(Written by Alex) Kim and I were awake when the ship arrived in Honolulu at approximately 1am. They didn’t dock, but rather dropped a lifeboat/tender and transported the patient to shore. We estimate that the ship was back in route to Tahiti by 3am, approximately 29 hours later than scheduled. Praying the passenger is fine. […]
Day 16 – Quiet day at sea except for medical emergency (10/2/19)
Written by Kim Slept in a little late almost 8 am after our long day yesterday. After breakfast I said to Alex I was happy that we made it through the first 10 day cruise without hearing an Alpha, Alpha which is the call for a medical emergency. Well this morning we had an Alpha […]
Day 15 – Touring Oahu with Tony, Wendy &….. Barry (10/1/19)
(Written by Alex) We had decided yesterday that we wanted to drive our rental car early out to Makapu’u Lighthouse and make the hike up the hill to see the views. We mentioned to our Aussie friends from the Diamond Lounge (Tony and Wendy) that we had plenty of room in our rented mini-van if […]
Day 14 – Oahu some pineapple and reflections (9/30/19)
Written by Kim It was a bit of a weird turnaround day between our first and second cruise. A first for us to be on a B2B cruise so none of those disembarkment sad feelings or elation for first day of the cruise but we had to pack (kind of) so we could move rooms. […]
Day 13 – Big Island, Big Fun! (9/29/19)
(Written by Alex) A super special thanks to our friends Brooke and Ben for taking a Sunday day off on the Big Island of Hawaii and showing us around! It was really a great day and would never have been as good on our own! 🤙 We managed to get off the ship early and […]
Day 12 – Maui Road to Hana and other adventures (9/28/19)
Written by Kim We were up and out early to get our car and beat the traffic to the road to Hana. We were on the 5 am tender (but both woke before our alarm will we ever adjust to the time). Got our car in the parking lot in town, grabbed a quick bit […]
Day 11 – Maui wowie! (9/27/19)
(Written by Alex) What a really fun day in Maui! Because Lahaina (and all of Maui) doesn’t have a deep water port, Ovation of the Seas has to take passengers in via tender boats. They have six life boats that they can also use as tender boats. We got in line a little before 7 […]
Day 10 – Look but don’t touch Napali Coast, Kauai (9/26/19)
Written by Kim Another day at sea today. Went to the top deck to walk but only got a few laps in before needing to go to gym due to rain. Attending my first meeting in a long time the consecutive cruisers meeting but luckily I wasn’t responsible to track action items or follow ups […]
Day 9 – Hawaii dreaming (9/25/19)
(Written by Alex) Our fourth consecutive sea day started like most of the others, although we made the mistake of waiting a little too long (8 am) to venture out the the track. Because it’s getting warmer, activity by the pool has increased substantially. So the upper deck was loaded with both walkers/runners and people […]
Day 8 – Halfway to Hawaii! (9/24/19)
(Written by Alex) We have started to settle into a bit of a routine here on board with these consecutive sea days. The toughest part of the first three days has been the setting the clocks back an hour each day. We are constantly waking up at 3:30 or 4:30 am because we’ve gained three […]