We took the shuttle to the car rental place and then headed
to our car to Sunny Isle where we have stayed at before and really enjoy the
hotel and location. We are right across
from one of the newest areas on the beach where they have torn down the small hotels
and built huge high rise hotels and condos.
There are a lot of little shops in the strip malls,
including some neat restaurants from all over the world.
We had a special visit with friends from Ohio, Jeff and Pam Beiers
who were in Key West and they stopped to have lunch with us on their way to Ft.
Myers.
We than ran a few errands to pick
up stuff we needed for the next cruise and went back to the hotel.
Dinner was first an appetizer of
Cavachie at an Argentine restaurant and the main course at a Puerto Rico
restaurant.
Then we came back to the hotel and
went to bed early.
On Saturday, we awoke to fine the weather
still warm, cloudy and windy.
After eating breakfast, we packed
the car again and took it back to the Miami Airport and from there they took us
by shuttle to the Miami Cruise Port and our ship, the Carnival Horizon.
It took us a little over 2 hours
from when we left the hotel to when we arrived at the ship. We waited at the airport for a long time for
a shuttle. But, it didn’t matter since
we made it to the ship at Noon.
Check in went smoothly and we were
in our cabin within 15 minutes of arriving at the dock.
We left our stuff in the cabin and
went right out to eat and wow was the party every going on when we got to the
pool deck which is on our deck as is the main breakfast and lunch food areas so
we are really on a great deck.
After lunch walked around and
looked at everything that is on the ship.
It is a beautiful ship and we are very enthused about it.
Then we went to the casino and met
a supervisor and played a session where Barb lost a little and Ed broke even.
We went back to the cabin and our
luggage was there so we unpacked and by then it was 5pm so we went to eat a
snack.
There was a fun show before dinner
and then we went to dinner and our tablemates were interesting in that they had
traveled around the world as missionaries and had some interesting stories to
tell.
After dinner, which was just ok,
we went to the theater for the first major show of the cruse and it was very
good.
After that we went to the main
foyer where a band was playing and then to the back of the ship where a Latin
band was playing and the party was on in both places.
By that time, it was time to go to
the comedy club to hear two comedians and neither were that funny.
Finally we made it to the casino
where Barb sat and watched Ed play and playing by himself he had what we believe
is the biggest session win ever!!
It was a really great day and this
ship is amazing!!
Tomorrow is our first sea day so
it will be time to just relax, eat and gamble – life is good!!
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| Making a sandwich for our snack |
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Snack time on our dec,
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| Going out for the first night on the Carnival Horizon |
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| Jordan - our new puppy |
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| \On the deck for the sail away Party from Miami |
