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My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. It was Matt’s idea to go Skydiving in Tauranga. He said I should do it there and he would come with me. I can’t remember how I justified thinking

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Tauranga was one of my favorite ports, in spite of the fact that I never visited a grocery store there. It was a later sail so sometimes I was

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. We went to Hobart, which is on the island of Tasmania, off the coast of Australia only once, and luckily I had it off! We had a drill in

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Though we did the New Zealand run over and over again, it took me four months to get to Dunedin. I was only able to get off at that

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Meanwhile, over the course of the fall into winter… Now that Matt was Entertainment Director instead of Cruise Director, he had a huge suite with a living room, a

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Napier was so hard to get to! The first time we went, it was cancelled because of weather. It was a shuttle port, so it took longer to get

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Wellington and Auckland (if you’re from North America, pronounce it like Oakland or people won’t know what you’re talking about) were two of the three city ports in the

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. I’ve always enjoyed safety training on the ship. I remember one of my first drills where they went over where all of the fire extinguishers were and what they

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. The first time we came to the port of Tauranga, we had a drill in the morning. The Entertainment Department rolled out of bed and down to the Princess

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Akaroa is a cute little touristy town with a tiny grocery store that always made me feel blessed to be out on an adventure. Day 1 Akaroa was a