DAY 122 - CRUISING THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

Wonderful Dinner At Silk Road With Friends Bob And Glo ✔  A Terrific Final Day At Sea ✔ A Very Sentimental World Cruise Video ✔

Thanks to those of you who have shared comments with us along the way. We hope that we have answered your questions and appreciated all of your kind thoughts.  We have been asked about future blogs and journeys and there will be both.  We will let you know all about those sometime soon.


Over the last few days some of our fellow guests have disembarked the ship. This includes some guests who live in Canada and decided to leave the ship either in Vancouver or Victoria and some guests who live in places such as Northern California or in other adjacent areas and decided to leave yesterday in San Francisco.  While we depart tomorrow, there are several people staying on for the next voyage from Los Angeles to New York City with some getting off in Florida and others in New York City.  There are also some people who live in the United Kingdom or in areas in Europe who will continue on as the ship sails from New York City over to Dover, England.


We wanted to begin by saying how much we enjoyed our time in San Francisco.  We love this city and we were fortunate to have the best weather one could ask for.  It was great to have Ashley, Kelly, Patty and Michael on board with us and for us to walk around the city for a few hours on the morning and the afternoon.  


A view of Alcatraz and it just doesn't get clearer than this.

Before dinner we spoke with our stewardess and assistant stewardess.  They thanked us for a gift we had given to each of them and we thanked them for taking such good care of us for 120+ days.  Our stewardess will be going home from Los Angeles for a well deserved Holiday.  We were very happy to hear that our assistant stewardess (stewardess in training) will now become a stewardess. We hope to see them again.


Afterwards, we walked around for awhile and spoke with some of our fellow guests such as Elaine who we have sailed with for the first time during this journey.

We had dinner at Silk Road with good friends Bob and Glo.  It was nice for the four of us to have dinner together before the conclusion of this adventure.  It seems as if it was only yesterday when the four of us and their niece Becky had dinner in Miami before we boarded the Crystal Serenity on December 21.


Dinner was outstanding and that included not only the wonderful dinner and service but enjoying a nice evening with Bob and Glo.


Our waiter for the evening was Alberto who was assisted by Ruel and the two of them took wonderful care of us.  Alberto had pre-ordred several items for us and after we had those items we ordered sushi/sashimi and our entree.  We had both the sushi and sashimi and for our entree we each had the Hot Sobo Noodle Soup with Scallops added to it.  Everything was perfect.


These are photos of some of the appetizers.

When we arrived back to the room there was a nice letter from World Cruise Hostess to each of us and it also included a message from Cruise Director Rick Spath and a letter with all of the thoughts for the day from Captain Glenn.  This was another very nice touch for what was our favorite World Cruise.  

We slept very well last evening. The seas were relatively calm.

Keith woke up early for the final sea day of this adventure and for his final workout of this adventure.  He chatted with fellow guest Brian, and with Fitness Director Juli and with the Store Manager.    He did what he has done for over 120 days and that was to workout at the Fitness Center.  


Anne Marie also enjoyed a nice workout before we had breakfast in our room.


Keith stopped by the Lido Cafe for some coffee and spoke with some of the Lido Deck Stewards, Jun, Nat, and Martin and also to the member of the Night Crew.  He thanked them so very much for all they have done for us.  


Rao brought our breakfast and we chatted for awhile about San Francisco.  We also asked for an earlier breakfast tomorrow and as we normally do on our final morning we changed up the breakfast.  Instead of Oatmeal and a banana, Keith will have smokes salmon with a bagel and Anne Marie will have pancakes.

As we have done for each and every sea day we watched the final Daily Morning Show of World Cruise 2012 as we enjoyed breakfast.  One of the highlights of the show was that Rick Spath and Elise Ivy spoke by phone with Captain Glenn.  


During Captain Glenn's morning talk from the bridge he shared with us his final thought for the day.


"Don't cry because it's over but simply smile because it happened."

The major highlight of the morning was the viewing of the 2012 World Cruise DVD.  Before the video was shown Rick and Elise each spoke.  There words were very sentimental to us.

During the course of this cruise Pianist John Mentis has been taking videos both on and off the ship.  Then Jeff Waters who puts together a lot of Videos for Crystal Cruises came on the ship around the time we were in Beijing and has been on the ship since then.  Jeff has also taken some video and then worked tirelessly to go through hundreds of hours of video to pull together a slightly under sixty minutes video on DVD which captured the essence of this World Cruise.  It was very sentimental as we relived all of the wonderful experiences that we have had since the World Cruise began.  As many guests as possible were in the video.  The video is perfect to watch from time to time and to share with friends and family.  At the end of the Video many members of the crew marched and filled the Galaxy Showroom.  It was a very touching experience and there were not many without tears in their eyes.  We had tears.  

After the video, we had lunch with friends Allan and Helen in the Crystal Dining Room.  We had a great time with them.  


Afterwards, Keith met up with friend Bob and Anne Marie did more packing.


Before dinner we will attend the final variety show of this cruise.


This evening we will dine in the Crystal Dining Room for our last meal there and after dinner we will attend the 2012 World Cruise Countdown held in the same area where the evening kickoff with the balloon and confetti drop was held to mark the beginning of the World Cruise.


We will post more about that along with final thoughts.

TODAY'S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY...

This one has become a favorite of ours.

Some people see the word "impossible" while others see this as two words I’m Possible

Keith and Anne Marie