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<font color=royalblue>Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love y
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2006
I woke up with a mixture of emotions today - sadness that the holiday had ended and joy that we were going home and I would be able to chat to Gemma properly again - tonight was her sister's hen night so we wouldn't be able to chat properly and it would be another week before I would see her again but at least we didn't have to worry about the cost of international texts any more.
The alarm went off at 7:00 so I got up, got dressed and went upstairs to take some photos.
I spent the next 40 minutes or so strolling around the ship, reliving the memories of the cruise (Galveston seemed so long ago) and making the most of every last minute before it was time to go down for breakfast. As I wandered round another cruise ship slipped past us.
At 8:15 we went down for breakfast and both had the Route 66 - bacon, ham, hash browns and scrambled eggs. Chris and Lynn had already left but we spent some time chatting with Susan, Jeff, Jennifer and Dennis as none of us were in any rush to leave.
At 9:00 we couldn't put it off any longer so we said our goodbyes and walked off the Magic for what is likely to be my last time ever - Gemma doesn't like boats or ships of any kind so it is highly unlikely I will ever do another cruise.
We found our bags in the terminal straight away and made our way out to the taxi queue. We were in a taxi within 15 minutes and by 10:00 we were at the airport. Our flight wasn't leaving until 3:00, which meant it was far too early to drop our bags so we found some seats and settled down for a while.
At 11:20 we decided to go and drop our bags off, and 20 minutes later we were through security and passport control and settled on seats airside.
I sat reading until 2:15 when the gate information finally came up on the screen and we made our way over to gate D15 where the flight boarded around 20 minutes later.
We pushed back on time at 3:00 and after a fairly lengthy taxi we were in the air around 10 minutes later. Soon after take off we were served a snack of a chicken wrap and a drink, then it was time to sit back and enjoy the flight.
We landed just after 4:10 and, thanks to the e-passport gates we were quickly through immigration but as usual we then had to wait ages to find out which carousel our bags were going to come through on. Once we were at the carousel our bags came up more or less straight away and once we were through customs our driver was waiting for us so we were on the road to home by 4:50 and indoors just before 6:00.
You might wonder why there have been no photos of Dad and I in this report - well here's why
After that one we didn't bother having any more taken!
As usual I would like to say thank you to those who have read my ramblings and an extra special thank you to those who have taken the time to post a comment; it really does make taking the time to post these reports worthwhile. It was also nice to be recognised a couple of times on the ship by people who had read my previous reports.
So ends another trip and for the first time since I started writing trip reports I have absolutely no idea when our next Disney trip will be, or if there even will be another one. Gemma and I want to find somewhere to live together, then marriage and children will hopefully follow soon after so there is not going to be the money in the foreseeable future. Gemma does want to visit Orlando and I would love to see it through her eyes and the eyes of any children that we might have so hopefully there will be a trip one day and you can be sure that if there is then there will be a trip report. Until then the only thing left to say is...
I so enjoyed the descriptions and photos, especially the photo of you and your Dad. It brought tears to my eyes. Gemma is very lucky.
Unfortunately the company I work for went bust last week so I'm now out of a job and hunting for something nearer where Gemma works so we can find somewhere suitable for both of us to live together.
