Getaway Weekend

A couple weeks ago one of our friends was telling us about the great deal they got on a last-minute cruise deal...so I thought...what the heck! I'm going to try to get one of those deals too. I got online and sure enough, found one for $139.00+TX.

It was on Royal Caribbeans "Monarch of the Seas"..

We left Port Canaveral (a 10 minute ride for us) late Friday afternoon, arriving back home this morning (Monday) about 9AM.

Arlyn drove us to the Port, dropped us off and we were on our adventure!

Going through security was like the horror stories we are watching on TV with the infamous "Love Pat".

I was wearing a shirt with a sewn in metal decoration that set off the alarms and I was whisked aside and "wanded"...quite thoroughly, I might add!

After they were convinced, it was just my shirt, I was warned not to wear it again on the ship (which I didn't!!) Looking down, coming out of the Port, we saw John (better known as Pom-Pom John) and Linda waving us on.. It was nice to see our neighbors down there wishing us a Bonn Voyage.

One of our favorite restaurants...Fishlips ..
looking at it from a different view....

Looking down from Jetty Park to Cocoa Beach A Delta IV Heavy Satellite was scheduled to take off from
Cape Canaveral Friday evening....we were disappointed it was scrubbed...it would have been a grand sight to see from the ship...


And then the parade of food began with the evening meal...
Black Angus Steak was our choice...
Went to the Theater to see the show, which was an extremely funny Comedian...

This was the view coming into Nassau Saturday morning.
The skies were blue, it was sunny and warm.


"Mad Summer", a 257' Lurseen yacht sat beside us.
This boat has a crew of 25,with a Helo Pad
6 Staterooms, with 2 Hot Tubs and an indoor/outdoor swimming pool.
You can rent this baby, for how much??? Mega bucks, I'll bet.

We took a tour boat over to Atlantis where we wandered around
enjoying the sights.


Walking around the Marina, is Guy's sightseeing choice.
He was quite impressed with the 4/300 horsepower engines...
on a dingy, no less.

Christmas tree just feels out of place in 80 degree weather...
We walked through the hallways of Atlantis' shops....

Very pretty walk way....

Back in downtown Nassau, the tourists were having a great time...

We went back to the ship to get ready for the Captains Cocktail Party and

Formal night.....

This is what we saw when we opened our cabin door..

The room steward had made a monkey from a couple of the bathroom towels...

Pretty clever!

Sunday we were in Coco Cay, Royal Caribbeans private Island.

This is a beautiful piece of property...

There was plenty to do....they had every water toy and activity imaginable.

and there were more than enough beach chairs and hammocks for everyone.

Even those who required wheel chairs, had the proper equipment so they could also enjoy the Island.

A nice Bar-B-Que was available....

We even contemplated going para-sailing...

We didn't, but will before the Winter is over ....

Time to relax after a long walk and nice lunch....

Back on the ship that evening, the waiters did a little performing for us....

Gene and Barbara....

We were seated at a table for 8 every evening

It was fun to chat about our adventures of the day

Joe and Adele

Eileen and "Tick" (Tom)

We became fast friends with these guys

and plan on visiting them on their Horse Farm in Ocala after the Holidays.

Finale at the "Sound of Music" Theatre

A turkey greeted us on our way out the door this morning as we were leaving.

The ship was getting ready for their next guests who would be celebrating Thanksgiving with them.

The weekend passed quickly and we had a great time...

Now we have to slip from "vacation" into "retirement" mode....

It's a tough life, but somebody has to do it.

And again, here's John....

We called him Chauffeur John this morning....