Back home!

First a recap of Saturday: It was a perfectly lazy day, exactly as I had planned. Such a nice way to end a vacation. I took photos around the ship and will post them later or tomorrow (have to upload them from the camera first).

We arrived back at Port Canaveral about 6:00 a.m. Because we're at platinum level with the Crown & Anchor membership, we had priority departure. We like to get on the road as early as possible, so we requested to depart right after the people who were carrying their own luggage and those who had flights or local excursions. I have to say this was the easiest debarkation we've ever had. We breezed through Customs and found our luggage right away and were in the van and on the road by 7:30! I'll say it again: sign up for Crown & Anchor if you haven't already!

More later (with photos) after I've rested up from the drive. In the meantime, a few more A's to your Q's:

Someone had asked about the cost for golf. There is a miniature golf course (putt-putt) that's free. There's also a golf simulator that's $25 per hour.

Another question about towels at Dunns River Falls: They do not provide towels, so take yours from the ship. You also might want to take dry clothes to change into. They have lockers there; you pay $8 and get back $3. It's worth it because you won't be able to carry much up the falls.

About the tenders at Grand Cayman: They were running within minutes of our arrival. I'd get down to that deck early and get in line. If for some reason you can't get there early or you end up waiting in line, don't worry -- the tenders run constantly, so as soon as one leaves, another is already starting to load up.

Regarding my earlier post about the long line in the rain waiting for the tenders to take us back to the ship: We found out later that the holdup had to do with the water being so rough that the tender couldn't get positioned next to the ship, so they had to wait -- which threw the whole schedule off. Still, I think we had it better waiting in line. The people who were on the tender that tried to get back to the ship had to ride out the rough water, bobbing around until they could tie up to the ship.