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Omg, did we get surprised tonight at dinner! Mohammed, the Chef de Cuisine, surprised us with our main course. He prepared fresh halibut from The Catch for us and the Cheesecake Creme Brulee from the Crown Grill for dessert! Delicious!!! This is a fabulous crew! Many tears were shed tonight as we said goodbye! Several friendships were reinforced and many others were made!

Our son, in Northern Idaho, just sent us these photos from last night. He was up until 1 am taking photos.

We just received the dreaded "Your Fun Time Onboard Is Over" information!!! 😢

We are now in International waters. All bars will be open tonight! 🍷🥂

Tim, we'll be down the hall from you guys. We are in mid-ship Reserve mini on Baja.

Now called Reserve Collection. Princess has dropped using the word "class." You may occasionally see it referred to on pages that have not yet been updated. We know how long it takes them to update all of their information!

The last day of our cruise looks to be a calm sea day. Last night, we were deep into REM stage by the time the Northern Lights appeared 😴. We are fortunate to have seen them many times in the past.

I just texted you the below...

Misc photos from Downtown Victoria... The Legislative Assembly The Empress Hotel

We had a fabulous day in Victoria today! The weather was perfect. We walked from the ship to downtown, about a 30 minute stroll. Once we arrived downtown, I checked Uber for the fare to Butchart Gardens. It was $48 USD one way! Having been there years ago, we decided to stay in town. We walked all over town, including their small Chinatown. We had a great lunch at Nautical Nellie's Steak & Seafood House on Wharf St. We had raw oysters and Lobster quesadillas. Delicious!!! We highly recommend this restaurant. Then we strolled back to the ship after a full day in town. On our way back, we walked past momma & daddy Honkers and their gaggle of babies! More photos in the following post...

The quiet, calm environment of breakfast in the Harmony Restaurant was quite different this morning. There is now a family group of 12 and another family group of 8 in the dining room. There are 8 young kids within the two groups. The scene this morning was quite the "Ship Show!" We felt sorry for the poor servers. I think we probably should have disembarked in Vancouver. No more short legs in our future cruises! Off now to explore Victoria and the gardens...

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We will be in Canadian waters until we leave Victoria tonight. Bar situation will be the same tonight. And, I might add that the new passengers are a drinking crowd!

On our way to Victoria, 11 am arrival. All onboard at 10:30 pm. It is going to be another warm day!

It has been a few years since we have sailed in Canada, either we don't remember this or we did not stay in port until so late? 🤷‍♂️ Luckily, we still had a bottle of Shiraz (from Sydney) in our room. We took it to Vines and our favorite stools! And had a good 'ol time! 🍷 We have secured a bottle of Silverado Cab for tonights repeat performance!

@PescadoAmarillo It would have been fun! Maybe on our next one? 🤷‍♂️

Tonight when we went down to Vines for our pre-dinner vino, we found this sign. Apparently, Canadian rules only allow one open bar per deck while in Canadian waters. We had never heard of this ridiculous rule! We walked to the Crown Grill Bar and found it 5 people deep with a line down the hallway! We walked to The Catch hoping to get a "good" glass of wine. Mario, the Restaurant Manager, was pulling his hair out because all of their wines had been locked up and they were having to run to the Concerto MDR service bar to pick up wine for his diners. Same situation at Alfredo's Pizzeria. Crazy!!! We will have the same situation tomorrow in Victoria. There are also a bunch kids running around now. There are close to 500 under 18 yr olds onboard. The majority of the new passengers will be disembarking in 3 days in Seattle. There has definitely been a shift in "energy" onboard now.

We had a great day with our dear friend and Vancouver resident, Dena, today. She showed us the highlights of North Vancouver and treated us to a fantastic lunch! The Lions Gate Bridge in the background. The view from our lunch table. Downtown Vancouver and our ship in the background. Miscellaneous photos from Downtown. Lions Gate Bridge from North Vancouver

An interesting note, we just received a new mini-bar setup. We didn't get one after the Sydney to Auckland leg. 🤷‍♂️

Thank you! To be honest, I almost didn't do a "Live" for this trip. I was considering retiring from them. I'm 50/50 on doing one for our October trip to the Far East. We'll see... 🥺