Part 4 - Vacation

On Wednesday of our cruise we stayed on the ship while it was returning to San Diego. It really doesn't take a day to get back from Ensanada to San Diego, so the ship was traveling very slowly. Which make the day very miserable for me. For some reason when the ship was traveling faster I didn't seem to notice the rocking quite as much, but on Wednesday I was sick the majority of the day. Mostly nauseated and had a horrible headache. So needless to say it wasn't the funnest day of the cruise. We slept in since we didn't have a shore excursion to get to. We had a nice breakfast. The breakfasts on the ship were huge, you could have almost anything you wanted for breakfast. They had oatmeal, cream of wheat, scrambled eggs, french toast or pancakes (they rotated these two), ham, bacon, sausage, hash browns, bagels with cream cheese, toast, cereal, pastries, fresh fruit, and they had a station to create fresh omelets any way you wanted them. It was really good food and made it so hard to pick what we wanted. We ate our fair share of breakfast food! We walked around the ship for a while, watched a game of bingo and decided to play a game later in the day for a chance to win $3000. We went to a night show and just mostly walked around and relaxed. For dinner that night, the last night, I had spare ribs and Matt had veal Parmesan. The ribs were soooo good, they were tender and just fell apart it was delicious! This night the waiters pretty much knew us by name and the bar tender knew what drinks we wanted and where we were going to sit, so our drinks were there waiting for us before the meal began (we had sodas, the bar tender took care of all drinks alcoholic and nonalcoholic). We had to make special arrangements to get off the ship early the next morning in order to make our 11:25 fight. People were allowed off the ship according to the number their cabin was assigned. Our cabin was number 25, we would have been one of the last people off of the ship and would have missed our flight. But we got special passes with the number 3 on them and therefore we were allowed off the ship in the first group of people. On Thursday when we got off everything went very smoothly, we walked off, grabbed out bags, and got a taxi to the airport. Checked in, checked our bags, went through security, and caught our flight with no problems!! The ship is pretty organized in that sense. I guess they have to be because as soon as we left they got all the passengers off in a matter of like 2 hours, and then the clean the ship and another cruise begins that day. Our waiter said that he works for 7 months straight and then is home for a few months and then returns to the ship to work. I thought that was crazy that the people working are away from home for so long and work so much. They live on the ship for months at a time. I could never do that I would be miserable!! Well after our plane landed to got to our car and drove home not really hitting any bad weather along the way. The kids were really excited to see us when we got home and I think my parents were excited to have their house back to themselves and to get back to their routine. We had a really great time and it was such a good experience. If any of you have the opportunity to go, you should, it is a great vacation. More cost efficient than I would have thought. All your hotels, and food add up quickly and on a cruise that is all included, plus entertainment on the ship is included. So it is pretty reasonable priced! Well I hope you all enjoyed our adventure with us.