Hey ya all! We made it home, albeit 12 hours later than planned. We left WDW at 5:30 pm on the 29th and flew to Fort Lauderdale. Our plane was an hour late leaving because of a weight and balance and center of gravity issue. (Very important and very critical stuff in the flying world. If those things are not right, the wings will stall and the plane will either nose dive, tail dive, spin or come apart. I am OK with them taking as long as they need to get THAT equation right.) So we rented a van after we landed and drove to the Miami Raddison and got off the elevator in the lobby and realized we were behind about 50 people to check in and there were only two check in clerks. My patience ran out when we finally got to the front of the line and they took the person behind us (after we had waited in line for about an hour) before they took us for check-in. Ron was tired and Ron was not in the mood to be humored. And Ron let them know. So, I doubt that they will welcome me back into that Raddison anytime soon. 
Finally got to the room about 11:30 pm. Anyway, we drove over to the Miami Seaquarium the next morning so the boys could swim with the dolphins. We all had a great, great time and it was well worth the frustration getting there. Well, we got back to the Fort Lauderdale airport in time to find out that our flight was delayed sufficiently enough to miss our connection in Orlando so we re-routed to Baltimore arriving about 11:00 pm. Spent the night there (with no luggage because it had already been checked in at Fort Lauderdale and was on its way to Pittsburgh) and caught an 8:10 am flight to Pittsburgh which put us in Pittsburgh at 9:15 am. Went to locate the luggage and found out that it was not going to arrive until 11:40. So we finally got it all together and headed home about 12:20 Sunday afternoon and were home by 2:00. That was a very interesting ending to an absolutely wonderful vacation. Got into the office early Monday morning to find out that two of my employees had quit while I was gone. Such is the life of a small business person. So that is why I have not been able to get on here before now to say "hey".
It was a true delight to meet you all and by all means, count us in for the reunion.
I will post more later about our trip, but I just wanted to take a couple of minutes now to say just how much we enjoyed the cruise and being there with people we already knew made it that much more specatular. Paula and Alyssa, I am sorry we did not meet until the last minute, literally. I did not realize the boat was going to be that big that we would not bump into each other more often - and for sure, the time just flew by. Who does not agree that the cruise was way too short? Marsha and Ellouise, what can I say. Thank you for taking the time to share your smiles and words of advise. It was a true pleasure meeting and getting to know you both. Say "hi" to the kids. And Marsha, let us know about the swimming that you are going to do. Don't give up on that goal and don't put it off.
Anyway, like I said, I will post much more about our trip later. Please share with us the things that you all did.
Happy 4th of July!!!
Finally got to the room about 11:30 pm. Anyway, we drove over to the Miami Seaquarium the next morning so the boys could swim with the dolphins. We all had a great, great time and it was well worth the frustration getting there. Well, we got back to the Fort Lauderdale airport in time to find out that our flight was delayed sufficiently enough to miss our connection in Orlando so we re-routed to Baltimore arriving about 11:00 pm. Spent the night there (with no luggage because it had already been checked in at Fort Lauderdale and was on its way to Pittsburgh) and caught an 8:10 am flight to Pittsburgh which put us in Pittsburgh at 9:15 am. Went to locate the luggage and found out that it was not going to arrive until 11:40. So we finally got it all together and headed home about 12:20 Sunday afternoon and were home by 2:00. That was a very interesting ending to an absolutely wonderful vacation. Got into the office early Monday morning to find out that two of my employees had quit while I was gone. Such is the life of a small business person. So that is why I have not been able to get on here before now to say "hey".It was a true delight to meet you all and by all means, count us in for the reunion.
I will post more later about our trip, but I just wanted to take a couple of minutes now to say just how much we enjoyed the cruise and being there with people we already knew made it that much more specatular. Paula and Alyssa, I am sorry we did not meet until the last minute, literally. I did not realize the boat was going to be that big that we would not bump into each other more often - and for sure, the time just flew by. Who does not agree that the cruise was way too short? Marsha and Ellouise, what can I say. Thank you for taking the time to share your smiles and words of advise. It was a true pleasure meeting and getting to know you both. Say "hi" to the kids. And Marsha, let us know about the swimming that you are going to do. Don't give up on that goal and don't put it off.
Anyway, like I said, I will post much more about our trip later. Please share with us the things that you all did.
Happy 4th of July!!!
