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Still planning to finish this up. In the meantime, the Coast Guard posted a video on X of the airlift:

The medical evacuation was successfully completed off the seaview pool deck using the helicopter's hoist.

I will finish updating this no longer Live from when I am back home. We currently have a medical emergency on board. We are heading to the coast of Oregon at full speed to rendezvous with the Coast Guard for a helicopter evacuation this evening. We will still make it to Victoria on time. There have been calls for a blood donors and a general surgeon to provide a 2nd opinion. Not sure if it is a crew member or passenger who is injured.

April 16 Kona This was our first port day. CBP was on board to clear everyone through customs. They started with people on excursions and then went deck by deck. We had been given a schedule and they were much faster than expected. Normal tendering procedures with tickets. Our 4 star status let us get off the ship quickly. We have been to Kona before and spent the day wandering the port. We went up the hill tothe shopping centers for some supplies and Ube softserve. The line for the return tender looked long, but moved quickly. Today's menus s_pacific_lido_lunch_2023_-_menu_12_en.pdf kodm-lido_dinne-menu.pdf hawaii_dr_dinner_2023_menu_12.pdf

April 15 The Cellar Master Bernardo held a popup wine market and tasting. Holland America has revamped their wine program and stranded some wine inventory on the ship. For $29 pp, we tasted 15 wines over the course of an hour and one could have multiple samples of each wine. The wine varieties were as follows: 2 rieslings 1 gewurtztramiener 2 chardonnays 1 sauvignon blanc 2 rosees 1 tempranilo 2 pinot noirs 1 shiraz 3 cab sauvignon 1 port Theses were fairly high end wines that were deeply discounted. One of the cabs was marked down to $81 from the original price of $135. Some of the wines were fantastic, but we will stick to our wine package bottles. I neglected to photograph the wines. I must have been too excited about the day drinking 🍸.

Catch up mode yet again.... April 15 The lido corner was Cheese and Fruit. They had a nice selection of fruits and cheeses. I missed the menus on the 15th.

We have had cruises with late dining and late entertainment. They usually do that on European itineraries since they tend to eat later. I do prefer the 9:30 shows best. 9:00pm shows are too early s we rarely finish dinner before 9:00.

The 6 and 8 showtime work well with the fixed dining schedule. If you have the late 7:30 seating, you go to the 6 pm show before dinner. The 8pm show lines up for those with early dining at 5:30. Some of the other events that get scheduled at 7:30 aren't so great for late fixed dining.

There was an Ice Cream social pop up today. The lines were crazy long. You would think it was the last ice cream ever. I just got a vanilla cone from the Sweet Spot.

April 14 Today's corner is French corner. Primarily mussels and frites. Lunch menus: brunch_hawaiian_v.2.pdf s_pacific_lido_lunch_2023_-_menu_10_en.pdf Dinner menus: hawaii_dr_dinner_2023_menu_10.pdf s_pacific_lido_dinner_2023_-_menu_11_en.pdf

April 13th Today the corner is Oriental corner. It us a collection of Mediterranean and Indian dishes. Lunch menus: _dr_lunch_day_8.pdf s_pacific_lido_lunch_2023_-_menu_09_en.pdf Dinner menus: s_pacific_lido_dinner_2023_-_menu_11_en.pdf hawaii_dr_dinner_2023_menu_10.pdf

Catching up yet again. April 12 Today's corner is Snack corner. I only got a shot of the menu and missed the food. I am missing the rest of the menus for today. Another lovely day on a day ship.

Dinner menus from April 11. Tonight was a dressy night. Our table of 6 all enjoyed the Tenderloin. kodm-mdr_blue_gala_1.pdf s_pacific_lido_dinner_2023_r_vis_sig_v1_-_menu_08_en.pdf

Another catchup post. We have been doing well in trivia. A good team has come together and we often win or are runners up. The Lido lunch corner from a couple days back was Paella. Regular Lido lunch s_pacific_lido_lunch_2023_-_menu_06_en (1).pdf

I will ask.