Today I woke up way too early! My dad and sister went to the gym while my grandmother and I went for a short walk. It was super cold and windy! After our walk we met up with everyone else for breakfast. Breakfast on this ship is good. I had smoked salmon, bacon, sausage and an egg with cranberry juice.
After breakfast we went to 2 presentations about Alaska. I was exhausted and started falling asleep. The first presentation was "Port information talk: Ketchikan & Juneau" and the second one was "Schoolarship@sea: Alaska Naturalist Lecutre." The first one was about things to see and do when we arrive at Ketchikan and Juneau. He also gave us a brief history about the indigenous people of Alaska. The Second presentation was part of their "Schoolarship@Sea" series.
On Princess's longer cruises they do classes and lectures about different things relating to some of the places you'll see on your cruise. This particular lecture was about Alaska's wildlife and some not-so-touristy historical points of interest that you wouldn't otherwise think of visiting.
We went to a sit down dining room for lunch today. I ordered philly cheese steak and tomatoes with fresh mozzarella and a balsamic vinaigrette drizzle. I love fresh mozzarella! After lunch we sampled the pizza of the day. The slippery slope continues! We weren't able to catch the movie, Gravity, yesterday so my grandmother went to the theater to go watch that. I had no interest in that movie so I went to find somewhere to finish up my blog. I found a Karaoke event and hung around there while I finished up my blog from the night before. Some of the singers are pretty good!
Later we went to another singing event, "Princess Pop Choir". This choir was ran like an actual choir. There were 8 pre-scheduled rehearsals and on the last day they perform a show. I think the director and some people took this way to seriously. This is supposed to be vacation. You shouldn't have to worry about learning parts and making rehearsals. I've done that for more than half my life and I don't want to have to do that on vacation. On the flip side I do miss performing and rehearsing with a group of musicians. What to do, What to do?
We left in the middle for a Captain's Circle party which was exclusive to Gold and Ruby level members. Because I have cruised with Princess before I have reached gold status. There was a performance by the Star Princess orchestra and show choir. After the entertainment they told us what it meant to be part of the Captain's Circle and raffled off some really cool prizes. We also got a voucher for a free drink. SCORE! We had time to kill before dinner so we walked around the ship for a little while.
At dinner I ordered a pan fried pork chop, mango pear cold soup. The pork chop was delicious but the mango pear cold soup was not. There was ginger in it! I dislike ginger! I expected it to be similar to the cold soup I had last night. No such luck!
After dinner we went to watch a hypnosis show. This hypnotist used different method of hypnosis. The hypnotist I have seen in the past have put the participants under hypnosis, gave them instructions, woke them up and then made them do silly things. But this guy puts his participants under hypnosis, give them instructions to do something silly and triggers it while they're still asleep. He practices hypnotherapy for half a month and travels and performs for the rest of the month. What a schedule! He's running a clinic tomorrow.
We had a little bit of down time and headed over to the "Princess Pop Star" competition where 10 singers compete and the audience votes for their favorite. This competition wasn't based solely on singing ability but on entertainment value too. That means I can make up for what I lack in singing ability with entertaining dance moves and introduction. This might be something I might participate in tomorrow night. Stay tuned to find out!
After breakfast we went to 2 presentations about Alaska. I was exhausted and started falling asleep. The first presentation was "Port information talk: Ketchikan & Juneau" and the second one was "Schoolarship@sea: Alaska Naturalist Lecutre." The first one was about things to see and do when we arrive at Ketchikan and Juneau. He also gave us a brief history about the indigenous people of Alaska. The Second presentation was part of their "Schoolarship@Sea" series.
On Princess's longer cruises they do classes and lectures about different things relating to some of the places you'll see on your cruise. This particular lecture was about Alaska's wildlife and some not-so-touristy historical points of interest that you wouldn't otherwise think of visiting.
We went to a sit down dining room for lunch today. I ordered philly cheese steak and tomatoes with fresh mozzarella and a balsamic vinaigrette drizzle. I love fresh mozzarella! After lunch we sampled the pizza of the day. The slippery slope continues! We weren't able to catch the movie, Gravity, yesterday so my grandmother went to the theater to go watch that. I had no interest in that movie so I went to find somewhere to finish up my blog. I found a Karaoke event and hung around there while I finished up my blog from the night before. Some of the singers are pretty good!
Later we went to another singing event, "Princess Pop Choir". This choir was ran like an actual choir. There were 8 pre-scheduled rehearsals and on the last day they perform a show. I think the director and some people took this way to seriously. This is supposed to be vacation. You shouldn't have to worry about learning parts and making rehearsals. I've done that for more than half my life and I don't want to have to do that on vacation. On the flip side I do miss performing and rehearsing with a group of musicians. What to do, What to do?
We left in the middle for a Captain's Circle party which was exclusive to Gold and Ruby level members. Because I have cruised with Princess before I have reached gold status. There was a performance by the Star Princess orchestra and show choir. After the entertainment they told us what it meant to be part of the Captain's Circle and raffled off some really cool prizes. We also got a voucher for a free drink. SCORE! We had time to kill before dinner so we walked around the ship for a little while.
At dinner I ordered a pan fried pork chop, mango pear cold soup. The pork chop was delicious but the mango pear cold soup was not. There was ginger in it! I dislike ginger! I expected it to be similar to the cold soup I had last night. No such luck!
After dinner we went to watch a hypnosis show. This hypnotist used different method of hypnosis. The hypnotist I have seen in the past have put the participants under hypnosis, gave them instructions, woke them up and then made them do silly things. But this guy puts his participants under hypnosis, give them instructions to do something silly and triggers it while they're still asleep. He practices hypnotherapy for half a month and travels and performs for the rest of the month. What a schedule! He's running a clinic tomorrow.
We had a little bit of down time and headed over to the "Princess Pop Star" competition where 10 singers compete and the audience votes for their favorite. This competition wasn't based solely on singing ability but on entertainment value too. That means I can make up for what I lack in singing ability with entertaining dance moves and introduction. This might be something I might participate in tomorrow night. Stay tuned to find out!
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