2024 Princess Western Caribbean Cruise

 First Sea Day Sunrise View from the room Made it out into the Gulf of Mexico over night Toni went to Craft class Rob found a Cruise Duck Snack time at the Afternoon Tea  Sitting out on a deck and looking up at the Skywalk Afternoon drinks                           Sunset                                   Sunset drinks as we get ready for formal night Champaign Tower Captain Pears                                           The Captain and his officers 1350 crew from 59 countries  3627 passengers from 37 countries  333 from Canada, 3108 from USA, 186 from the other 35 countries Formal Night Production Show Bravo The four main singers. The lady on the right was on the first part of last year's Cruise The enti...

Galveston Texas February 18th Packed and ready to go The day has arrived On the way to the port First glimpse of the Regal Princess After sitting out in the 38 degree windchill for about 1/2 hour before we got inside. Then after metal detectors and passport checks, we got to wait until the final passengers got off the ship. After a 111 day cruise last year, we are at the Princess Elite level and got to wait in a special section with coffee, juices and pastries. Rob didn't wait to get some coffee! Walking to the ship Finally onboard   Our Room     Our Room Steward brought us some Champagne to celebrate our cruise. Sail Away Party Pulling away from the dock Passing a Carnival Ship that was still docked.  Cruise Sunsets are always great World Cruise reunion, Toni, Rob and Julio

  The day before  V-Day flight Fat Tuesday Snacks and a drink on the plane NASA's Johnson Space Center  SpaceX Falcon Space Shuttle  Independence , formerly known as  Explorer , is a full-scale, high-fidelity replica of the  Space Shuttle .  Got to touch a moon rock Saturn V model and Apollo 17 capsule Replica of lunar surface and astronauts with earth in the background The Lunar Surface checklist that would have went with the astronauts down to the lunar surface on the Lunar Module Aquarius with Jim Lovell and Fred Haise on the Apollo 13 mission.  Was signed by the crew upon their return after the famous "Houston, we have a problem" Gene Kranz, the Flight Director at Mission Control and one of his famous vests Apollo 17 capsule Gemini capsule replicating the first US Spacewalk Mercury capsule Astronaut Suni Williams, Go Navy, Beat Army socks.  Suni was a US Navy Test Pilot school graduate at Pax River where Rob and Toni worked. Retired Astro...