The ship enters Boston harbor, does a 180 and backs into its place at the pier. We are secure to the dock before 6:00
Giovanni's is late in opening for breakfast. I get it, at 6:30, opening time is an hour and a half earlier than yesterday. Tough on the crew.
Disembarkation is different here. Customs agents inspect your passport on the ship, you then disembark , gather your luggage, and are on your way.
US passengers are to go to the theater, at the front of the ship and non US citizens are to go to the Safari club at the aft of the ship.
We finish breakfast and say our goodbyes to the staff, and return to our cabin to get our carryons to begin the process.
One of the benefits of being pinnacle is that we are among the first to disembark after those carrying theirown luggage. At 7:45 we head to the theater. Once there we are told to go to the dining room on deck 5, customs check has been moved. We are soon directed outside. Eventually after going all around the dining room our passports are checked, a sticker applied to our sea pass cards and we are on our way to disembark.
Several more scans of our cards and we are on the gangway to the terminal before 8:00
My bag is quickly spotted. Lynn's is nowhere to be found. No choice but to look in other locations where it may have been misplaced.
Fortunately it is found within 5 minutes, only misdirected by 30 feet and mixed in with "key passenger" luggage.
It is a short walk to a line of many waiting cabs. We are on our way to the airport.
Curbside checkin is steps away. Ironically each of our bags weigh precisely 35.0 pounds. We couldn't have done that if we tried. TSA precheck line is short, maybe a dozen passengers. 10 more minutes for pat down and checking that my CGM is not an explosive.
We arrive at our gate and have 3 hours to wait before departure. So far our flight is listed as on schedule. Time to write this and finalize some logistics with my family for our next cruise on the Wonder Of The Seas in 2 weeks.
The Jewel is switching to offering 3 dining times this week. In and out of testing for six months, the wait staff just learned about this two or three days ago. Since the dining room delay often seems to be in getting food out of the galley, I am not optimistic how well the new dining hours will work. Time will tell.
Our flight is full and includes a number of passengers I recognize from the ship. I don't fly often, and am amazed at how much luggage people carry on the plane. I spent many hours securing a small carry on that meets published size reqirements, while many pasengers have 2 or 3 carryons that are double the maximum with nothing said by the airline. Go figure.
Some how it all gets stowed and we depart a few minutes early.
Home, turn the water and wster heater on, go out for a quick dinner and then unpack.
By 9:00 PM all the laundry is done and everything is ready to leave again in two weeks. This time to the sunny Caribbean.
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