Thursday, January 27, 2011

Disembarkation Day

We woke up early to find that we were sailing past the bright lights of Miami.  We approached the Port of Everglades and decided to get some breakfast.  Horizon Court was buzzing with fellow cruisers.  I’ve never seen so many people here in the morning.  We ate quickly and had to get back to our cabin to shower and pack the remaining personal items.  We left our cabin for the final time around 7:30am and proceeded to deck 7.  We decided to head to the Club Fusion where all the Platinum and Elite members were meeting.  We were scheduled to leave the ship around 10:40am. 

Different groups were being called to disembark throughout the morning.  We finally got called to disembark around 9:45am.  Yellow 7.  We headed down to deck 5 and scanned our cruise card for one last time. 

In the terminal, we were directed to the area where our luggage and many others were located.  It was easier to spot our group as we were one of the last groups to leave the ship.  I can’t imagine trying to find our luggage amongst the thousands that were there two hours ago.  We grabbed our luggage and headed through immigration and then outside to find our transfer to the Embassy Suites.  This whole process took 15 minutes. 

We spent much of the day walking around Ft Lauderdale.  We ate lunch at 15th Street Fisheries and sat close to the dock.  It was nice watching the various boats and yachts sailing by while we were dining on swordfish. 

We walked over 5 miles that day. 

Tomorrow morning, we head to Miami International Airport for our flight back home. 

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