The Fleet Report and Daily for Thursday January 25th, 2024

[kazu]

Today is A Room Of One’s Own Day, Clashing Clothes Day, and NASA's Day of Remembrance

 

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone. - Anthony Burgess

Meal Suggestion for today - Herb Roasted Chicken
Drink of the Day - Screwdriver
Wine of the Day - Korbel Extra Dry California Champagne 
Destination of the Day - Mahe Island, Victoria, Seychelles

Today in History:
1554 Founding of the city of São Paulo in Brazil
1840 American naval expedition under Charles Wilkes is first to identify Antarctica as a new continent

Ship Locations
 

Eurodam

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas 09:00 - 16:00 
 

Koningsdam

At Sea Destination Ensenada, Baja California Mexico eta 01-29
 

Nieuw Amsterdam

At Sea Destination Half Moon Cay, Bahamas eta 01-26
 

Nieuw Statendam

Grand Cayman Island, George Town Harbour 08:00 - 15:00 
 

Oosterdam

At Sea Destination Punta del Este, Uruguay eta 01-26
 

Rotterdam

At Sea Destination Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades, Florida eta 01-26
 

Zaandam

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala 10:00 - 18:00 
 

Zuiderdam

At Sea Destination Quepos, Costa Rica eta 01-26

Eastern Hemisphere
 

Noordam

At Sea Destination Auckland, New Zealand eta 01-27
 

Volendam

Lifou Island, New Caledonia 08:00 - 17:00 
 

Westerdam

At Sea Destination Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam eta 01-27

[rafinmd]

Today's Maps:

 

 

 

Roy

[JazzyV]

Today’s Care List:

Cruising sister’s great niece Murphy post-surgery, on CPAP, gtube

Vict0riann’s DH Pat seeing the Cardiologist today

Ger_77’s DH Maurice having a tele-visit with the Cardiologist today

StLouisCruisers’ BIL with Covid

JazzyV with right leg pain, tingling and numbness; trouble walking

All in the path of storms and frigid temperatures

 

Citizens of Ukraine, Israel and Gaza

All Dailyites going through worries and stress, whether mentioned or not

 

From the Rotation:

Tana with pulmonary issues

Rafinmd with elevated PSA and foot ulcer

HAL Sailer’s DH with medical issues

Haljo1945 with a frozen shoulder, PT for now, seeing surgeon in Feb

 

Celebrations and Shoutouts:

Cunnorl’s Nephew & Wife’s new baby Ryan Charles

RMLincoln’d DH’s doing well after eye surgery

Vmax1700’s DW feeling better

Seagarsmoker has a new job!

Kazu stepping up to keep the FR/Daily going while Rich is cruising

 

The Daily Gardening Club posting wonderful flower pictures

All the contributors to the Fleet Report/Daily

 

Upcoming Cruises or At Sea:

 

1 day for Tupper10 (Rotterdam Jan 26 to Feb 4) 9d Southern Caribbean

4 days for 0106 (Oosterdam Jan 29 to Feb 20) - celebrating her birthday on board, 22d SA & Antarctica

5 days for summer slope (Koningsdam Jan 30 to Feb 17) 18d Circle Hawaii

5 days for Sharon in AZ (Koningsdam Jan 30 to Feb 17) 18d Circle Hawaii

5 days for Quartzsite Cruiser (Koningsdam Jan 30 to Feb 17) 18d Circle Hawaii

5 days for Dfish (Koningsdam Jan 30 to Feb 17) 18d Circle Hawaii, with Sue

6 days for Cruzin Terri (Oceania Vista Jan 31 to Feb 11) 11d Windward Islands Explorer Miami to Miami

 

Sailingdutchy (Rotterdam to Feb 4, 21d PC Sunfarer & Southern Caribbean Seafarer),Ottahand7 (Eurodam to Feb 24 B2B2B Caribbean), Cruising-along (Volendam to April 6) 94d Grand AUS & NZ voyage, Durangoscots (Volendam to April 6, 94d Grand AUS & NZ voyage), cruising sister (Volendam to April 6, 94d Grand AUS & NZ voyage), Cruisercl (Volendam to April 6, 94d Grand AUS & NZ voyage), Richwmn (Volendam to May 4, Jan 3 94d Grand Australia & NZ Voyage + Apr 6 15d PC Cruise + Apr 21 The Atlantic Cruise), Cat in my lap(Zuiderdam to May 11, 128d Grand World Voyage) and Aliaschief (Azamara Onward WC to June 9, 156d World Voyage)

[MISTER 67]

Greetings from beautiful Punta Gorda 

3 more nice days in the 80s coming up but then it’s back in the 60s for highs next week

Pretty funny quote

Herb roasted chicken sounds good to me

Don't care for Screwdrivers

I love watching British Cop shows on streaming channels, finished “Line Of Duty” last week and now am into “Unforgotten”, Nicola Walker is one great actress. In the last few years I’ve watched some other great shows with Broadchurch, Endeavour and Midsomer Murders being my favorites

Have a great day and stay well

Edited January 25 by MISTER 67

[summer slope]

Screwdriver cocktail:

 

A screwdriver is a popular alcoholic highball drink made with orange juice and vodka. While the basic drink is simply the two ingredients, there are many variations. Many of the variations have different names in different parts of the world. Wikipedia
Main alcohol: Vodka
Ingredients: 1 3/4 oz (1 part) Vodka, 3 1/2 oz (2 parts) Orange juice
Preparation: Mix in a highball glass with ice. Garnish and serve.
Served: On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish: Orange slice
Drinkware: Highball glass

 

[portofrome]

Thank you for the Fleet Report.

[puppycanducruise]

Good morning from a very foggy Ontario.  Thanks for the Report.  Thanks for the maps.

It's also Robbie Burns Day, but I won't be eating haggis.  I'm sure hubby will have a glass of scotch.

I like the quote.  Hubby stopped snoring when he got a CPAP machine.

I'm happy to eat the meal, drink the cocktail and the wine.

I've never been to today's port.

Cheers for all the celebrations.  Prayers for everyone on the Care List.

Have a good day.  Stay safe.

[puppycanducruise]

@MISTER 67  We like some British cop shows especially Vera and Shetland.

[rafinmd]

Thank you Rich, Jacqui, Vanessa, Debbie, Ann, and Dixie.  Ive almost always had a room of my own.  Too many of our Astronauts have gone through line of duty deaths.  I try to avoid clashing clothes.  The quote is quite interesting.

 

I don't think I've ever been to the Seychelles.  Two great days in Southern Hemisphere history.

 

The meal sounds quite nice,  Because choice is good my alternative is Watermelon Carpaccio, Veal Parmigiana, and Triple Berry Alaskan Tart as served on MS Prinsendam January 25, 2019:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Just as an experiment I will occasionally post an alternate version of the maps:

 

 

 

 

I wish there was a second color better than green.

 

Roy

[StLouisCruisers]

Good morning friends!  We've been getting rain overnight, heavy at times.  Temperature is 62 and we should reach 70 with more rain and thunderstorms at times during the day.  I wish we'd put the rain gauge outside again but it will be what it will be, no matter if it's measured or not. There's thunder out there right now.

 

Thank you Jacqui @kazu and Roy @rafinmd for posting the Daily and Fleet Report and the fleet maps for us today.  I think I'll avoid clashing clothes today instead of celebrating it.  I'm lucky to have a room of my own anytime I want it.  It's nice to have a NASA day of remembrance for all who gave up their lives to advance space exploration.  I like the quote and am thrilled to see a day where I would enjoy the meal of herb roasted chicken, the screw driver drink and the lovely champagne! 🥂 Three for three!  Good for this day in history, for Sao Paulo and Antarctica.  Thanks go to our friends Debbie @dfish, Dixie @summer slope, and Ann @cat shepard for presenting us their reports today.

 

Prayers for all here on the Daily in need, my family members and friends, the people of Israel and Ukraine, the poor people held hostage, and the US troops on bases and ships avoiding shelling, rockets, and drone hits from the Houthi terrorists and other Iran-backed terrorists.  It's sickening to hear of it every single day. 🙏 Roy @rafinmd I'm sorry to hear your PSA numbers are up and hope this next treatment with pills can do some good to reverse that trend.  Cheers to all celebrating happy events this day and for all the cruisers. 🎉 The cruise lines must be ecstatic to see everyone back to cruising.  🚢  Thank you Vanessa @JazzyV for the Care and Celebration lists each morning.  It's too bad you have to wait another month for something to be done, but I hope you can hang in there!  Prayers for you daily! 🙏

 

The port today is Mahe Island, Victoria, Seychelles.  It was our port before on Sept. 29, 2021 and Oct. 1, 2023.  I've given up ever going there.  Plans have not worked out for that voyage.  Here are the links if you have photos.  

 

 

 

Before dinner last night I saw the van with the photographer/video crew back up the street.  They set up some tri-pods with equipment and then sat and waited around.  After dinner I saw a Sheriff vehicle up there and eventually they both left together.  I don't know if the deputy was officially escorting them off our street or not but we shall see if anything happens today with the "movie".

 

Hope everyone here has a good day.  Stay safe and keep well.

[ottahand7]

Good morning from near HMC.  Very windy once more, may or may not tender over for lunch.  Full ship equals spotty service about the ship. Lido food service still excellent but waiters and beverage runners few and far between.  Last night one bar open at 4 pm when we showed and no waiters.   We have been doing a lot of serve ourselves in the Neptune Lounge.   We have an early reservation in MDR so we haven't had slow service there.   Overall we are having a great time.  

Thanks for the Daily and Fleet reports and for the care and celebrations reports each day.  Prayers for those needing them. 

[ottahand7]

Great news maps Roy!   Thank you for doing this for us! 

[StLouisCruisers]

For something cheery, I'll post DD's newest creation before Valentine's Day, a romantic blush colored Celebration tree.  A departure from the usual red for Valentine's Day.  I love it!

 

 

Look at those beaded look heart ornaments!  My favorite!

 

 

I wonder what she'll think of next?

[StLouisCruisers]

10 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

Just as an experiment I will occasionally post an alternate version of the maps:

 

 

 

 

I wish there was a second color better than green.

 

Roy

 

I think it's great!

[seagarsmoker]

Good morning dailyites and thank you for the Daily Report. 

I passed my background check and drug test. 🤪  As long as they had no issues with caffeine, I knew everything else was fine. 

I hope everyone here has a great day.  

[Nickelpenny]

Good early morning (for me) and thanks for the daily and fleet reports.  Growing up I never had a room of my own but I have had one now for eons.  I try to not have my clothes clash and thoughts for those astronauts we have lost - either during their working days or after.  Funny quote!  I would love the meal, drink and Korbel Brut is my fav champagne.  Never been to the Seychelles.  Great days in history.

 

 

Yesterday was an interesting day at the research study.  I did about 3 hours of memory tasks and looking back at my memories of different periods of my life.  Now I have to wear a device that will record snippets of time (about 30 seconds) throughout the day and answer some questions 5x/day when the app asks me to reflect.  I have to do this for 10 days.  Next time will be an MRI of my brain while I do tasks (in 2 weeks).  

 

 

PT was challenging and I have sent a message to the pain doc about other injections because he did receive the recommendations from the surgeon - who I see in 2 weeks.  We will see.

 

We will have cloudy skies today and presently it is 44F heading up to high 50s.  Subbing to day at a middle school doing PE. But the gym first.

 

 

Thoughts for those on the care list and cheers to those celebrating.

 

Have a great day everyone!

[StLouisCruisers]

Congrats @seagarsmoker!  Thank you and Nancy @ottahand7 for the beautiful sunset photos (unless you got up early to take sunrise photos!  LOL!)

[Crazy For Cats]

Good Morning, thanks for the daily fleet report.  It’s a rainy morning with the temperatures in the 50’s, I expect the snow to vanish by this afternoon.  Today’s meal suggestion is a favorite here, although tonight we’ll have turkey breast.  I haven’t had the drink of the day in a long time, it used to be a favorite.  I ordered DH roses for Valentines Day and they arrived yesterday, they are Lego so he’ll have fun putting them together.  I hope everyone has a good day today.

Mona would push me out of bed to get breakfast if she could.

[Heartgrove]

Thank you Jacqui, thank you Debbie, thank you Vanessa, thank you Ann, and thank you Dixie for all your work.  And thank you everyone for being here!

 

Stay Safe, and prayers for those in need.

- Jack

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2019 Prinsendam Grand South America and Antarctica cruise.  January 25 was a sea day from Robinson Crusoe Island to Castro, Chile:

 

 

Roy

[Denise T]

Good Thursday morning. Thank you for the Daily and Fleet reports. 

Like the meal and drink of the day. 

Rain, rain, and more rain. Fancy is not happy about that. At least the snow should be out of here by the weekend. Today, I will have a class today and am working on grading various assignments. 

Thinking of all on the care list. 

Celebrating with all who are celebrating. 

Have a safe and healthy day. 

[cat shepard]

Thank you for today’s FR & D, Jacqui! Roy, love both sets of maps. Lots of work involved - thank you!

 

It is 63 and looks to be as beautiful a day as yesterday was. The moon & Venus greeted Bindi and me on this morning’s walk. I wish I had taken a few pictures of the moon, since this one has a weird green light on it - aliens perhaps? The early morning light makes Venus look less bright than it is. 

 

 

 

Vanessa, though I am glad you heard from the radiologist (after getting a nudge or two from the neurosurgeon), I sure wish your appointment was sooner. Probably not quite as much as you do, but close.  Praying that it sets you on the path to permanent pain relief. And lots of quality sleep. 

 

Gym, Bindi walks, chores. I need to plan the appetizers I am bringing to a neighbor’s on Saturday. We will be gathering there after attending a wine tasting at our favorite wine bar, so I want something that I can prep ahead and cook fast. 

 

 

 

 

 

Prayers for all who need our support. Those suffering from pain and debilitating conditions, grieving the loss of a loved one, the caregivers, and those in a funk. 

 

Cheers to all who are celebrating!

 

May we each find a reason to smile today!
 

 

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Korbel Extra Dry California Champagne 

This sparkling wine might not have the pedigree that others have, but it consistently gets very good ratings from consumers & critics, is easy to find - and if you want to buy enough for a big party is priced right. And how many other wines have we seen with “tutti-fruitti” personalities? It might be a tad too sweet for me. Tons of distributors with prices starting at $11.94.

 87/100, Wine Enthusiast
Critic tasting note: "A tutti-frutti personality makes this wine easy and approachable. It's lightly sweet and smells and tastes floral and peachy."

Edited January 25 by cat shepard

[1ANGELCAT]

Good rainy morning, the snow has just about melted away. 
In honor of Robbie Burns night I have 2 bottles of Irn-Bru in the fridge to celebrate with. It’s been called Scotland’s other national drink 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Blessings and prayers to all on our lists.

[cat shepard]

55 minutes ago, StLouisCruisers said:

For something cheery, I'll post DD's newest creation before Valentine's Day, a romantic blush colored Celebration tree.  A departure from the usual red for Valentine's Day.  I love it!

 

 

Look at those beaded look heart ornaments!  My favorite!

 

 

I wonder what she'll think of next?

 

Very elegant, Sandi!