March 13 - At Sea
We have decided to end our cruise and go home. It wasn't an easy decision. The new itinerary is not appealing for a few reasons. We've been to many of the ports already and there are only a few that really appeal to us. But at today's town hall meeting, it was mentioned several times that the new itinerary has not been completely finalized. And even once it is, there is always the possibility that the ports can change their minds before we get there. There will be no new passengers allowed on in Perth and they are looking at making no crew changes also, although that is not certain yet. There will be no new outside entertainers getting on. And they will no longer have any cocktail parties in the theatre, although there will still be lectures and some evening shows, so I don't understand the rationale for no parties. The officers will no longer have meals with passengers. We'll probably take the refund rather than the future cruise ...