The Posts have been resorted to normal chronological order, the oldest posts are first, and the newest posts are last. This should make the overall blog easier to read since the trip is now completed. The first posts are mostly about trip planning, followed by the 29 days of the trip itself. If you want to skip all of the posts on the Trip Planning, and only read the posts for the actual trip itself, click on the menu tab above titled, “Trip Posts Only” This will take you to the initial trip post titled ‘Travel to Los Angeles”.
Here are some interesting facts about the cruise:
- The total distance the ship traveled during the cruise was 9,937 nautical miles, or 11,430 statute miles. The circumference of the earth at the equator is 24,902 statute miles, so we traveled the equivalent of 46% of the distance “around the world”.
- According to Princess, the ship travels about 43 feet per gallon of fuel, which is about 123 gallons per statute mile. Based on the total distance traveled of 11,430 statute miles, the estimated fuel usage was 1,405,890 gallons. The ship holds about 750,000 gallons of fuel, so we had to fill up twice to complete this journey. Don’t want to see that fuel bill!
We are also going through the pictures and will add some more photos to the photo albums as we go through them and make the appropriate adjustments. We will also try and add some descriptions to the photos in the albums. In addition, now that we have access to faster internet, we will be increasing the photo quality in the albums.