The seas overnight were just as rough as the Captain promised. We made quick work of our dinner on deck 10 aft at Toscano and went to bed early as advised. We were told the worst would be between 9pm and midnight. About 8:30pm, I took a Dramamine to knock myself out and when I woke up about 12:30am it was not as rough. It has continued pretty rough all day though. At noon, the Captain announced he'd be making a slight turn east about 4pm and instead of the wind and swells hitting us broadside, they should be more from behind us and the sideways movement would be reduced for the front to back rocking. He also says since he has been speeding to escape the conditions that we'll get to San Francisco hours earlier than expected. I think he said Pilot station by 4am and under the Golden Gate bridge by 5am. Since it will still be dark then, I guess we'll miss the sail into San Francisco. He predicted no rain tomorrow so we'll hope for a good sailaway at 5pm.
Since it is a rough sea day, we slept in today. The plan for me is to stay low in the ship all day. We had breakfast in the GDR on deck 5. After breakfast, we returned to the Destinations Services desk as requested and learned that we had been booked on the only Guatemala excursion left uncanceled to Antigua. Antigua at a glance will actually be 30 minutes of free time to get a glance at Antigua. It is a 90 minute drive each way with a visit to a jade factory. I still have no idea why O canceled the 2 full day tours there and neither did the woman at the desk. It is what it is but I don't give Oceania any credit for spending 5 hours in Guatemala when they sold the cruise originally as having 8 hours there. In other news, she told us she would deliver our excursion tickets tomorrow, but she had a package already prepared to be delivered regarding all available excursions after San Francisco. She said she could just give it to us if we'd like. We took it. I found a surprise inside the tour booklet. Originally, at the end of the cruise we had 2 sea days followed by Key West and Miami disembarkation. Now we have a sea day followed by Georgetown, Grand Cayman then a sea day then Miami. That makes sense but the first sheet in the package was title Additional & Adjusted Tour Descriptions and it had no mention of the schedule or port changes. We aren't impacted as we had made no firm plans for Key West and understand why we can't go there now. We've also been to Georgetown, Grand Cayman before and so we're making no firm plans for this visit. The excursion cancellation being resolved now we know we have only the original $200 shipboard credit available which we had planned to use to pay for the Guatemala excursion. That meant Clay went shopping at the boutique today. They have been putting their end of Alaska season merchandise out in the hallway on sale on sea days. Today Clay bought an Alaska fleece jacket for about $30 or half off. We have invested $8 in laundry tokens and a bit more than that for Clay's Alaskan Beer one night. The credit is nonrefundable so we either spend it or lose it. We'll see.
We went to lunch in GDR and hated it. Service is slow and frequently unpleasant. None of our food came as described on the menu. This is why we'd just prefer to eat at Terrace buffet on Oceania to avoid the hassles and surprises and to save our time. But, I think we'll still have dinner in GDR tonight unless it gets a lot calmer sailing that the Captain predicted.
We've laid low all day and watched a couple of movies on TV. The ride did smooth out a bit after 4pm or so as predicted. We'll still probably eat dinner in the GDR. I see 3 courses I can eat on the menu.
Tomorrow San Francisco. We plan to Uber to the Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio. Anything else will depend on time and how we're feeling.
