End of Cruise

It's disembarkation day! The night before, my room steward looked at the one suitcase outside my room and recommended that I do express disembark, i.e. just take it with me instead. I thought that was a good idea since I wanted get off early to pick up Millie (my minivan) at the Airport Hilton. I had a 5 hour drive to St. Augustine and wanted to check into the Faver-Dykes Campground before it got dark. I got up very early in the morning to get breakfast, went up to the top deck to see the ship entering the Miami cruise terminal. It was pretty cool.

Had a great breakfast from the Windjammer buffet, caught the sunrise on my phone by the time I finished eating. Went back to get my luggage and got off the ship. Disembarking was pretty straightforward. I saw the transfer buses to the airport, but I knew that I need to wait a while for others to get out before the first bus moved out. At the last minute, I decided to take a taxi straight to the hotel, so that I could get a head start. Turned out to be a good call, since it took me longer than 5 hours to get to St. Augustine as I had to stopped at Walmart to stock up on supplies for camping.

P.S. Had a great cruise with a great group of cruise mates from Singles Travel International (STI). Kudos to CJ who made sure that we all had a good time, organized fun activities (loved that "two truths and a lie" ice breaker), reserved seating for our meals and fixed issues when needed. This will not be my last trip with STI!