After 47 years of raising children and eating a lot of peanut butter sandwiches, six of us seniors decided to have a reunion aboard the Sun Princess. With two more couples, we formed a party of ten from Idaho, Oregon and Arizona. The review of our great trip follows:
Utilizing the fly/cruise package put out by Princess, we had a very pleasant flight to Fort Lauderdale and chose to come in one day early. Princess met us at the airport and swiftly delivered us to the Airport Hilton. The next morning, several buses pulled up before 12:30 and we all boarded. Due to the heightened security, there was some confusion when the luggage was all out on the sidewalk in front of the hotel. There was an effort to match up each piece of luggage with the passenger. It was extremely hot and humid and the mostly older crowd was testy and fearful that their luggage would not get on the same bus. People were told to go into an outbuilding and wait for their number to be called, but before that happened, the crowd got restless and hot and started dragging their suitcases off the sidewalk into the heat and exhaust fumes created by the buses. The process they were trying to achieve was not well explained and confusion ensued. Adolescents aren't the only ones that can get unruly if they are hot and confused.
EMBARKATION