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Shipboard Activities
For the evening meal, table are assigned as well as dining time is established. The group at our table were all members of our tour group. Except for my sister and her husband, all were from Ohio. The first photo is of Don and Barb. Next is Jackie and Bob, then my sister and her husband. It was an enjoyable group.
The Sea Princess dining room is very nice. Here is an overall scene followed by our tablestewards, Carlos and Gabriel. These two were assigned to our table for the evening meals. They were professionals but very personable. Then there is Donato, our cabin steward.
The ship also offered tours to the bridge. We took advantage of this as we thought that it would be interesting. The controls over this modern day ship were quite up to date and used all the latest technology. It was totally on “auto-pilot” while we were there. We were also in the heaviest seas of the trip, waves of about 14 feet. The first photo is of our officer of the deck. The next two photos are of the main console. The last photo of this group is one station of two, one on the starboard side and the other on the port side, used to bring the ship along side it berthing pier. These stations provide the complete control of the ship just as the main console in the center
On the next to the last night aboard the Sea Princess, there was this party that began rather late. It was also the night that there were 14 feet seas. This attests to the stablibily of the ship. This gathering of people and champagne glasses seems to be a tradition. Once the last single glass was placed on top, there were 741 glasses in this stack.
There were some good stage shows put on by the ship's professional entertainers. No possiblity of photographs from those shows. The Executive Chef and Maître d'Hôtel put on a cooking demostration. It was entertaining as they were both rather like comics. The atrium was very attractive. There were earlier photographs that showed the decorations placed here. This view duplicates a view that the ship's photo store had for sale. The ceiling view of this area has a different tint to it.
All photographs copyright 2001, Charles R. Simon
