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A few pictures of the silent dance party and fireworks forgot to post earlier. 

Since I was up past midnight which is way past my bedtime, we slept in a little this morning. Got up, enjoyed the view on the balcony for awhile and watched us pass Explorer of the Seas, and the headed to windjammer around 8:45. Planning to head to the top tier event since I have never been to one. I recently obtained platinum so figured I would check it out. 

After the book we went to Music Hall and listened to some music and then watched the game show Higher or Lower. Then we head to the silent dance party. I was first thinking I would just go watch, but got out of my comfort zone and put a headset on. It was actually a ton of fun!!  270 I think was a great venue for this. Ended the night watching the virtual fireworks in 270 which was ok, but not that exiting. The balloons drops in the promenade are more interesting I would say. 

After dinner last night we went to see The Book. Got there a few minutes late because dinner ran over. But it was pretty cool. The talent of the dancers is just amazing. 
 
 

Dinner tonight was Teppanyaki. It was amazing!  Sorry I did a bad job with the food porn pictures, I will try to get better as the cruise goes along. But my wife did get a few. Had a table facing the ocean, but unfortunately it was dark so that didn’t do us any good. Chef said the food was made with love! 

First Alpha Alpha Alpha call of the cruise. 

Adventurous start. Crazy Uncle and the in laws were both missing luggage. Had to go down to the naughty room. They were flagged for alcohol, but neither had alcohol in them. 1 was apple cider vinegar 🤷‍♂️. Anyways, now everyone has all their luggage, we have sailed away, and getting ready for Teppanyaki for dinner!  

Rooms ready right at 1pm. Balcony room for us on deck 10, port side, aft. 7 ships in port today!  Celebrity Apex being one of them. Think we had a couple famous people from this sight getting off there today. 

Got on ship about 11:15. Got reservations for the 3 night dining made right away. Doing Hibachi tonight at 7pm. Giovanni’s tomorrow at 5:15 and Chops day 6 at 5. Night 3 and 7 are formal night so will do MDR those nights. Will decide later what to do the other nights. After that came straight to solarium bistro for lunch.  I’m usually not very adventurous with food but tried some lamb and loved it.  Selection seems a little smaller at this solarium than on Symphony, but food taste pretty good. 

Boarding has started! 

A couple pictures of the ship as we pulled up. 

We got up and walked to DD so some of the people could get some coffee. I wasn’t expecting to get exercise before we started 🤣.  My sister and brother in law that live in Deerfield Beach came to help give some of us a ride to the port as we couldn’t all fit in the crazy aunts vehicle. We got to the port a little after 10.  Traffic was pretty bad as they had mentioned. Dropped luggage at the porters and then went and parked the car. Found a spot in lot c right across from the terminal but there weren’t too many spots open. Got through security and checked in within about 5 minutes. Now just sitting and waiting for boarding to start. 

The Airbnb was pretty bad. It worked for the 1 night and only costing us $125/couple, but they didn’t have enough towels, no shampoo, etc. It was definitely one of the worst I have stayed at. 

IT’S CRUISE DAY!!!! 

Does Batman never learn????? 🤣

Just got the emails stating my Royal up bids were unsuccessful. No big deal, wasn’t expecting to win them. 

Yeah the one on the right is a pit. She’s a sweetheart but definitely not happy about us leaving. She’s getting older and loves her daddy. She won’t know what to do without sleeping on my feet 😂

Made it to FLL!!  The Aunt and Crazy Uncle were on flight with us!  Other Crazy Aunt and Uncle on way to airport to pick them up. In-Laws should be landing in about 20 minutes. All parties accounted for!! 

Hehe, sorry, still on our own cruise where Batman told me he packed 11 pairs but in reality brought 7 and is now running out because he sent out laundry on Day 2 ... who does that when driving from home??
 
Anyway, safe travels and Bon Voyage!!!!
 

Plumpy on the left, I noticed plump on the right was too mad for anything. 

I know many of you like the animal picks, so here’s a picture of the 3 pups that are less than happy we are leaving. They can tell as soon as we start packing and they don’t like it!!  

It’s travel day!!!  We will head to breakfast in about an hour and then to Chicago to the airport. I of course have been up for an hour packing the car and getting last minute details done. Wife….still in bed 😂  This trip might end up 1 person short 🤦‍♂️

And he can never find out! Or we will never hear from @SweetPea again 🤣

The wife has started packing!!! She just asked me, "so how many days are we on the ship"?  🤦‍♂️

poor batman has no idea he's garnered this kind of notoriety... @SweetPea will be dying laughing when they return from their cruise 😆