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Well, it’s that time of the year again....  Time for a Grand World Voyage!  It is hard to believe I am embarking on my 10^th consecutive World Voyage when in 2007, I was embarking on my “Once in a lifetime” World Voyage.  It was a very sad day, saying goodbye to some very special friends, Brad, Leslie, Ann, Cathy, Aart & Ellen.....  It was wonderful having them onboard, we laughed a lot!!!!  The first day was a bit busy, I went out during the day with Ann & Cathy to do a bunch of shopping for several people.  Then it was time to head back to the ship and see who was joining me on this Grand adventure.....  This year, I believe there are more “first timers” than ever before.  I knew several people but nowhere near the number I normally run into.  The day went well and that evening we had a grand party on deck 8 mid ship.  Henk Mensink and his entire team did a magnificent job!  The place was packed....  there was a lot of celebrating, drinking, dancing and talking about our upcoming voyage.  It was one hell of a sendoff...  The only negative so far, of course, the internet.  It was down for the first night and most of the second day.  It really took away from the spectacular start of this voyage.  I don’t know what it will take to get Holland America Line management engaged in fixing this blight on their otherwise exceptional performance.  It has just gotten way out of hand in terms of poor performance.  Somehow I believe there is a huge disconnect between what the users think about the internet performance and what management thinks.....  Come sail with us and see.  P.S.  If this gets posted, it was after several failed attempts.  Do I sound frustrated?  Perhaps....