Can hardly believe that our trip around South America is soon coming to an end! Three more ports and seven days at sea! The time has flown by so quickly!
We have been so comfortable on the Crown Princess ship. Her keel was laid on March 5, 2004 in Italy and she was completed on May, 2006...taking over two years to build! She is registered in Hamilton, Bermuda. She can carry 3,599 passengers and a crew of 1201. We were told that she was full on all three legs of our trip. Her gross tonnage is 113,561 tons. The bridge is manned 24 hours a day by two Officers working four hours on and eight hours off in a three watch system. She has five dining rooms, eight bars, five pools (one is for the crew) , nine hot tubs, and 18 elevators. This trip is her first time in the Pacific Ocean. She is truely an amazing ship.
During the past three days we have enjoyed crossing the Equator...again. The crew makes a big deal of this by having an Equator Crossing Ceremony. Those who want to participate are dressed in sheets, Roman style. Lots of words are spoken and then several kinds of things are applied to your skin...red jello, whipped cream, noodles and then you are dunked into the pool...while everyone is watching! It is as much fun for the crew as the passengers.
During our three days we have enjoyed the shows on the ship...especially the singer, Tony B. He sang a variety of Rat Pack and Bobby Darin old tunes. We had seen him on a previous cruise and enjoyed seeing his show again. We also watched the movies "Diana", "Nebraska", and "Flight" with Denzel Washington. We enjoyed spotting dolphins and flying fish several times. The seas have been like a flat, calm lake. The weather has been mighty warm...great for working on your tan. It has been a fabulous three days.
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