This morning the Tasman isn’t too bad, but the Captain says we are making such good time and the Tasman Sea is still being “nice”, he speeded up (or didn’t slow down) the Voyager and we will be docking in Hobart tonight instead of tomorrow morning. That is good news from two reasons: (1) we will sleep in the quiet of the dock and (2) we will clear Australian Immigration this evening instead of tomorrow morning when we are trying to get off on tour.
We made it to bridge class in the morning but Jan missed duplicate because of a pedicure appointment. Deck lunch was Big Pan Pizza and Pasta. Wind is still up and the pool deck is not really comfortable unless you are undercover up close to the door.
Everyone tried to figure out what to do about dinner since we will be docking sometime between 7:30pm and 8:30pm. We went to La Veranda because it is quicker and we like it. Fred had lobster and Jan had veal chops; both were excellent.
We docked right on time, about 7:00PM. We did not dock where we had before, at Salamanca Place but at the cargo port. It is still right in town but not quite as convenient. The Holland America Amsterdam was docked but they left about 11:00pm. They began calling for anyone who had finished their dinner to go to the theatre to clear immigration about 8:00pm and then asked that as you finished dinner, proceed directly to the theatre.
When we went down, there was no line at all. We picked up our passports, proceeded through immigration and were out quickly. Jamie then announced that since there were only 30 people who had not cleared, if anyone who had not cleared would go now, the ship could cleared. Now, Jamie is a great cruise director but he cannot count! The line was out the doors of the theatre, clear back past the door to the Voyager Lounge.
Since we had an early tour in the morning, we skipped the show – Broadway Tonight, by the singers and dancers, since we would have a chance to see them another night.
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