Sunday at sea, September 27th, 2026

 Colleen has a pet peeve.  She hates to see used plastic flossing tools that are discarded onto the street, parking lots, anywhere in public.  A few days ago, we saw one on the carpet outside the Explorers Lounge hallway.  So, we knew that someone on board was, well, uncouth.  Then John was on an elevator with a man who was sawing away in his mouth with the same shaped of flosser. It’s probably good that Colleen was not there!!

This ship has more ADA refinements than any other we have been on.  Public bathrooms have been cut into two with one side now having a larger, wheelchair width doorway.  There is a ‘voice from above’ in most of the elevators that announces ‘going up’ or ‘going down’ three times before the doors close.  This is an older ship that has been retrofitted since we were last on her in 2017.  These are good things.

John has been having trouble inserting photos into blog posts through the blog site.  He just discovered that if he writes the blog in WORD, add the photo, and then copies into the blog site, that he can add photos.  Testing at the bottom of the page.

Last night was the Cartain’s cocktail party, a way for Princess to thank those that have cruised 15 times or 150 days.  They honor the three travelers with the most days aboard Princess ships.  The top person has 1863 days total. For comparison we have just over 600 days at sea. 

It was a nice evening for us.  We got to talk with Sandra and Sandeep, two employees that we have known for a long time.  Both have been very good to us over time.  Sandeep is the bar manager and Sandra is the Food and Beverage Director.  She is retiring after 29 years with Princess to go home to Portugal to help care for her mother.  We will miss her.