SEA DAY—BRITISH INVASION

Saturday, December 04, 2010
Sunny and warm—77 F

Pool morning for me while Tim used our free bingo card that we won the first day and he played in the slots tournament.

In the afternoon I did “On Deck for the Cure,” a 5 K non-competitive walk 8 times around the promenade deck for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. This is the 4th time I have participated on Princess/Carnival ships. In the past I honored my mother and friends, including A.B. and Nancy K (2 cruises with her and Brian and the Las Vegas trip), but this time I did it for friend H.G. who was just diagnosed in September. I wore Tim’s pink Erie Firefighter t-shirt (“Proud to wear Pink”). The walk was very hot, but the breeze and the sea really enhanced the good feeling!

It was a formal evening and for dinner we had lobster tail—very very good. After dinner we went to first showing of the latest Princess production on this ship and in the fleet, British Invasion. This show was phenomenal. Tim and I both agreed that it was the best show we had seen in our 25 cruises. There had to be at least 12 costume changes in 45 minutes, favorite songs from the 60s to the present, from the Beatles to the Eurhythmics and later. For “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” the dance was ballet style. Lights, music, stage set, the voices, all great. After the finale the audience gave a standing ovation. Billy London, Cruise Director, said this production cost $1.5 million. He said Princess was stepping up their productions for the future.

Earlier London told us that the Grand Princess is going into dry dock for 3 weeks in April 2011 for a $50 million dollar refurbishing and $15 million technical work. Apparently they are taking off the Skywalker deck (17th deck). This deck is quite a unique nightclub, but it does not get as much use as intended.

TK’s Takes: even the 70 somethings gave the show, BRITISH INVASION, a standing ovation.