Well fudge!
Clearly I didn't post to this blog as I had hoped ... MOSTLY because the shipboard internet (like ALL shipboard internet connections) was slow as Christmas and expensive ... I used all of my minutes sending texts back and forth to home and checking Facebook ... sigh
So ... this post is Thursday 1/19/2017 5 days after returning home.
We didn't stop at the private island as planned due to inclement weather. That's the second cruise in a row where I have missed out on a stop at the cruise line's "private island" ... thus and extra "sea day" which are really not my favorite parts of a cruise.
We did the following day make port in Nassau, Bahamas. Scott and I did a quick hour and a half walking tour of the Atlantis resort. Carolyn and I had done this on a previous cruise and I felt like it would be a good experience for Scott. I think he enjoyed it.
That brings us to the morning of our disembarkation ... IT WAS ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE ... let me rephrase that ... IT SUCKED SCISSORS AND BARKED AT THE MOON ... ABSOLUTELY THE WORST SHIPBOARD EXPERIENCE I HAVE EVER HAD!
Scott and I planned to do the "easy walk off take your own bags off be the first to leave the ship" exit ... apparently most of the other passengers had the same plan ...
After a hurried breakfast, we rode the elevator down to the 5th floor as instructed to discover several hundred people in front of us all jammed into a narrow hallway with no a/c, no water , no bathroom access and no announcements about what was going on. We waited in this line for over 1.5 hours and eventually made it to a point where they had us carry our bags down another flight of stairs and wait in another line ... when we FINALLY got off the ship the customs line was quick and easy. I have no clue what the actual hold up was but I know there were a couple of thousand passengers behind us ... I guess they are off by now ...
One of Scott's friends was kind enough to pick us up at the port. We joined him and his family for church at one of the biggest churches I have ever seen. I treated his family to lunch which they really seemed to enjoy. We camped at their house for a couple of hours and then Scott's friend drove us to the Miami airport. We really appreciated his hospitality since we had about a 10 hour layover.
Our plane did leave Miami on time and was a direct flight. Due to weather it was a fairly bumpy takeoff ... the flight was only moderately rough ... THE LANDING WAS SOMETHING ELSE ALL TOGETHER ... Our pilot made two aborted landing attempts before he finally got the plane on the ground ... it was pouring rain and we got home about 11pm central.
The STAR TREK part of the cruise was enjoyable ... there were several stars from the various series and for the most part they were very friendly and accommodating of their fans. William Shatner (Captain Kirk of the original series) had 14 family members onboard and was definitely the least open to interaction of all the stars ... as expected.
I do believe this was a good experience for Scott ... for me it made me certain I would NEVER sail NCL and will stick with Princess.
I was glad to get home ... anyone want to buy a Star Trek Admiral's uniform?
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