It is absolutely never pleasant to wake up to an earthquake and tsunami in another country like we did on Friday, March 11. Especially when you have a cruise planned that is possibly going to be affected because of it!!!!! We had no idea what type waves or ramifications we would be looking at from the aftershocks on our boat....or if they would even be sailing the Carnival Spirit for our 9 day cruise. A very long phone call awaited very early that morning.
Finally, we got word that the safest place to be during our vacation, would be, on the water. Tommy and I discussed at length, ok, for like 7 seconds, that we were going on this cruise, and packed our kids up from grandma's house and headed to the San Diego Harbor.............The ship, The Carnival Spirit, was finally allowed to come into port over 2 hours late. By that time we had to tell the kids that we had sort of "lied" about our vacation plans. They were getting somewhat antsy and confused as to why were hanging out down by the docks and ports....... Brinkley is less than thrilled, initially......... then it sank in. WE WERE TAKING A 9 DAY CRUISE ON A GIGANTIC BEACH HOUSE.... A 1000+ ROOM BEACH HOUSE.......... YOU CAN'T REALLY BEAT THAT!!!!!
We had more than 4 more hours to wait. Finally, they let VIP's sit inside the hanger. Within 30 minutes of sitting down and filling out our customs paperwork, we were going through customs..... to wait for another 2 hours to board the ship. I made great use of the time by standing in the women's restroom charging the
i-touches. Very sanitary.
Finally...IT WAS TIME TO BOARD...AND THEN WAIT FOR THE SHIP TO SIT SOME MORE!!!!!!
I think the unknown of the tsunami was the worst part of all. We just did not know what was going to happen with the waves and the aftershocks of the quakes. Better safe than sorry!!!!!
Once we were safely on the ship, all checked in, after we found our balcony rooms, we started the roaming process. We bounced around. We got our first round of food! We hit the bar for Jax's first Pina Colada, Pudgie hit the ice cream bar for his all you can eat brain freeze, Brinkley hit the jackpot with the french fry bonanza and I just breathed the fresh ocean air. I think Tommy started his phone withdrawal.......Actually we both did... It was time to start this vacation!!!! Finally about 8:30 PM San Diego time, the boat backed out of port..... and our butts were in the jacuzzi when it did. That was a pretty cool scene!!!!!!! BEFORE WE KNEW IT.... DAY ONE OF BOARDING AND UNLOADING WAS DONE....... ON TO DAY TWO OF CRUISING THE SEAS!!!!!!!
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