HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

THURSDAY ISLAND, AUSTRALIA
Happy Valentines Day! Actually, we were supposed to make call at Thursday Island today, however, due to a technical issue with one of our engines it forced our speed to be reduced sometime after we departed Cairns and we just couldn’t get there on time. We actually sailed by Thursday Island (and Wednesday Island) at about 10:30am. It was to be a tender port and the scheduled call was only form 7:00am – 1:00pm and we would have had to still sail all the way around to the other side of the island to the port.

Hut, hey, when you choose to cruise sometimes “ship Happens” (as we say). Nonetheless, our guests enjoyed an absolutely perfect day of cruising the Great barrier Reef through emerald green waters which was so beautiful.

We had planned some special Valentines Day activities, like a special afternoon tea with marvelous pastries. Then at night we had a Valentines Dance to our great nine piece orchestra in our decorated theater. All solo travelers received special invites to officers and entertainers tables. Then the main show was a Beatles Themed show in our Constellation Theater. We bring the band down from the bandstand and place them like the Beatles set-up and the cast singers perform them on what we call our “wedding cake” which is a tiered stage closest to the audience. The dance floor was jam-packed and it was a great event! The evening closed with a “Boogie Nights” party in the night club where we played more music from the 60’s – Just a great, great night!

I should have taken a couple shots of our sailing to show you how beautiful that sailing was but forgot to.