Fathom Day 2

Monday, April 18

This is NOT your average cruise experience!  I find that quite refreshing.  Our day focused on Social innovation, Curiosity, super powers, writing our own life stories and more.  For those that know me, you know I don’t get up before the sun.  However, try something new, so at 6:30am I headed to the card room for group meditation.  It was a great way to start, clearing my mind and enjoying the stillness with others before the day’s activities.  I followed this up with a group Yoga class in the Crow’s nest.  The ship was rocking pretty good and made the balancing act of Yoga interesting and fun.  Nothing like 30 people sliding out of the “chair position” all at the same time. 

There are many interesting options to choose from today.  I decide to immerse myself in the Fathom culture to prepare myself for our time in the Dominican Republic.  For the next 12 hours I floated from our Cohort Group (more on this later) to learning how to be a “Fathom Traveler”, “Spanish phrases”, Curiosity Advantage, Social Innovation in Action, Press meetings with Arnold Donald and Tara Russell and more.  

There are other options for those not into the “Fathom” immersion, but not much.  Lots of “health and wellness” seminars in the spa.  We are all familiar with the “good feet” seminar, acupuncture, Detox for Weight Loss, etc.  In my opinion, if you are not immersing yourself in what the Fathom experience is, then you may want to think about another cruise option.  This niche cruise area is truly about cultural immersion and transformational travel.  You will learn as much about yourself as you will about the country and customs of those you are visiting.

It was an exciting day meeting people of all ages (minimum age is 8 on Fathom), as well as people from all over the world.  Keep in mind, this inaugural cruise consisted of Travel industry professionals from the USA, Australia and Canada, Media guests from across the states, Huffington Post, Travel Pulse, Smart Traveler, etc., and millennial social influencers, as well as many execs from the Carnival Corporation.  We did meet several folks that were actually clientele that were emailed direct.  They were quite confused about this cruise experience.  One passenger commented “this is no vacation”.   I guess some “missed the boat” when they book direct, without information.