Today is the switch day when we leave Celebrity and go
cruise on Carnival.
The last time we were on this ship, it was with the kids in
2000!!
We were able to be in the first group to leave the ship at
7:15am and our bags were ready for us as we walked off the ship.
A porter took us to a cab and the cab took us to the airport
where we picked up our Dollar rent a car for the drive to Tampa.
The drive across lower Florida through the Everglades was
fast and uneventful; however, when we got to the other side of the state,
things changed. We were supposed to
arrive at the airport at 12:08am, drop off the rental car and get to the ship
which sailed at 3pm.
All of a sudden the gps told us of road construction in a
couple of places and a car crash on the Sunshine Bridge.
We were virtually stopped at one point, then took a detour
off the interstate for about 5 miles and finally made it across the bridge and
into town and out to the airport.
We arrived in just enough time to drop off the car and go
downstairs just as the last buy was leaving.
We were the last people on the bus and if we had been 3 minutes later,
the bus would have left without us.
Then it would have been a cab race to get to the ship on
time.
As it was, all of the porters had left for the day so the
ships staff got a worker bee to take our luggage right up to the cabin and we
walked on right behind him. There were
no lines and we were in our cabin quickly.
The cabin is just fine, the bathroom is smaller than
Celebrities but it is just fine.
We went up on the pool deck and had sandwiches as we sailed
away.
After the lifeboat drill we walked around and looked at all
of the shops, etc.
For dinner, we had a nice round table for 8 and the other
three couples seen just fine so we should have good company for dinner each
night.
After dinner we went to the casino where Barb lost a little
and Ed won. It sure wasn’t the same as
we knew nobody; however, the cards, chips and slot machines are the same.
We then went to the 11pm comedy hour and the comedian was
very funny.
It is after midnight and time to go to bed. Tomorrow is Key West arriving at noon.
Night
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| Sunrise over Miami |
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| Leaving Celebrity |
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| Going out for the evening on the Carnival Paaradise |
