We just experienced two days in a row both called Friday, April 15. Yep, we crossed the dateline a second time going east. It is weird losing a day - Tuesday - while cruising west and then a couple of days later experiencing the same day - Friday - twice going east. If you notice below that I posted on a supposedly nonexistent Tuesday, it's because I never reset my IPad date, no point in confusing it.
I heard a passenger comparing the experience to Groundhog Day. Honestly, it is a poor comparison as the days didn't track exactly at all, the weather differed, as did our activities. Both were sea days, we weren't in port either day, and the day and date were the same, that's all.
One major advantage of cruising with the Holland America Line is their large library of movie DVDs, available at the Front Desk for free checkout by passengers to play in our cabins. We've held a Bourne retrospective - all four films - and also seen old faves like Spaceballs and Cowboys and Aliens. As I write this the other DrC is watching Coyote Ugly starring a very young Piper Perabo. They aren't brand new flix but many are worth rewatching.
