Spring - 2016 - Day 3

Today we boarded the ship.  We left the hotel at 10:00am and drove to the Budget car return where we had to wait about 45 minutes for the shuttle to take us to the ship.  It was only a short drive and we were in our rooms before noon.

After dropping our luggage off in our room, we met Jeff & Vera and Tim and Barbara on the back of the ship to have lunch and catch up on each other’s lives.  Then it was up on the deck to be out in the sun.

We stayed for a couple of hours before going in for the life boat drill.  After that we went up to the food deck and brought snacks back to the cabin and sat out on the deck watching the ship leave the Port of Ft. Lauderdale. 

By then our luggage came so we unpacked and had our first nap.

The show was about average and after that we joined everyone for dinner and then went to the casino.  The nice thing is that the shows are now at 7pm and 9pm so we always get to go to the 7pm show and then have dinner rather than as before when the shows were after dinner and we didn’t get to the casino until late.

While the host made our casino cards that we use for free drinks, we went into the future cruise lounge and booked a July 4th cruise to Bermuda that Jeff & Vera are taking and it is from New York.  Barbara and Tim also booked theirs tonight.  We can always cancel it but we booked it because there were some great incentives to book today.

Then we went to the casino and played for an hour with both of us losing just a little.

Tomorrow is a day at sea so it should be a very peaceful day.  Night

Waiting for the shuttle to go to the ship

A Carnival ship leaving port and another ship still docked