Day 8 of the cruise was all about pulling into port and getting off the ship.
I had scheduled my family to be in the first group of people debarking the ship, so I rose at the dark hour of 5:30. I wanted to make sure I got breakfast (Holland America tries to ensure that passengers leave the ship happy). I took one last stroll around and caught these pictures…
I always say that sunset is my favorite time of day, but sunrise ain’t half bad either…
Another ship had pulled into port beside us. It was soooo pretty…all lit up…
I managed to catch sight of this boat on the horizon…
Guess what else I saw…
- Another plane! A fitting way to end the trip given all of my “plane sightings” throughout the cruise.
I eventually returned to the room, woke up the kids and the Mr., and finished some last-minute packing.
And then we waited.
This is often the longest part of the cruise…waiting to get called to the gangway.
While I sat, I went through some of the literature we had acquired during the trip and found this map of the ship (sure wish I’d found it on Day 1!!)…
My group was finally called, and we emerged to find that tho sun had risen…
Somewhere in the parking garage (pictured below) was our car…
Bex wanted one last photo session before leaving Ft. Lauderdale…
So long cruise ships…
As we exited, we thanked everyone we saw. We were so pampered throughout this trip that leaving was uber-hard.
A HUGE thanks goes out to Grand Pooba and Coupon Queen for their generosity. This was an AMAZING trip!
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All good things must come to an end 😦
Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us!!
I’ve really enjoyed reading about your travels. Thank you so much for sharing!
oh I’m soooo jealous!! glad you had such a good time! great pictures!
Thank you so much for sharing your amazing trip with us! I’d been on lockdown studying for finals, so it was very nice to come out of it all and see these beautiful pictures 🙂 Oh, and congrats to Chicky on getting her acceptance letter!!
I hope you did well on your finals!! Boy, do I remember those days (having graduated only a couple of years ago). I’m so glad you enjoyed my pictures!