SEA DAYS, CONCERTS AT SEAS, BOOKS, AND BURGERS

Monday, January 29, 2024
Sky Princess
Stateroom S222/17
At Sea
Sun, 81F

Dear Readers, you know the routine on a sea day, eat, read, eat, read.  Today I decided to take a few photos of areas of the ship. 

 

First thing this morning we went to the Internet Café to drop off some books, so Janie does not have to carry them all home. The Sky Princess, just like the Enchanted Princess, does not have a library, a space that we truly liked on most every ship since 1967.   As indicated in the name, the Internet Café has about ten desktop computers available for guests. TK logged in and started planning a 2025 cruise while I was looking over the dropped off books. The “library” is reduced to 3 or 4 cubes for books. The Holland America SS Rotterdam had a library that seemed huge to a 19 year old.

 

The very cerebral reading I have done so far

SS Rotterdam in the 40s

This is the best I could do for a photo --

this looks much like the Rotterdam 

library that I remember (1967, 1968)

 The highlight of the day was the Veterans and Military Personnel Get Together.  This week it was hosted which meant everyone was offered champagne by the Princess staff.   There were about 30 men and women in attendance, including Korean War, Vietnam War, and Desert Storm veterans. I was so pleased to give everyone a “pocket flag,” a 12” x 18” American flag folded correctly and placed in a small clear plastic bag.  Our Presque Isle Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, collected the flags that were placed at a veterans’ graves before Memorial Day in our area and then retrieved by Veterans Day.  We then cleaned the flags and folded them properly to give them to American military members and veterans as a way to honor not only their service, but the service of those veterans at rest.  Both TK and I were very humbled by how the veterans today reacted to such an honor.

And that was our Sea Day today!  Photos below!

 

TK’s Takes: He enjoyed talking to the veterans today, a Vietnam Cobra helicopter pilot and an Army vet from Maryland who was in Erie many years ago to train people at the Erie International Airport (now Tom Ridge) on the use of the airport fire trucks.

The some of the buffet today--TK had a slice of 4 cheese pizza and I had a cheeseburger on the main pool deck, plus peanut butter cookies!

TK near the Salty Dog Grill Deck 16 Midship

where I ordered my burger.  

"Slice" Pizzeria is opposite the Salty Dog

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World Fresh Market Deck 16 Aft (aka the buffet)

Everyone is highly encouraged to wash their hands

before entering

Dishes include Vegetable Birani, Lamb and Potato

Curry, Aloa Gobi Masata, and ______ Noodles

I can't write and take photos at the same time,

plus I have no idea what these are

Salad fixings

More salad fixings

Even more salad fixings

Pub Day

Steak and Kidney Pie (I had to ask if

there really was kidney in the pie. "Yes.")

Scotch Eggs 

(might have tried them if I knew more)

Lunch desserts

More lunch desserts

Even more lunch desserts

More photos-----------

From Deck 7 looking down at Atrium--Deck 5

Alfredo's Pizzeria---Deck 7

We had calzones here a few days ago

Way too big!

Candy Store-Deck 5

Ocean Terrace Seafood Bar--Deck 7

A very popular spot, sushi mostly

Gelato Deck 5

Internet Cafe  Deck 5

Sky Pool Deck 16

You can see the screen for Movies Under The Stars

Movies are also shown during the day

Princess Live Deck 7--

Trivia games, Art Auctions, etc. here

The Catch by Rudi  Deck 7

Seafood Restaurant--we have never eaten here

Wake View Pool  Deck 16 aft

If you can see the "contraption" in the background 

it is used to help people with very limited mobility

 into the pool--most of the pools onboard have this ability.

Wake View Bar area  Deck 16 Aft

CONCERTS AT SEA:

This is a poster listing the bands that are on the ship this week

But we could not get access because the events were sold out

before we booked.  

P.S. I am answering friend C's comment on this post: She asked about how the cruise lines consider shark safety on their private islands. Plus she asked about seconds and more  at the barbecue on the island.

My response:

Oh my, I never gave sharks a thought. This is a very good question that I will try to pursue. 

Those delicious luncheons are indeed all you can eat. Seconds, thirteenths, go ahead! Same with the buffet on the ship.  That said, most cruise lines now charge extra for seconds like lobster tail and prime rib in the main dining rooms. $10. That was not the case previously, one could ask for more lobster tail or prime rib with no extra charge

On our European cruise in NovDec, one night they had lobster claws (not tails) at the buffet. That was a frenzy like I could not believe. We observed only, and it was a sight to behold. Key word: frenzy