But, once again looking on the bright side, the ship was stable- at least until we sailed tonight- and just that reprieve was welcome.
I won’t belabor the day. Breakfast in the Botticelli Dining Room, dinner in Michelangelo, Elite Lounge, I don’t recall eating lunch at all, and we got off the ship just to take a walk. It really wasn’t any more exciting than that.
This bus can be booked right outside the pier terminal
Cobb salad with chicken for both of us
A successful harbor pilot pick up todayTonight’s Princess Theater show was the highlight of the day. A quartet called the The Modern Gentlemen, the group that was supposed to have boarded in Kauai and perform that evening finally made it on board today. They sang the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (why can I not think of Rudy Gualiani when I type that?😆), but so much more. The Beatles, The Temptations, Queen, the Four Tops, The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye…good stuff.
The show was fantastic but it really got interesting when one of the singers (Todd Fournier) said he was originally from Toledo, Ohio. Naturally, I Googled him and found out he went to the same high school as my parents and younger brother (good old Centrsl Catholic) but I truly thought the year he graduated was a typo and that was his birth year instead. So I went to talk with him after the show (they were in the Piazza meeting guests).
When I told him of our connection, he asked me “What parish?” (Catholic life in a small city) and we both were from OLPH. It turns out he grew up about a mile away from where I did and is a couple of years older than my younger brother and so went to school with him. Small world! He said it was nice to meet a fellow Buckeyes fan, and I had to immediately squash that misconception. Just saying…Toledo is the epicenter of that rivalry, and it’s an intense one.
We next went to the 80s deck party, relocated to the Piazza because of the weather and then G went to guitarist Dennys’ candlelight concert in Club Fusion but I returned to the Princess Theater for the later The Modern Gentlemen show because 1) I enjoyed it that much and 2) I wanted to sit closer to the stage because I was still trying to figure out how this 61 year old guy can sing and dance like he does. I guess that’s what clean living can do for you. What I wouldn’t give for those knees!
Todd is second from the right in these photos
No one enjoys their job more than guitarist AndrewTomorrow, FINALLY, no rain is forecasted in Honolulu. I’m so glad we can salvage one port this cruise. Our on board time is at 10:30pm, and, being Friday night, there willing be fireworks on Waikīkī Beach. You know where we’ll be!
