{"id":5681,"date":"2017-04-08T14:57:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T18:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=5681"},"modified":"2020-01-27T15:55:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T20:55:07","slug":"the-repositioning-cruise-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=5681","title":{"rendered":"The Repositioning Cruise Begins! Day 1 – April 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 8 – 2:00pm EDST
\nPort Everglades Cruise Terminal<\/p>\n

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I boarded the Crown Princess (shown above) in Fort Lauderdale about 12 noon today – along with about 3,000 of my new best friends \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Here’s a view of the waterway where the ship is now docked – taken from my balcony cabin (L201) on the Lido Deck. It’s a long way down!<\/p>\n

We set sail for England at about 7:00pm tonight. As soon as I got aboard I noted that there were already long lineups at the buffet restaurants. I hope we have enough food on board to make the crossing.<\/p>\n

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The crossing will take 14 days with a few stops along the way.<\/p>\n

Sadly, Catherine is not on the trip with me. She has no interest in crossing the ocean on the water, but it’s been a “bucket list” wish of mine for several years, so away I go & there will be a reunion at the end of my journey. Thanks for the support honey!<\/p>\n

Catherine & I are going to meet up at Heathrow Airport on April 22 & spend about 12 days self-guided touring around Bath, Oxford & London. Should be a lot of fun & I will have to do some extra walking to try & shed the extra weight I am probably going to pick up on the way over!<\/p>\n

I hope to post some short blog entries while I am crossing. Each time I post I will include the ship’s longitude & latitude. If you copy & paste that information into Google Maps you will be able to see the ship’s position at that particular time.<\/p>\n

Better go for now. It’s only a couple of hours before the ship sails & I see that the lineup at the buffet is much shorter now.<\/p>\n

Cheers everyone!<\/p>\n

Wally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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