Sunday, February 11, 2018

February – 2018 – Day 5

The day we start our cruise has arrived and we left the hotel at a bout 9:30am to go get gas and drive to the cruise port.

We rented from Dollar Rent A Car and they have a shuttle station right next to the cruise port.
Today, there were 5 ships in port and we thought it would take a while to get to the ship; however, that was not the case as we dropped off our car, got right on the shuttle and was to the ship and in our cabin by 11:00am.

We went to our cabin and unpacked our carry-ons and went to the food deck to have lunch.

We met our friends from London, Sandi and Brian.  They were a couple that we had met on our Dubai to Singapore cruise and ate with them most night.

We spent a couple of hours eating and catching up on the past year before going back to the cabin to finish unpacking if our luggage had arrived.  Barb’s did, so one down, one to go
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The lifeboat drill was at 3:15pm and they check to make sure everyone is there whether on not you have been on a cruise or not so of course we went.

After the boat drill we went to the casino to meet our Host, Angle and the Manager, Stephanie to hear about the black jack tournament.  We have cruised with them before and they are very nice.

The casino this trip put us in a regular cabin and it was very nice.  The problem was that Brian and Sandi had purchased an Aqua cabin which is a higher level and cost a lot more.  They will not let anyone eat in the Aqua dining room unless they are in Aqua class, so we talked to the Casino Manager and she talked to the Guest Services Manger and they moved us to an Aqua class room.  Lots of extra goodies with this cabin and of course we get to eat in the private dining room for this class with Brian and Sandi.

We met Brian and Sandi at the 7:00pm show and it was a show by the comedian, Michael Paul who was very funny for most of the time – but not all the time.  Still it was a fine show.

Then it was time for dinner and we really enjoyed the restaurant Blu and of course having dinner with Brian and Sandi.  They are well travelled and the same age as we are and are fun to be with.

After dinner we went to the casino and watched a round in the blackjack tournament.  It is being played as they do all their tournament.  You get chips and they deal 7 rounds.  They then take the high 7 players from all the rounds who will play off for the prize money.  The money will range from $15,000 for first place to $1,000 for 7th .
  
We will play in tournament tomorrow at 2:00pm and if we are lucky enough, the finals are tomorrow night.  I said we because we found out that Barb was also on the list of people eligible to play in the tournament.  So, there will be 98 people total playing.

After that Barb played slots and lost just a little and Ed played blackjack and won 13 hands in a row, right from the first hand, then lost 2 hands and got up for them table with a very nice win for 20 minutes of play!!


That’s all for tonight - it was a great start.

Ready to go out for the evening

The beach at Fort Lauderdale

Barb with her flowers from Ed





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