Woke early before 6am very overcast and humid (770C)
as the Royal Princess docks at the Everglades Port in Fort Lauderdale. There is
a height of activity on-board preparing the cruise ship for the next load of
passengers, loading food produce, beverages, etc., fuel then off-loading the
suitcases of passengers disembarking.
It was quiet in the Horizon Court/Bistro for breakfast said
our goodbyes to Woody’s (Dominica Island) father’s long-time French friends
from Quebec who were doing the first 10 day cruise. They didn’t like the food
not rich enough for them but for us the natural vegetables, plain roasts,
seafood and fresh fruit was great. It is very interesting to see how the
Executive Chef reinvented the leftover roasts, fish etc. the next day. These we
never touched.Silly me when we disembarked I forgot our Passports, as
every time we berth at the port all passengers including In-transit like us
need to clear Immigration and Customs. The ship’s Security Officer radioed the
ship for someone to go to our cabin to get our Passports from our safe and
deliver to us at the Princess Terminal.No problems with clearing Immigration and Customs (lovely
Customs Officer) and it is nice to be an In-Transit passenger, as you go before
the boarding passengers. Paid our US$16 for a shuttle to take us to the Embassy
Suites and once there we went to Reception and altered our reservation for when
we end our Caribbean cruise. Only one problem I need to email Yvonne at Jetset
Travel to change booking at Embassy Suites from 29th March to 8th
April. I cannot do this as it was booked/prepaid by Jetset Travel what a
bummer. Hopefully she sees my high priority email and I have a reply when we
dock at Antigua on Sunday 21st March.Found an Internet Café over the road from the Embassy Suites
and did all our emails but still having problems with Microsoft Outlook have to
go on the Internet and login to Westnet to send emails. A lot of bother with
cut and paste of addresses and messengers.Walked back to the cruise ship and the place was abuzz with
the new passengers finding their cabins and exploring the cruise ship. The
Horizon Court/Bistro was a bit crowded with everyone having their late lunch.Departed on time at 4pm to the musical blast of the “Love
Boat” tune and this is becoming a bit annoying, as the Captain plays this every
time the Royal Princess leaves a port. Took some photos of the port, everglades
mangroves, channel of water to Miami and the beach shoreline.The cruise ship seemed to be deserted when we ate in the
Horizon Court with only half of the servery section open and the Horizon Bistro
closed. Either the rolling swell has everyone in their cabins or eating in the
Allegro or Concerto (Traditional) dining or one of the many other dining areas.
Too late for the “Welcome On-board Show” in the Theatre, one needs to be early
to get a seat plus when we came back later the music was too loud.After
making friendly conversation with the different shop staff on Deck 7 we
listened to Trevor Cole play Caribbean music on the Steel Pan. Then settled on
the Atrium with a different show from the juggling team Rootberry followed by
the New Deal Band playing all the oldies. Made a mistake of sitting next to the
dance floor as we remembered the entertainers like you to get up and
participate in their acts but not us. We enjoyed watching the new kids on the
block dance especially a Malay or Philippine couple in their 50’s. You could
see they had just learnt how to Ballroom dance they didn’t look natural seeing
they were concentrating too much on the steps. When he started throwing her in
the air everyone clapped and took photos it was like watching a bad version of
John Travolta.
Day of sorting problems with hotel booking
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Port Everglades Terminal 1, Florida, United States
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