For those who weren't on the boat or at the meet:

- We asked. The answer was: Sorry, not this time. Too busy on the bridge that day.

- Yea, the nozzles at the stern of the ship are damn impressive. Everything about that ship is impressive. I've got some MPEG clips of those nozzles at work. Perhaps that will make it into a gallery somewhere on the web at some point.

- Oh, and the Blackjack tables were just "Natural 21" tables, not true Blackjack. Didn't play.

- The shake machine at the McDonald's was still broken.