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As you can see from the earlier post. We all met up on the boardwalk while we finished our portion of the muster drill. We all headed to our stateroom to let our friends drop their bags etc and to let them see the room. They were quite impressed. The boarding process for them has “ruined” gen pop sailing for them. Their part cruise was a boardwalk balcony on Wonder. They aren’t sure if they can go back. We then headed off to explore the ship together. The kids were registered for adventure ocean, and we showed them the other suites areas. We also started to make use of our beverage package and treated our friends to some drinks courtesy of our diamond vouchers. While relaxing in the suite lounge, Dan remarked that he was really impressed by the response from the concierges. When he got the email, he responded with their dinner reservation and show requests which were all immediately taken care of. I think we have officially inducted new members into the suite snob club
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Arriving to the port, we got our first glimpse of our home for the week! We pulled in at about 10am. As you come into the port, we kept right and the entrance to the parking lot is there right on the left. We got a spot about 100 feet from the terminal. As has been reported, the suites/pinnacle area is well marked and easy to see. The star class greeter was right there. She called a porter who took our bags and we were escorted inside. We had to wait a few minutes at the bottom of the escalator because they weren’t quite ready for everyone. About 5 minutes later we were allowed upstairs and through security. All of the genies were already there in the lounge waiting so we met Berty right away. Shortly after, checkin was completed and we were on ship! I took the picture of the ship while in the car at 9:59. The Boss took this photo at 10:30. While we were going through our boarding process, I kept in touch with our friends. Their boarding process was also smooth. They arrived at 10:28 and were on the ship at 10:48. We had the following conversation
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I’m the same. Convenience>Price. I always park right at the port.
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Backtracking a bit here. Our flight from BWI-HOU was decent. There was a little bit of turbulence but nothing crazy. Hello Memphis This is IAH on the north side of Houston. You really grasp how big Houston is when it’s lit up like this at night. Once on the ground we headed over to the rental counter. I felt bad for some people. They were trying to rent cars and got denied. They were attempting to pay with a debit card, which would then cause the rental agency run a soft credit check in the background. I don’t know the minimum score needed, but there were at least 5 people turned away. When it was our turn, since we had already booked in the app and pre-paid our rental, we obviously didn’t have any issues, and were on our way. A quick stop at McDeath for some quick drive through bites and we headed off to Galveston. No issues on I45. No traffic worth noting and it was a quick easy drive to the hotel.
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We are sitting at the gate waiting for our plane to arrive and just watching airport operations. I saw this sign on the back of the tug and thought it was cute. slight traffic jam at the gate. This place has been fully boarded for quite a while. Eventually they brought a few more bags and loaded them on the plane. You can see our plane creeping in the background waiting to get to the gate. Finally our plane is at the gate. Next stop Houston. Despite the delay, this travel day hasn’t been horrible.
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So our first flight made it to BWI easily. Now we have a bunch of time to kill because our next flight is delayed an hour. We found a place to get lunch. For the beer folks, there is a Flying Dog taproom here are the airport. The food is decent and the beer is cold. Fittingly, they had a burger called The Boss, so of course I had to order that.
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She says thank you!! She has requested to join the blogs and it’s still in limbo. So my bag, the blue one, was 47lbs. In that bag is all of my stuff, all of Johnnys annnnnd some of The Boss’s stuff. The boss likes to have her “options” for outfits etc etc, so she is a chronic over packer . She also has things in Lydia’s bag too.