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Totally slept in this morning. I forgot that Jamaica is an hour behind and I did not turn my phone off from automatic settings. Even with airplane mode on, my phone will automatically reset unless I change it, which I forgot to. Anyway, have done much because I ended up sleeping an extra hour than I intended to. 

Off to the FlowRider for private session #2 and play the supportive wife 😂 

I was just checking out Cruise Mapper and it’s so funny to look at Freedom’s meandering route off Miami’s coast!  😁 

I will see your "Eeewww" and raise you 1 "GROSS"!!! 🤮
Would much  prefer watching a Code Brown cleanup like we did on Mariner last November.  Mojito and cigar in hand.......
 
Boy the crew is fast with the drain, clean, sanitize and refill.

We used Royal's shuttle bus on the cruise before last and booked it onboard. In fact, it was regularly an option in the cruise planner starting about midway through the cruise. It told people to go to guest services to book. For Ft. Lauderdale it was $20 per person. They use shuttle buses. And they assign you a departure time based on your flight (before noon or after).
We didn't use it on our last cruise because the option through our pre-cruise hotel was $5 cheaper per person and could book it in advance so we didn't have to worry about anything being filled up.

Saw the previews of the episode.  I’m going to watch it and keep,telling myself it’s just television.

Maaaaaaaaaaan!! I have a Hilltop Cabana and the all-day Dragon Coaster booked as a surprise for my husband. Will have been our first visit to Labadee. Sailing in May and haven’t received a cancellation yet but certainly not confident we will actually get to go….not sure we want to at this point either😖😩

We were supposed to go see adult comedy tonight but we decided to cancel it and do family movie night instead. Time spent with our girls is precious. 

 

Dinner was at Hibachi tonight. Great food, excellent company, good laughs. Shane had all his families there tonight and we all know each other. Fun times had by all. My whole family had success in catching the egg. I had success in catching it down my shirt 😂 

Said every cruiser ever unless you have a B2B and it's only the 1st leg, lol.
Thanks for the blog and safe travels!

Good morning from Miami! I got to listen to a balcony party from 12-12:30am complete with yelling and loud music. Someone from RC must have come to talk to them because it was very abruptly silent. 😂
I woke up on time to see us come into the port and do the full turn around to come back to Terminal A. We fully docked at 6:32am.

And now, it's time for one final meal in board: The Key breakfast. I forgot to snap a shot of the menu, but it's your standard MDR breakfast menu.

I'm taking the RC shuttle to the airport at 8am. I'll probably update with some more random thoughts as the day progresses. It's sad that this cruise is done! My next one isn't until September on Allure (also out of Miami). 😭

I procrastinated all day about packing, and then I had to throw everything together really quickly after sunset. I managed to get the suitcases out there at 9:58 p.m. Whew! I realize they don't usually pick them up until after 11:00 p.m., but I wanted to make sure I met the deadline on the piece of paper they gave.
OMG THEY LITERALLY JUST TOOK THEM. 11:04pm.
Do I have to go? Do you think if I just stay in my room and refuse to leave they'll let me stay? 😭

Safe travels. You are rested for your conference.

Sunset was AMAZING tonight. If you zoom in kind of close, you can actually see the Miami skyline underneath the sunset. ❤️

It was good!
 
I swear I have seen the same buildings all day from my balcony!!!!!

Hmmm they are kinda cute!  But I think I like mine better.  Thanks for checking them out!

I was just checking out Cruise Mapper and it’s so funny to look at Freedom’s meandering route off Miami’s coast!  😁 

Balcony hack (if you have one): it's big enough to make into your own private sun lounging area. 😎
 
 

I actually even had it on the side table last night while I was laying in bed. It keeps the top of the side table clear!

I've never heard of this before. I would put it back into the machine and add a $20 bill and then cash out and go to the cashier. I'm leaving no pennies behind!

That pretty much sums up what happened 😂 I will say though, Shane is truly one of a kind. 

Shane is amazing! There is no doubt about that! We had lunch and it was awesome having the opportunity to chat with Shane and Stephen. A fun way to spend an unexpected sea day! 

I think we definitely got the “genie special” this afternoon! I have to say, I am not easily surprised but I did not see this one coming! 
When getting drinks with @recogneyes, she asked me if we had been to the pub. I said no and that we are not huge fans of the pub in general. She said we have to at least pop by for a  visit to see the pub signer because he is really good.
Later then evening, we ran into @recogneyes again at playmakers, and Stephen, the pub signer was there. She introduced us and we said will try to find time to see him. If you are wondering where I am going with this, keep reading…
Today is a sea day, and Shane overheard us saying last night that we might do El Loco today. He suggested that we do a delivery because it might be busy and our kids never get anywhere early. When we came back to our room to eat, this is what we found. 
 

@PPPJJ-GCVAB the cup clips do not flatten all the way. 
 

Afternoon report:
With lunch done, I headed to Starbucks for my daily Strawberry refresher. Then Hubby said he was going back to the FlowRider, D17 is reading on the suite sundeck, D15 is chilling with her books in the cabin. 
I had to go to the suite sundeck to grab the sunscreen from D17 to bring to Hubby at the FlowRider (see, still playing home genie) so I grabbed some pics of the crowds on the suite sundeck. Not bad. Perhaps it got too hot for everyone . I will try to go again earlier over the next two days. 

I guess I'll have to re-try this along with the quesadilla next week. They were both so bad on Wonder in June I gave up and only made tacos.