Day 1 - Spring 2014 – Celebrity Silhouette, Day 2 - Sailing Day

Day 1 was an uneventful day getting to Ft. Lauderdale.  Barb was all packed before Saturday and Ed finished packing Saturday morning and we boarded the plane from Bloomington for a 2:30pm flight to Ft. Lauderdale.

We arrived in Ft. Lauderdale at 9:15pm and took the shuttle directly to the hotel.  They upgraded us to a king suite which was nice, but we were going to be there less that 12 hours.

Sleep came quickly and we awoke to a beautiful day in Florida.

Day 2

We took a shuttle bus to the airport and checked in quickly and were in our cabin by 11:00am.  We met David and Barb from New York at the hotel as we were getting on the shuttle.  Once we got to the check-in line, we met Jeff and Vera, also from New York and all boarded the ship together.  We left everything in our rooms and went right to the Aqua Spa to eat.

The last time we were all together was in Europe in October 2013, so it was fun catching up on families and talking about old times.

After lunch, we headed for the deck and laid out for a couple of hours – it was so nice to be in 80 degree weather after the terrible weather we have had in Illinois.

We also met friends from Virginia, Tim and Barb who are both retired Air Force.  We had met them on our November 2013 cruise.

After that our luggage was at our room, so we unpacked, showered and went to the 5:00pm cocktail party that the casino was giving for about 50 casino guest.  We met the casino staff and both the Manager and the Casino Host are new to us.  We found friends from Canada, Steph and her husband Rob who had decided to join this cruise when I told them about it a couple of months ago.

This is going to give us a great table to play blackjack as all of us play basically at the same level – what fun – and hopefully a successful cruise!!!

 Back to cabin we went for a nap for about an hour, got cleaned up and right to dinner where it was time to meet Jeff & Vera and David and Barb for dinner at 8:30pm.  Dinner was wonderful as always.

 After dinner, we went to the show and the entertainer was very good.  He had recently won the Entertainer of the Year award and a million dollar contract with the Hilton in Las Vegas.

Then it was time to go to work in the casino where after two hours we had just lost a very little and built up some time, so it was time to go to bed.

It is now 1:00 am and time to go to bed – night from our first day at sea. 

Tomorrow is a relaxing day at sea – wonderful.

 

Going to get some sun

Police patrol

Leaving Ft. Lauderdale



View from our deck at 6:00pm

Going out for our first evening