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Article: Sailing up from Rio
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 4, 1987
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RIO DE JANEIRO The Royal Viking Sea's daily program left us no
choice. "EQUATOR CROSSING CEREMONY," it said in bold black letters.
"All first-timers (pollywogs) are summoned to appear before King
Neptune and his court."
So, taking a pass on the "sit to be fit" class and the matinee
screening of "Brighton Beach Memoirs," we dutifully shuffled down to
the Lower Pool Area on an appropriately steamy afternoon.
Here, on an elegant, top-rated ship where the suggested attire
runs to tuxedos and sequins and "pollywogs" are often retired CEOs,
well-heeled passengers lined up like sacrificial lambs in swimsuits
and faded T-shirts. They faced a cruise director and staff armed
with plastic gloves, ...