Daily Program for Sunday June 14 2009

Outside each cabin is a mailbox where items such as the daily program, specials at the shops, etc are dropped off. If you don't bring your mail into your cabin, the steward will bring it when he comes to turn down the bed in the evening.

On Saturday evening we found our Daily Program for Sunday June 14 2009. It had an article about the Zuiderdam's captain, Christopher Turner, the weather forcast, the evening dress code (which was formal that night), the navigator's log about where we'd travelled the night before, and activities throughout the day. This includes the dining room times and the movie that is playing in the screening room on Deck 3 and the times it can be seen.

The activities we attended were the Explorations Speaker Series - North To Alaska, with travel guide Ron. This was a series that he spoke at over the week about Alaska's history. Very interesting and informative. Unfortunately not well attended. But we enjoyed his talks and also saw him around the ship during the cruise and chatted with him. He had another talk at 2pm about Alaska's gold rush dreams which we also attended.

Around noon there was a salmon bake on the Lido aft deck by the swimming pool. I had salmon and salad for lunch while Kerry opted for a hot entree from one of the Lido Restaurants and joined me out on deck to eat. It was sunny but cold out there.

Then it was down to the formal Vista dining room for dinner. The Captain's Gala Dinner. Kerry in a suite and tie, and me in a dress. The couple before us coming to the dining room were turned away because the man was wearing a sweater. Yeppers, any man not wearing a jacket and tie was declined service. They would have to change into appropriate wear or eat at the Lido Restaurants on Deck 9.

I'd seen a man on the ship who looked like Elvis Presley. Elvis and his wife were behind us and got seated at our table. A lovely couple from England, Brian and Charlotte. We often ran into them on the cruise and sat and talked with them. For dinner my appetizer was the jumbo shrimp cocktail, my soup was the chilled watermelon gazpacho, and my entree was the grilled salmon. For dessert - baked Alaska. What else?

Afterwards we went to the 9:30 show in the Vista Lounge and enjoyed a stage and screen review by the Zuiderdam singers and dancers.

I'm sure when we were down we headed up to the Lido for more to eat!