Thursday, March 9, 2023
Spring 2023 - Videos from the cruise
Spring 2023 - Day 10
We had first off the ship becuase of being in a suite and we took advantage of it by going to the suite lounge and the Concierge Mar simply walked us right through security and off the ship first.
It was easy to find our luggage and while the porter took it to the curb we located an Uber car to take us the 45 minuites to the Los Angeles Airport.
As we have the Clear screaning process, we were in the airport and inside the gate area in less than 30 minites.
We had an hour to relax in the Delta Lounge before it was time to board out 4hr and 15 minuite flight to Atlanta.
The flight was uneventful and we landed in Atlanta right on time.
This time we had almost 3 hours before the Bloomington flight so we had plenty of time to ear, drink and relax in the Delta Lounge before boarding.
The flight to Bloomington was on time and we arrived at 10:30pm after a long day travelling.
It was a fun trip; however, cold with only 2 days of real warm weather. We made some new friends and saw old friends in the casino and had fun eating several times with one wonderful couple from Arizona.
As always, it was good to get away and great to be back home.
Friday, March 3, 2023
Spring 2023 – Day 9
We are in San Diego and the port we have really been looking for to being at because we are going to the San Diego Zoo, supposedly one of the best in the United States.
Today, the weather was warn, but we still had to wear slacks
so it was just ok.
As we were in a suite, we were able to leave the ship with
the first group at 10:00am and we immediately took an Uber to the Zoo.
We walked around for an hour and then we had a driver with a
golf cart take us on a 1-hour tour of the zoo.
It was fun and informative.
After our tour, we ate at a nice sit down restaurant inside
the zoo and had a good lunch.
Then we continued to walk the zoo until 4:00pm when it was
time to get back to the ship.
We had time to change and then to the suite lounge for a
drink with new friends before we went to the show. The show was a music show with the cast and
it wasn’t that good, just ok.
We have met a lot of nice new people on this trip, including
2 couples that we sat next to several time at dinner. We just about closed the restaurant talking
with a great couple from Arizona who have traveled extensively – nice people.
Then it was onto the casino where Barb broke even and Ed won
just a little. A good, not great week in
the casino and it is always nice to bring home more money that we started with.
Having a suite with a butler and all the extra services that
we had was an amazing experience and we hope we are lucky enough to do it again
on a future cruise.
We leave first off the ship at 7:30am, drive to Los Angeles
Airport for an 11:00am flight to Atlanta and a 3 hour layover.
From Atlanta we take the last flight to Bloomington arriving
at 10:36pm.
Thanks for following us in our blog.
Night and hope to see all really soon. We miss family.
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Spring 2023 – Day 8
We are back as sea and heading north for our final port of San Diego before arriving back at Los Angeles
Today, the weather was sunny; however, not warm enough to be
outside so we slept in for a little bit.
Lunch was in the Ocenview Café inside and then we went on a ships
tour.
The tour was 2 hours long and included the crew’s quarters,
the laundry, the kitchen and the bridge so it was fun.
At 6:00pm we went to the lounge to have a drink and it was
Chick Night – the replacement for the formal nights.
We spent about an hour with 2 couples who we had dinner with
and just enjoy talking about where each was from.
The show in the theater was a show called “Boy Band
Evolution” and it traced the history of male groups from barbershop to present
time and they was very, very good.
We had another great dinner in Luminae and then finally we
went to the casino where Barb won and Ed also won, but not as much as Barb!!
Night and tomorrow is the port of San Diego and we are going
to their famous Zoo for the day and of course we hope for great weather.
A couple of more nights and we will be home!!
3,000 dozen eggs!!
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Spring 2023 – Day 7
Well, we made it to Mexico and the port of Carbo San Lucas,
Mexico.
When we opened the door to the deck and looked out, it was
clear and warm – 75 degrees – WOW or WOW!!
We have never been here before and we had set up a Downtown
Food and Tacos Tasting Experience at 11:00am.
The ship was anchored out in the harbor leading to the port
so we had to take a tender from the ship to town.
This is truly a tourist down with the waterfront lined with
hotels and lots and lots of tourist shops.
The location to start the food tour was about 30 minutes in
to the city so we decided to walk and it was fun.
We met the guide and two other couples at a restaurant in
town and spent the next 3 hours walking around the center section of town and
away from the tourist area.
We sampled all kinds of authentic Mexican food at 6 stops and the tour
was wonderful. Also the last stop was tasting 5 kinds of tequila!!
We got an Uber to take us back to the dock at 2:00pm as the
last tender left at 3:00pm. After the driver
left us off, Ed turned wrong and all of a sudden we were where we didn’t want
to be. We got turned around and were
able to hustle to the correct dock, with not much time to spare!!
For the evening we went to the suite Lounge and had drinks
and talked to some people we knew about their day and ours.
We went to the show which was the music of Broadway by the
cast and it was very good.
Of course, our last stop was the casino where Barb lost a
little and after being up and down a little, Ed stopped at even and we went to
bed as it has been a very tiring day of almost 14,000 steps.
Tomorrow is a day at sea, our last sea day and we plan to
sleep in and hope for great weather.
Night for no
Ceviche - wow was it good
Going out for the evening
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