Monday, October 6, 2008

The Cruise!!! Part I

Oh where to start??? Once again we've taken tons of photo's of our adventure ... I guess we should begin at the beginning!

Saturday morning we started out very early in a terrible thunderstorm ... We made it to the airport and boarded the plane ... We were on our way to Miami, in the vicinity of Mickey Mouse when we felt a bit of a jerk and the lights and power went out in the cabin. Hmmm ... this didn't seem good. In a few short minutes the pilot was telling us he had good news and not so good news. When we left Dulles, our jet had two out of three working generators. He assured us that two was fine to travel with, however, number two just blew and we had to make an emergency landing in Orlando because we had just one generator left. So, to make a very long day, I mean story, short ... we landed safely in Orlando, had a four hour delay, flew to Miami, and then really, miraculous made it on a flight to San Juan and arrived in Puerto Rico just six hours late.
Here's the departure sign we watched in Orlando. Do you notice the Miami - should be leaving at 9:30am - now leaving at 12:40pm? There were two more updates ... we left around 2:00pm! Here are a few shots from the airport ... what do you do when your flight is delayed, and delayed, and delayed ... Find a Starbucks!!!

And start your homework!!!

We made it to San Juan just in time to have dinner with the family! The next morning, this is the view we had out our window ....Our day at the Marriott was beautiful and relaxing! And then we ventured to the pier and found our "home away from home" for the next week ... Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Sea! We toured the ship and had a yummy first dinner on board before cruising out of Puerto Rico.

Here are most of the twenty-six! And that's post number one! We'll post part two tomorrow ... next up - the first day at Sea and Barbados!

2 comments:

Shelly said...

So glad you had a wonderful trip. Thanks for sharing your pictures and experiences. We look forward to seeing the rest. Thanks for taking the time.

michele and girls said...

what wonderful pictures- wow, what a flight- you always seem to have the most amazing adventures- did you bring gumby along? prayed for many memories!