I started the morning with heading the gym, located on deck nine, forward – the only problem at 8am,

A day at sea is always a 50/50 toss up, some folks love them, and some don't. Sailings out of Seattle are gonna have one, so best know that going in. I don't mind a day at sea but I will be honest, hotels east end of london I am kinda jonesin' for internet by the end of the day.
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If you've followed my sailings before you know that I'm a big fan of the Explore program. They offer four different "tracks" of activities: Explore Our World (learning and lectures), Explore Food Entertaining, Explore Technology (free computer classes), and Explore Wellbeing (spa). Typically they run throughout the day and offer different events like speakers on Alaskan history hotels east end of london and culture to classes on how to touch up photos. They even have cooking demonstrations in their Culinary Arts Center presented by Food and Wine Magazine. Some of the tastings and wellness hotels east end of london classes come with a fee buy most everything else is offered free of charge.
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There are five dining areas around the ship – Vista Dining Room (main), Pinnacle Grill (steakhouse, $25 fee), Canaletto (Italian, $10 fee), Terrace Grill (pool side) and Lido Restaurant hotels east end of london – and I'll eventually eat my way through all of them. I still have Pinnacle Grill and Canaletto to tackle. For the first 48 hours of the sailing the Lido Restaurant crew still serve you, this is protocol on Holland America's ships (see photo).
The downtime today was really chill where I just did a few interviews, explored the ship (ate more), and did some writing. With formal night tonight we have to get pumped up to put the tie on. This cruise line is very traditional when it comes to formal dining, which I can appreciate and respect – having a successful track record for almost 140 years says a lot. The company was founded in 1873, I learned that today.
The Captains celebration was nice, typical song and dance with flowing champagne; the show was okay, same song and dance. Our time goes back an hour tonight so, which means we gain an extra hour of sleep. The observation deck opens up at 3pm tomorrow to check out the glaciers and ice fields – I'll be like a kid in a candy store.