I set my alarm for a very early wake up call... Its the one day you just want to sleep in so that the saddest day ever doesnt really happen. I popped in the shower quickly, and got out in time to see this site.
Anyhow I think my alarm went off at 5am or so, and I went out to see this sad, but beautiful site. Normally there are just a couple people on their balcony's when we pull into port but today seems like almost everyone had the same idea. It was a quiet sad site for sure.
As we pulled into the harbor we passed a NCL ship.... cant remember which one.
The Splendor was ahead of us, they had already made the U-turn and were on their way to docking. Sad day for a bunch of us LOL.
Makes for a great picture though, as sad as it is.
Hello Miami.. it doesnt have the same ring like when we got here 10days ago.
I didnt have my camera set yet and missed the medical ship that was docked infront of the NCL ship.
Sun was slowly rising.
which means our time on ship was getting shorter and shorter.
Coffee came and I finished the last of my Rumchatta. I was worried that bottle would be too much, HA I should know better. No such thing as too much!
Around this time E woke up showered, and sat on the balcony with me. The boys hopped in the shower next.
I enjoyed the last sunrise of our cruise #sadface
Once we were all dressed we headed up to the Lido to get our last breakfast.
P inhaled a burrito, I didnt even have time to take a picture.
Thats because his friends came by and he wanted to spend the last few moments with them. Funny they all hugged right after this pic and a few tears were shed from a few of them. There is talk now of meeting up somehow if their lives ever pass by each other again.
My last omelette and banana bread.. which i finally found of course on the last day LOL. It was the greatest piece of bread ever.
Guess I didnt get J's breakfast, just asked him what he had and he looked at me like that was months ago I dont know LOL. Once we all finished we headed back to the room. One last selfie.
After everyone had cleaned up from breakfast we did one last sweep of the room to make sure we got all our stuff packed, Along with a panoramic (why did I not do this in port?)
Another last selfie in front of our room.
(insert youtube video of Mattie kicking us off the boat!)
Last You Are Here pic.
Then made our way to find somewhere to wait... we had debark #25 or 26, and they had just started. So I had plenty of time to finish the LAST rum runner. 2glasses of "lemonade" later and I was feeling even sappier. Our friends found us and sat next to us, we talked about our morning while waiting as they had a late debark # also.
Eventually our number was called and we all made our way to customs. Have to say Miami debark has been the easiest. They have your luggage come out on lettered baggage claim belts like at the airport. The boys spotted our stuff in seconds. We waited in line to declare ourselves. Why is it when you go thru customs when you know your not doing anything wrong you still get scared. Meanwhile E was asking the guy how he likes his job as when he gets out of the Marines he would like to do this has passed the test etc bla bla bla, and Im worried the sand in my shoe from walking on the beach is going to be detected LOL.
And like that, we were off #thebestcruiseEVER so the kids stated.
I went to check out the Hub App and this is what it showed me. Even it wanted nothing more to do with us.
So if you were wondering how I did on our bucket list... here's the final standings.
Ok so the massage I got was from E while talking about booking a massage.
We didnt Parasail as that was to be done in Grand Turk.
Movie under the stars was just bits and pieces for E and I, but the boys caught a few of them.
Didnt win a ship on a stick, but did get a Coin up the @$$ LMAO
E checked off Book another cruise as he talked to the rebook desk person which I told him that doesnt comeplete it.
We hugged our friends goodbye as they were flying out of Miami, and we caught the Avis shuttle towards the Miami airport. Once there we shoved our luggage into a small SUV. No upgrade as E insisted on doing the kiosk... NO never do that speak with a person be nice and you might get a free upgrade.
Once we had crammed into the car, we set off on our 3hour tour towards Orlando airport. I found a much cheaper rate leaving there even with having to rent a car and gas.
Once we were at the Orlando airport we turned in our car, checked in our luggage and had a couple hours to spare still. So we went for one last meal at E's favorite Chili's. Where we all chatted about how awesome of a time we had. Along with the question of when's the next one, get a job boys.
I even tried to pay for our bill with my S & S card... it wasnt as bad as Ocean Drive that's for sure.
When we were done we headed thru security and made our way on our direct flight to LAX. As you can see someone was making up for all the long nights of parting. We hadnt even taken off yet before he was cutting ZZZ's. Hmm wonder who he takes after?
(insert Video of P snoozing)
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