May 1, 2012 Miami, Florida

Our last day in Miami was overcast but warm. We got up and packed. While packing a workman came to the door to update the TV but said he would come back after we checked out. We went down to see if my ship had come in :) and it had! Back to the room and since we were all packed, we told the workman they were welcome to work on the TV. So we were entertained by 4 different workman working on different things on the TV. They were upgrading the pay TV system. Nice guys!

We then went down and checked out and then sat for a few minutes in the lobby. Around 10:45am Diane said her goodbyes and left to catch her flight which leaves at 1:30pm. I am now sitting in the lobby writing this while I wait to take a cab to the port.

I arrived at the port around noon. They were trying to get people to take the shuttle to Bayside but since Diane and I had spent a lot of time there, I decided to just wait at the terminal. They said boarding wouldn't start until at least 3pm but I was on board by 1:40pm. Because a lot of people took the shuttle, there was not a lot of people on the ship for a while. Grabbed a bite to eat at the buffet and while I ate dessert (sugar free Key Lime square - yucky and fruit salad - yummy), I sat with a nice woman from Florida who is also travelling solo. After eating I thought it was time to have a sail away drink. Went to the pool bar and had a Mango Mai Tai. I sat next to a nice couple from England. I am really glad people so far have been really friendly and easy to talk to.

Then I went to the Sky bar to meet up with people from the Cruise Critic roll call. It is nice to finally put faces to people I have been talking to online for the last year.

Back to the cabin and my suitcase had arrived so I unpacked and settled in. 

When I finally looked at the clock I realized I had missed dinner. My dinner time is 6pm and it was 6:45. I went back up to the buffet and had some stir fry veggies and a very yummy oatmeal raisin cookie. 

At 7:30pm it was time for the muster drill. When I got to my muster station, there was the woman from lunch. It turns out her cabin is only a few away from mine. After muster I went around taking more photos and then back to the cabin to get the tripod as it was starting to get dark. 

Walked around a while longer and than it was time to call it a night. The seas are rocking just enough to put me right to sleep.