really terrible scenes.  Now I sometimes skip over them.  I wish he would write more.  But it has been some time and he hasn’t.  

[Clay Clayton]

21 hours ago, Clay Clayton said:

Found these size medium ladies unmentionables on our deck five port side balcony, they won’t fit us and we don’t have a receipt so can’t return them for a store credit😂 so if they are yours, please let us know. 

Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, Pantygate is solved and the unmentionables have been returned to our next door neighbor.  

Edited January 13 by Clay Clayton

[Liz Masterson]

17 minutes ago, Clay Clayton said:

Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, Pantygate is solved and the unmentionables have been returned to our next door neighbor.  

Always nice to meet the neighbors! 😆

[PasadenaDave]

1 hour ago, Clay Clayton said:

Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, Pantygate is solved and the unmentionables have been returned to our next door neighbor.  

Lesson on following directions, “don’t hang clothes to dry on the balcony”

[Clay Clayton]

Just now, PasadenaDave said:

Lesson on following directions, “don’t hang clothes to dry on the balcony”

Especially when there are 30 knot winds!

[Goosebear Mum]

9 hours ago, Clay Clayton said:

Especially when there are 30 knot winds!

I wonder how many she ‘lost’?!
 

No idea why people do use the balcony, as the line in the shower is always so efficient in cruises we've been on! 

[Twitchly]

14 hours ago, Clay Clayton said:

Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, Pantygate is solved and the unmentionables have been returned to our next door neighbor.  

Sooo … how did the subject come up? “Good morning! Lose anything lately?” 

 

Edited January 13 by Twitchly

[Clay Clayton]

We left a note on the doors of the two cabins upwind from us.  Met her in the World Cafe yesterday, she had been unaware that “Pantygate” was an internationally known incident and found it hilarious!  We are considering dropping a pair of ours on her balcony later in the cruise.  😂

[Clay Clayton]

Special delivery to our room this morning IYKYK😀

[stretchcruz]

13 minutes ago, Clay Clayton said:

Special delivery to our room this morning IYKYK😀

Oh my goodness! Of course they made them for you!!!

[CCWineLover]

17 minutes ago, Clay Clayton said:

Special delivery to our room this morning IYKYK😀

Oh my oh my !!!

Clay - you truly are the Viking Premier Guest !!!

[Clay Clayton]

Just now, CCWineLover said:

Oh my oh my !!!

Clay - you truly are the Viking Premier Guest !!!

No, if that was the case I’d be in 7001!😂

[TayanaLorna]

18 hours ago, SantaFe1 said:

Yep, on our 2019 WC these are the things we did going around both capes (on purpose).  Cape Town was wonderful. Loved Madagascar.  Namibia and Dakar not so much.  N. Africa is a big draw.  Loved the Canary Islands.  I’d say there is plenty to keep you busy.  And some have been clamoring for a re-do of  our 2019 cruise for some time.  The World is your oyster and lemons to Lemonade!.  

I knew there was a previous WC that went around Africa.  

[Clay Clayton]

New addition to the Book Exchange on Deck One.  This one beat me, I gave up. Hopefully someone else will be able to enjoy and plow through it!

[TayanaLorna]

16 hours ago, PasadenaDave said:

Lesson on following directions, “don’t hang clothes to dry on the balcony”

Or bring clothes pins.

[SailorPaulH]

19 hours ago, PasadenaDave said:

Lesson on following directions, “don’t hang clothes to dry on the balcony”

"Drying laundry" may just be a cover story 😉

[UWDawg]

After porting in Nawiliwili, Kauai, HI, the crew practiced lowering and raising the tenders. Here's a photo and there is a short time-lapse movie attached as well. 

[UWDawg]

With the 3000 passenger Carnaval Miracle in port at Nawiliwili, Kauai, HI at the same time as us, and Carnaval docked at Pier 2, the Viking Sky was berthed at Pier 3.

 

I was having trouble identifying where to schedule an Uber to pick me up for a 3rd party excursion, but there is a gate close to Pier 3 that doesn't readily show up on Google maps.

 

 

And in case you were wondering where Walmart and Costco are relative to the port, this might help:

 

Per guest lecturer, Dr. Ann Caroll Burgess, Walmart is a good source to get leis in Nawiliwili and Honolulu.

[aungrl]

6 hours ago, Clay Clayton said:

Special delivery to our room this morning IYKYK😀

Amazing!!  First appearance on a Viking ship in how many months now?

[Clay Clayton]

4 hours ago, aungrl said:

Amazing!!  First appearance on a Viking ship in how many months now?

Late July when we had them aboard Saturn after a request to the Restaurant Manager. 

[CCWineLover]

11 hours ago, Clay Clayton said:

Late July when we had them aboard Saturn after a request to the Restaurant Manager. 

Hmmm.....  we'll be on Saturn in a few weeks.

May have to visit the Restaurant Manager 🙂

 

[Hobson1754]

5 minutes ago, CCWineLover said:

Hmmm.....  we'll be on Saturn in a few weeks.

May have to visit the Restaurant Manager 🙂

 

And if you do Kent & manage to snaffle some, please remember your fellow cruisers - I really want to try these.

[CCWineLover]

14 minutes ago, Hobson1754 said:

And if you do Kent & manage to snaffle some, please remember your fellow cruisers - I really want to try these.

I'll share onboard!  Maybe if enough of us request it, they will start making them in earnest again!  They were incredibly good, and worth that morning hike down to the Attrium bar.

[SJD117]

Having been to Kauai more than a dozen times, it’s hard for me to imagine spending just a day on the Garden Isle. But I’d make the best of it — I’d rent a car, head to Waimea Canyon, then backtrack and drive to the North Shore. Busy day but feasible.

[Clay Clayton]

Just now, SJD117 said:

Having been to Kauai more than a dozen times, it’s hard for me to imagine spending just a day on the Garden Isle. But I’d make the best of it — I’d rent a car, head to Waimea Canyon, then backtrack and drive to the North Shore. Busy day but feasible.

We have now been there twice but just for port calls. I think a future longer visit is in the horizon.