Day 11 - Wed - 11/12/2025 - At Sea to Southampton - Day 2

Today was a day of changes.  It started first with the weather and the temperatures dropping about 10 degrees.  I then attended the morning technical presentation by the engineering staff.  The interesting statistic I tend to follow is how many feet per gallon does the ship burn at cruising speed.  For the Sky Princess, it gets around 63 feet per gallon which is slightly better than older Holland America ships at 56 feet per gallon.


We were invited to a future cruise presentation in the Club 5 venue.   Our second change came when the Behind the Seas guests were switched from the Medical staff to the housekeeping staff.


Then just before the 5:15pm ventriloquist's set, a major change to the evening entertainment was announced: the headliner artist, Michael Ball, was ill and his sets were postponed until tomorrow when he will do 4 sets! Sam Bailey sang as a last minute replacement.  But first let's get back to the ventriloquist, Gareth Oliver.  He was terrific and the funniest ventriloquist we've ever seen.  He had our next door neighbor, Gaz, as his talking dummy and it was hilarious!  




The tenor from the Rock Opera, Marco Pastorino, did a set in the Vista lounge and he was just okay in that set.  Geoff Boyz, Scottish commedian, closed out the night for me.  Angela stayed up for her nightly karaoke session.



Tomorrow is our last sea day before turnaround day in Southampton.  There's a special meeting scheduled for the intransit guests for 10am.


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