Day 9 - Back Home

I'm awake before the alarm. Breakfast starts at 6:30. Our scheduled departure time is 7:30. I have toyed with using wheel chair assist. The walk 4 levels to the terminal and then to baggage claim is long.

Ultimately I decide to bite the bullet and just walk off. Even walking at my slow pace it will be faster than wheel chair assist and there are passengers that need the asssistance more than I do.

We leave the cabin at 7:30. Elevators are impossible so the first step is two flights of stairs with my carry on luggage. We quickly disembark and start the tedious walk. Back and forth on a sloped ramp to get down to the terminal entrance.

Actually the process was very smooth. Baggage is quickly located and facial recognition works flawlessly. No need to even pull my passport out of my pocket. Within 30 or 40 minutes we are in the car headed to Clermont. 

There have been wild monkeys in the brush next to Park N Go forever. This trip they were the most active I haver ever witnessed.  All over the road and even climbing on some of the cars.

The drive home is smooth, one of the advantages of returning on a Sunday. The weather is cloudy with a cold front expected later in the day.

I pass through the gate to our community just before noon. The temperature outside is 77 degrees. A dark cloud bank can be seen just to our west.

The wind begins to blow and within 20 minutes the temperature has dropped over 20 degrees.  One of the fastest significant temperature drops I ever remember.

Within a few hours the laundry is done and packed away until next time. When you ask? No idea, nothing is booked, but we are looking at a Princess cruise.

Day 8 Coco Cay

There are two large ships in Coco Cay today. I would guess between the two there are over 10,000 guests on shore.

The weather is perfect. Low 70's an occasional cloud and a slight breeze. The high seas of several days ago are gone.

I often just stay on the ship, but today I decide to walk ashore, wander around, and even avoid the shuttle. It is busy but not crowded. I confine my walking to the paved walkways and avoid the unstable sand.

When we get to the food building everything is open, there was available seating if we wished, and there were no lines. I indulge in a small soft serve ice cream.

The grounds are clean as expected. I head back to the ship.

Luggage is quickly packed so the rest of the day is free. Some music at the piano bar then meet everyone in the Crown Lounge before dinner.

Half way through dinner the head waiter sceams over the PA system telling us to thank his staff and remember them on our survey and then plays music that is deafening. In my opinion - disgusting. Worse than I remember on any ship. I share my opinion with management.

An hour of music in Central Park and the it is time to set the alarm for 6 AM.

The seas are flat as we travel the last few hundred miles back to Port Everglades.