Bahamas Vacation - Day 1

On Sunday morning, I flew from Hartford to Fort Myers. It was Easter so we had a big dinner with family, etc.

On Monday, mom and I got up early and set out on our quest to Miami. The same trip we attempted to make 1 year ago and never made it. If you recall, there were accidents on both roads to Miami and after hours of trying, we missed our cruise to the Bahamas.

We got there accident free this time – yah!

We would let ourselves get excited until our feet were firmly planted on that ship!

Here are the photos I took as we were leaving the port of Miami.

After we set sail, we sat on the deck for about 1.5 hours. We realized that there are a lot of “rif raff”; or “west siders” on the ship. Definite downgrade from the last boat.

It got chilly, so we went back to the room to finish organizing and get ready for dinner.

It was while we were still out on the deck that I realized I didn’t have my sea legs… and no, it was not alcohol related.

Since I was having issues, we didn’t spend a ton of time getting ready.

Found one of the 2 ‘sit down places’ for dinner. Again, so much for the dress code – every other table had someone in violation.

Ordered dinner. Not good. I had a sirloin and they refused to give me the asparagus instead of green beans because that’s what came with my meal. Even though mom’s meal came with asparagus. So we traded.

My sirloin… the paint stripes hadn’t completely dried when they served it. I think they stopped at Ponderosa when they were in Miami.

Mom had red snapper and lobster on a bed of rice stuff. She said it was really good, except the lobster was overcooked and the snapper was dry.

It was just disappointing since we know how good the dining room food was on the last cruise.

But we have figured out why…. There are 3 places you can go eat for a cover charge. Their theme restaurants – a steak house ($25), French place ($20) and an Italian place ($10).

After dinner, we walked one lap around on deck. Found the other “free” sit down restaurant and confirmed it was the same exact menu. I was having a hard time walking, so we came back to the room.

We laid on our beds and read, but there is a ton of racket above us. We are thinking it’s the kids club or something kid related. Cause there is running back and forth.

Eventually got to sleep. And I did much better than I thought – was certain laying down was gonna make me puke. But I felt fine.