THURSDAY NIGHT
Had dinner again at the hotel and listened to some cool music. We chatted a bit with the musician since it wasn’t crowded at all.
FRIDAY
Had breakfast, repacked, and checked out. Drove to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale and turned our car into Budget. There were a slew of people with tons of luggage waiting for the shuttle bus, so we grabbed a cab with another couple and shuttled to the ship that way. Checked the bags in with the ship porters. Then we had to wait about 90 minutes to board as the Coast Guard and the Health Authorities had not completed their inpection of the ship. (Staff reductions and budget cuts!) There were five cruise ships in port today.
Finally boarded and immediately accessed our Explorer Suite. We got upgraded from the junior suite we had booked to the Explorer Suite. Wow, is it nice.
Then it was time to explore, eat lunch, meet up with John and Donna from our last cruise, nap, unpack, and get ready for drinks and dinner. More about all that tomorrow (Saturday) when we we will be at sea headed to Charleston, South Carolina. We sailed at 8:00 pm. Before that we watched three other way bigger ships depart: Celebrity Beyond, Holland America Rotterdam, and Celebrity Something-or-Other. (Our ship is 390 pasengers.)
Very tired after dinner and drinks. Food is grand! More tomorrow.
After all the crowds and the waiting, it must have been so nice to get to your upgraded Explorer Suite. Very nice indeed. Did you know that John and Donna were taking this same cruise?
I sure hope the weather improves by the time you get to Nova Scotia and Quebec. Here in NH we’re getting four straight days of snow and freezing rain after five inches of snow last weekend. It looks the same for Maine and the Canadian coast as well. Praying to the weather gods!
Yes, we knew John and Donna were booked on this cruise. I hope it warms up before we get to Canada.
Cabin looks great. We have the Explorer suit on the Viking Mars out of Venice in about 52 days (but who’s counting?) LOL. Enjoy your relaxing day at sea.
Oooog, that suite is sweet. Bon voyage!🛳️
First of all, hi Sue. Hope you and Jeff are doing well. Here we are again taking another trip with Joe/Elaine. I agree, very nice suite indeed. We are suppose to get snow too, but so far just rain. I am good with rain. Okay, now back to you Joe, glad you are all situated and ready for your trip. Good pics of you and Elaine. Great to see you
both. Tell Elaine all good with family.
Love the suite!