Day 26 - Wed - 10/22/2025 - At Sea to FLL - Day 4

 Today we literally passed the halfway point at noon when the Officer of the Watch gave the noon PA announcement as to our location.  I found today a much more fulfilling day as there were 3 lectures / events during the day following our customary interdenominational Bible study.


First up was the behind the scenes presentation by the 2nd Engineer.  He covered all things below the deck and was proud to declare that they were truly the ones in control of the ship and not the bridge personnel. It was very interesting and he fielded many questions.


After lunch, the Bridge 1st and 2nd officers gave their presentation about navigating and how the bridge operates.  It was also very interesting.  Immediately following their presentation, Mark Ruebery gave a fantastic matinee concert featuring rock hits by various artists with particular emphasis on George Harrison.  He covered several artists I had never heard of but their songs were nice.

Following my customary walking laps around the outside deck (I finally saw a flying fish) and dinner, we went to the gymnasts, Nata & Yury who were comedic and very athletic.  Yuri was especially so when doing single arm handstands.







Afterwards we went to the Explorer's Lounge for the YES/NO game show which had a twist:  It was officers against the guests and they alternated asking the questions.  The guest won and none of the officers including the cruise director could last 3 minutes without saying yes or no.  We ended this part of our evening watching the Upper Middle Bottom game show which required the contest to move across a game board trying to avoid the explosion.  Three explosions and one was out.  Several guests made it. Think of the vintage video game minesweeper.


Back in the room we watched the first hour of the 1977 movie:  ABBA:the Movie.  It's fun listening to the music and watching the artists,  but the story line is a bit corny.


Tomorrow is another sea day, and we gain another hour.  We only have two more time changes to be on Fort Lauderdale time for Sunday's scheduled arrival.

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