Somewhere in the Caribbean

AS WE SAT IN PORT yesterday morning a Disney ship, the Wonder, pulled in next to us. When their captain sounded the ship’s horn, it played the first seven notes of When You Wish Upon a Star. That made my day.

Not that there wasn’t a lot of other fun. We pulled out of Nassau around noon and made for open water. We’ll be at sea until Wednesday, which means that it was finally time to start the panel discussions, Q&A sessions, and all the rest. We got underway yesterday afternoon with a talk from William Kristol and Fred Barnes–although “talk” is probably too formal a word. It was basically a great storytelling session with a healthy dose of political forecasting and analysis thrown in. The STANDARD staff and cruisers all gathered in the Vista Lounge, which is a three story theater carved out of a space near the bow of ship. For some reason, we had a pretty good pitch going the entire afternoon, even though the swells themselves didn’t seem too big. (One veteran cruiser told me that often it’s the frequency, not the amplitude, of waves which causes all the bobbing up and down.)