Ok, so how can you go on a 10-day cruise and be blogging
about day 11. And we never crossed the
international date line. Very tricky,
but it is day 11.
Well it is a very sad day.
We did talk about just getting off and getting on the Disney Wonder that
arrived in port this morning. But alas,
we don’t have a ticket and the whole stowaway thing seems a bit too complicated. So, we got up, went to the Lido for breakfast
and then hung out until it was time to leave.
Our plane was leaving at 1pm, so we decided to disembark at 8:40 with
the plan to be picked up for the airport at 9am. It all was amazingly smooth. We went down early and hung out in the Galaxy
waiting for our turn. They called us
(Brown 6) and we disembarked for the last time.
Sigh.
Our luggage was downstairs and we grabbed them and went to
get to the transportation pickup area.
It wasn’t quite as nuts as it was yesterday, but still kind of crazy
with an awful lot of people trying to leave the port at the same time (there
were also two other ships disembarking – the Disney Wonder and a Norwegian
ship). The process worked, but it was
slow. They clearly don’t have sufficient
room for lots of cars and stuff, so you have to report to a port agent, who
calls the car company to let them come down and pick you up. After we gave them the name of the company
and waited about 30 minutes for it to show up.
You definitely need to plan for a delay from the time you get down off
the ship to getting on your transportation vehicle in Vancouver.
It turns out that Julie had arranged a stretch limo for our
transportation to the airport (it is our anniversary cruise after all). WOW.
She even kept it a secret from Bob which is maybe even more
amazing. It was so big inside, that it
reminded Bob of the party bus (but let’s not bring THAT up).
The ride was uneventful and we got to the
airport in plenty of time. Going through
customs, Bob had to answer the questions YES that we were bringing in some
food, seeds, or whatever. We had the
seeds from Butchart Gardens. They were
sealed in a small sack with a stamp certifying saying that they were ok. We showed them to the customs agent and she
checked us through. So, here we are back
in the US having cleared customs, but still physically in Canada. It must have something to do with being the
11th day on a 10-day cruise.
We are posting this final day from the Vancouver airport assuming the trip home is
uneventful. It anything interesting
happens, we will update it.
It’s been an amazing cruise.
Crystal is absolutely the best.
We can’t wait for our next cruise.
Thank you for sharing your voyage, many question that I want to ask you.
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