Musings from around the ship Mark III

Photography Classes

Born out of the World Cruise 2023 Facebook page, was a series of photography classes.  Dave and Kelly gave up a lot of their time to run these sessions, not once but three times on this cruise.  They covered things like composition and Mobile phone photography. 

I thought I knew all I needed to know about my S23 Ultra, but these sessions opened my eyes to look for the other capabilities of my phone.

Dave and Kelly took us on an excursion around the ship photographing items of interest, taking on a different perspective.

Here is a group of avid photographers

Dover Farewell

The night before arriving at Dover  Princess put on a farewell party in the Atrium for those departing.   For us, it brought a close to the first half of the World Cruise.

Here we were also introduced to our new Captain, Gavin Pears, our little Irish Leprechaun and so full of life, that took over from Captain Perra in Cobh.

Some of you may recognize him as he had once sailed with P & O Australia.  Quite significantly from our last port of call at Invergordon, he also mentioned that during his time as a Marine Pilot, he had navigated drilling rigs into the harbor where he worked, similar to what we had seen.

This is a man you couldn’t help but like within the first five minutes of meeting him and he always seems to enjoy himself as much as we are on this cruise.

Previously we felt that we were kept in the dark about a lot of things happening around the ship and our ports of call, but Gavin has been very informative throughout the second half of this cruise…    Did I mention he loves the microphone!!

He has very quickly become a favorite Captain around the ship.,

If I had a dollar for every crew member who has also sung his praises, I could pay for another world cruise.

We also said farewell to a few key officers  in Dover

The crew deserved nothing short of a ticker tape parade.

Did I mention I had only just met the Captain

Wine Fairs 

What do you do when you have a whole lot of wine, but not enough bottles to sustain keeping them on the menu…. Have a Wine Fair!

Set out beautifully on tables paired with some lovely finger food, here you can work your way around trying a variety of whites and reds that have been heavily reduced.  Bottles could be bought with prices ranging from $25 - $50 that can be drunk anywhere on the ship with no extra corkage added…  

They have had a couple of these now and have been very popular both times.

Dover Welcome Party

Of course, after every farewell, there is another Welcome party