It’s All About the People

by Sharon | May 16, 2026 | Circle Pacific

We are at the end of our Circle Pacific journey and we want to draw attention to some of the people that made our journey so special. The friendships and memories made, with fellow passengers, crew members, and tour guides is really what makes traveling so delightful. Learning about where and how people live, about their families, their towns and countries, what they did (or do) for a living and their favorite destinations, it’s really all about the human connection.

We cannot offer enough gratitude to those who’s paths have crossed with ours, and for their willingness to share a little about themselves with us.

And to the crew members that have worked so hard, day and night, to make sure our journey was comfortable and safe, we thank you. We felt so well cared for, always.

Debarkation went smoothly, we made our flight to SLC and our flight to CMH boards in 30 minutes. We should be back in Dublin by midnight tonight.

Thanks to everyone that followed us around the Pacific. We’ll be blogging again in August when we travel to Kenya and Tanzania for a three-week safari. We hope you’ll join us then.

Circle Pacific, officially signing out.

Post Gallery

With friends Ron and Lisa Syfrig, in Muriwai, NZ.

Lots of friends in this photo: Ron, Lisa, Len, Rose, Sharon, Marshall, Barbara, Richard, Tammy and Andy.

Getting full now.

The Circle Pacific photo, people piling in.

Marlon, from the Philippines, was our Cabin Steward for the first third of the trip.

Our Cabin Steward, Atmika, from the Philippines.

Noriel, our friend and one of our fave servers in Crooners.

Nordia, studying to be a nurse, in Good Spirits.

Christian, studying to be a diplomat, in Good Spirits.

Hamming around with Rose and Jerald.

The wonderful staff in the Provence Dining rooms.

With Maricel, our favorite security officer.

With Tetiana, a wonderfully talented pianist from Ukraine, that played for us every night. We'll never forget her!

Len, the most dapper of our travel gang, helping Marsh with his pocket square.

Rosa, Nathalie and Sharon, taking a ridiculously weird photo using the reflective ceiling tiles.

With Sommelier Tapiwa, from Tanzania.

The final officers board.

Roger, the head baker on the Coral Princess. He's responsible for weight gain, for sure!

With head chef Nagy, and other galley team members, on a tour of the bakery.

Roger demonstrating the Fortuna machine to make perfect rolls.

The Crooners team providing a cocktail show, in the Atrium.

Hector and Jerald, during a cocktail demonstration.

The officers during one of the Captain Circle events.

Kevin Peter, preparing drinks during the pub crawl.

With Pipin, from the Philippines, our Waiter for most of the journey. She was amazing and we're glad to call her our friend. She's holding one of the magnets that Marshall made.

Kathryn, Sharon and Rose, in Crooners.

With Daniella, in Crooners. What a sweet lady!

Alexandro, from Mexico, a Sommelier.

With Paul, bartender in Crooners.

With friends Christine and Marco Palumbo, Rose Caputo and Len Schiralli.

With Kevin and Kathryn, Japan.

Sharon and Kathryn, in Kagoshima, Japan.

Tetiana, playing a request from Marshall.

With Jorge, Len, Rose and Fay in Juneau, Alaska.

Our Aussie friends Leanne and John, with Jorge.

Our friends Andy and Sherry Swimmer. Andy's 2023 World Cruise blog was the inspiration for Magees On The Go. We finally got to meet in person on the Circle Pacific trip.