Debarkation day. Sometimes it’s good sometimes it’s bad. I’ve had and heard of horror stories around debarkation.  Then sometimes you’re off so fast you have to think to yourself was I even on a cruise? Today was super smooth. Princess has it figured out. At least the Emerald Princess does.

We slept until 7:00, got up, packed our last few things and headed to breakfast. We leisurely ate breakfast met some more nice people. After breakfast we went in search for a place to sit and wait for a little while. We had a super late flight due to fort Lauderdale not having very many direct flights to Houston. Our options were 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. I was a little worried about making the 11:00 a.m. so we chose the 7:00 p.m. but that made for a super long day.  Because of this we delayed delayed delayed as much as we could getting off of the ship and took our time going through security and getting our luggage.

We were able to snag a shuttle to the airport, which is super close to the terminal, for $11 a person. Once at the airport they’ve now started allowing you to give up your luggage as soon as you get there with a special Porter outside section for Southwest. Previously you had to wait until 4 hours before your flight which meant sitting around on the outside of security. Instead we were able to drop off our luggage and then head through security and wait on the gate side of security were all of the restaurants are. We relaxed played on our phones watch TV until this time to move to our gate. There we met a bunch of people that were getting off of all different kinds of cruises as there were six ships in port in fort Lauderdale. We all swapped stories and shared Facebook pages so that we could keep in touch.

I don’t know about you but of all the places I have put my feet up this one is my favorite.

Yes that is a cord hanging from my TV that was not there before I left. Bless his heart my dad and my brother attempted to fix my TV that had gone out the day before I left. Come to find out it was the electrical outlet so thier fix was an extension cord. 🤣  Needless to say I will be hiring an electrician to get it fixed as the aesthetic of the cord is not working for me.

Why is it that anytime you leave when you come back nothing seems to be working right. I went to use my toilet in my bathroom and it was clogged. Along with that, the internet is acting really funny. I’ll be home for 9 days hopefully I can get everything in working order before I leave again for a trip I’ve really been looking forward to. I can’t wait to tell you all about that one.

So where is your favorite place to put your feet up? Here’s are a few of mine from this trip.

For this time only I’m not wishing you were here. I’m ready to sleep in my own bed with only my sweet puppy as company.