April 23, 2012 Miami, Florida




 Another sunny morning in Miami. Diane again brought me coffee and we shared a piece of coffee cake. We headed out to do a little last minute shopping before getting ready to head to the port. At 11am we checked out and grabbed a cab. Once at the pier, as we were walking across the parking lot I heard someone calling “Linda”. I didn't think it would be me, so we kept walking. I heard my name again and this time I turned around and 2 women are waving at us. It was Renee and Linda from Cruise Critic message board who recognized me from my photos on Facebook. What a coincidence that we all arrived at the same time. 



We checked in, had our photos taken, and then went up to wait for our boarding number to be called. VIP's first, then L1, then us - L2. We were on the ship by 11:35 - very quick process. We walked around exploring the ship. 


Then up to the buffet for lunch and then we sat in the sun and ordered the beer special - buy 5 get one free. 





The rooms were ready by 1:30, so we went to check out our cabin - small but comfy. Back to get a bit more sun before going to watch a presentation on the ship in the lounge.

We went back to our cabin  and Diane’s suitcase and my small carry-on (which I checked) were there but not my suitcase - I was not happy.

We then had to go to the muster drill. After muster, we went to Renee and Linda's suite for sail away. Today is Renee's 50th birthday and she treated herself to a wonderful suite for her and Linda. Linda also had not received her luggage but had received a letter telling her she had to go down and claim her luggage (known as the naughty room). Diane and I went back to our cabin and my luggage was still not there and there was no letter. I called down and they said I had to go to the naughty room to claim it. WTF - I had nothing in it that I shouldn't have (and neither did Linda but Diane had a bottle of wine in her's and they didn't find it). Went down and had to wait almost 20 minutes which meant we missed seeing Miami Beach as we sailed away :( Looks like it was either my can of spray suntan lotion or the insulated mug that caught their attention. Not impressed...

For dinner Diane and I went to Crossing dining room. I had the pork and veggie spring roll and Diane had the shrimp with fingerling potatoes (like potato salad). For mains I had Moroccan Sweet potato rice cakes and Diane had striploin with mashed potatoes. For dessert we both had the Key Lime pie.

After dinner I worked on the blog and Diane spent a few minutes in the casino. Comedy show later and then bed. It feels like it has been a long day.

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