Things You Do Not Want to See On A Cruise

The past week, well except for last Sunday, was exactly what I needed. The ship was HUGE, the entertainment was amazing (#1 for four years straight), the food was good, excursions were a lot of fun, and overall the week was the relaxing vacation I so desperately needed.

The week started off a little hectic. We decided to chance it and fly into Florida Sunday morning (our flight was supposed to get in at 11AM; the cruise left at 4:30 PM). We figured in the middle of the summer with beautiful weather, we would have no problems. And of course, we were wrong. Our plane took off from DC at 9ish and promptly turned around and landed back at the DC airport 10 minutes later and proceeded to cancel our flight. They smelled smoke in the cockpit so these guys met us on the runway.

JetBlue was great and managed to get us on a United flight that got into Orlando at 2:45 PM, which eventually got us to our cruise ship at 3:45. The last passengers were supposed to have boarded at 3:00 PM, but I guess I sounded desperate enough, and they let us on. Once we actually got on the boat and got to our room, I saw this and almost got off the boat. (The magazines were really laid out like this; I just took the picture.)

But then everything went smoothly. And I even took pictures that you'll get to see tomorrow but here's a little preview.