Cruise days at sea 2022/Carlos Pueblo

 Cruise days at sea 2022/Carlos Pueblo

It is called a cruise day at sea if the ship can't reach to the second port overnight. Usually I stay home checking on my internet all the time and the at sea day is quite interesting to me, a new life routine. Recently, I have been removed out of my 100 minutes free internet perk for an unknown reason, in combining with the dining with officers plus a background hour visit of the ship, the cruise gave me a $50 non refundable on board credit to buy two T-shirts and I must pay additional dollar for the exceeding amount. Now I am a shareholder and the benefit is $100 non refundable on board credit which is available for me to purchase 3 nylon T-shirts with $2 extra which I must pay on my balance sheet. 

I was told a story about the rescue effort of the cruise liner when the Chinese Wuhan Corona Virus Pandemic broke out in early 2020. All staff were stuck on board without any means to get back to their home countries. This was not including those two or three ships with infected passengers floating at the ocean and not allow to be landing. A restaurant manager mentioned to me that this cruise liner dispatched their best ship Encore to deliver all staff from the Central and South America to the Eastern Europe and back to India, Indonesia, to Philippine. That was how he ran into some of my daughters on board. Lucky me I was on Encore for a back to back Alaska journey. I raised my hand at the first general meeting at the atrium hall about such story. Deepak Punia, the Asian Indian General Manager was in charge of such rescue and he was so glad that I brought it up and explained in details description. We were all very impressed. I double up my shares with the cruise liner after I returned home. There are going to be some comparison among nations, groups, and companies for their dealing of tragedy and I am glad that the normality is back gradually.

I don't mind to attend a free drink party, called the latitude party, for the company to host their returned customers for a drink, even though I don't consume any drink at home. The party usually held on the first sea say right on lunch time. It is getting larger and larger and people are lining up for such drinks. Now there are two parties held for such big crowds. For Encore, the big and luxury one with larger budget, there is an additional for advanced latitude members at the brewery bar for more free drinking with less crowds.

I can visit the casino often at sea days. I don't dare to gamble yet I like to watch the black Jack table and some gamblers allow me to watch. I believe that the casino is the main income of the cruise and the newer ships locate their casinos at the heart of their ships.

I also am taking language classes, bridge class, and Japanese Go class, etc. I also received a nice and effective tip to swing golf. Now I can hit straight and passed it on to Amy. I regret that I don't have the opportunity to play golf at my time at home.