Tahiti Cruise--Day 6 (At Sea)

Day 6—At Sea (February 1, 2015)

From the Navigator:  “After departing Rangiroa Ocean Princess made her way to the west leaving Mataiva Island to port.  Once clear of Mataiva, we altered course to the south west and made way for the northern coast of Tahaa, which shares the same reef as Raiatea….”

We were at sea once again and would arrive at Raiatea tomorrow.  Today was another relaxing day.  We’ve been really lucky with the weather so far (knock on wood).  Some of the previous Tahiti cruises had rain all 10 days, but we’ve only had just a few light showers (knock on wood again).  The wind really picked up in the early morning strong enough to cause the ship to pitch and roll a little, although the seas were fairly smooth, but calmed down later in the morning.  The forecast every day has been partly cloudy with some showers with a high of 84 and a low of 82 and I’m hoping that weather holds for us.

I had a relaxing breakfast in the dining room this morning as a change from the buffet and had the eggs benedict.  After breakfast, I went up to the Tahitian Lounge and joined in the trivia game.  This was the 50^th Anniversary trivia consisting of 15 questions from the Love Boat TV series and 15 questions about Princess Cruise Line.  I thought I knew quite a bit about Princess and the Love Boat, but boy were those questions hard.  Who the heck would know which actor appeared on the 1000^th episode of the Love Boat?!?  I only got 17 out of 30 questions right, which isn’t bad considering the winning team only got 20 right and they had 6 people on their team while I was a team of one.  I did know a few answers that most people didn’t know (such as the author of the book that was the inspiration for the TV show was Jeraldine Sanders) and the ships built in 2004 were the Diamond, the Sapphire, and the Caribbean.

In the afternoon, I went to the final slot tournament.  I had joined the slot tournament on the first sea day and had qualified for the finals as one of the top 6.  The winner of the finals would win $500 cash and qualify to participate in the $50,000 slot tournament on board the Regal Princess in November.  Unfortunately, I didn’t win, but I did get a Princess T-shirt as a finalist, and it was fun and exciting as everyone standing around was cheering us all on.

Most of the day was spent relaxing on deck, reading, and just enjoying watching the sea and the few islands we passed.  A few of the American passengers were upset that the Super Bowl wasn’t being broadcast.  The Patter said that due to the location of the ship and the satellite positions, we wouldn’t be able to receive the televised Super Bowl; I know that quite a few were accessing the internet to keep up with the scores.  Since I don’t follow football, and have no clue, it didn’t bother me at all that the ship didn’t have the game, but there sure was a lot of “what’s the score,” “anyone have the latest,” with passengers passing on information to each other.

Dinner that night was Italian, and I had two appetizers (prosciutto and melon, and the eggplant parmesan) and the veal marsala.  After dinner, my parents and I went to the casino for about an hour.  I was back in my cabin by 9:00pm, and read for a while before falling asleep.  Tomorrow we will be in Raiatea.