Now, let’s begin by saying that I just took a nap… however it wasn’t a very restful nap. Reason: Kamakazi Karaoke is underneath our stateroom… isn’t karma hysterical?
So, for the trip down, I’m just going to give you a schedule of events for this, cause half of you aren’t going to believe all the crap that I had to go through to get down to Miami. Trust me... it is totally worth the read!!
5:30AM (Chicago Time)- Wake up and finish anything I need.
6:30AM- hot driver dude picks me up and takes me to the airport.
7:30ish AM- get to O’hare and go through security and all that crap.
8:15ish AM- get Starbucks.
9:00AM- board the plane
LET ME STATE THAT THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS GOING DOWN HILL
9:15AM- get plane deiced and pull away for take off.
10:15AM- taxi in plane to the other side of O’Hare for a different runway.
11:45AM- go back to the gate STILL at O’hare for more deicing and fuel (since we spent two and a half hours taxiing around O’hare!)
12:00PM- get pooped on by the dog that belongs to the lady in the seat next to me. (YES, I KNOW THAT THE DOG WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN IT’S CRATE… apparently the lady did not like that)
12:15PM- get really sick of smelling dog diarreah.
12:45ishPM-FINALLY take off.
4:15PM (Eastern Time)- land in Tampa where I have now missed my connecting flight (which is hysterical, considering I had a 3 HOUR layover)
5:00PM- get in line to get new flight out.
5:45PM-finally talk to someone about getting new flight.
6:00PM- start to sob hysterically because they are saying that they can’t fly me out until the next day.
6:15PM- smile, because the crying obviously helped the guy find me a seat on the 8:35 plane to Miami later that night.
6:45PM- go through Tampa security.
7:00PM- sit at Chili’s with a margarita.
7:35PM- get a call from travel agent who wants me to find out where my bag is just to double check.
8:00PM-find out that American Airlines AND United do not know where my bag is and think that it might have flown to Miami without me.
8:15PM- go through Tampa security AGAIN.
8:35PM- get on plane and fly to Miami.
9:35PM- arrive in Miami and go to baggage claim.
10:00PM- realize that my bag is NOT with American Airlines.
10:15PM- am told to walk to Continental (don’t ask about that) to see if my bag is there.
10:45PM- after a half hour of walking (no exaggeration), find my bag at the Continental baggage office.
11:00PM- Arrive in hotel, 7 HOURS LATER than I was supposed to.
So, there you have my day of travel to get to the cruise. But now, I’m here and I’m LOVING IT!! Our first step onto the ship and we got free champagne… 3 glasses of it and ate some lunch! YUM! Then we put bathing suits on and sat out on the Lido deck for some sun and waiting to pull out from the port. Then we dances a little cupid shuffle like big dweebs and the YMCA!!
After eating, which was AMAZING FOOD, we went to a show and then went to Karaoke (yes, Abbie and I are karaokeing even on the ship). There we have gained our new nickname “The Chicago Girls”. Seriously, everyone knows who we are now, and it’s kind of funny. We sang and they loved us for it, and now it is an amusing anecdote.
Today, I woke up after a WONDERFUL night’s sleep and went running (2 miles on a track that is all ocean is AMAZING!), then ate breakfast with Abs, and then sat out by one of the pools with my iPod and a book from 10 to 2!! Now I have napped and we’ve got plans for the evening!
Those of you in Chicago… I hate to rub it in, but… enjoy your foot of snow!!!
Pulling out of Port in Miami
Sunset the first night!!
The craziness of the Ship
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