November 10, 2026

Day 2

Tuesday

At sea, somewhere probably off the eastern coast of Cuba

A sea day so not too much going on. So, let me tell you about the Mariner. She was completed in 2001, carries a maximum of 700 guests and has 450 crew from all around the world. There are eight passenger decks, out of a total of fourteen. She is 216.9 meters (710 feet) long, 28.8 meters (94 feet) wide at the beam. The maximum speed is 21 knots; about 25 miles an hour. We like her even tough she was built in France.

She was refurbished in 2025 in three weeks. We watched the video of the refurbishment it was quite interesting. Looks pretty much the same as she did on the 2024 world cruise.

This morning we started with a gentle stretch and mobility class with production company dancer Molly. We need to do this everyday, hopefully they will continue them There were about 20 people in the class. When class ended we stopped by the Coffee Connection and got a me another cappuccino before heading to the Constellation Theater on deck 5 to hear the lecture “Conquest and Plunder – Life Along the Spanish Main” with Dr. Robin Woodward.

The lecture was so bad we left early. Unfortunately, what could have been an interesting lecture turned out to be just a whole lot of rambling by the presenter. Very disorganized, or so it seemed.  

Being disappointed we skipped all the activities for the rest of the day. We played cards in our suite.  We have a nice table in the suite for playing cards. Went to dinner at the pool grill and then off to bed.

Buonanotte e ciao,

Enrico e Maria