by The Inside Cabin | Jan 3, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, USA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, North America
Fort Lauderdale – Day 2 There is a very nice breakfast in the lobby of the Embassy Suites.  We always prefer a room service breakfast but that is not an option here.  Most hotels where we stay around the country have some sort of buffet style breakfast in the lobby in...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 2, 2018 | North America, 2018 Grand World Voyage, USA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Arriving Fort Lauderdale Low clouds, poor visibility and sitting on the left side of the airplane, made it impossible to see any of the cruise ships that were in Port Everglades as we were landing on our Delta flight around 8:30 am this morning. Our connection in...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 1, 2018 | USA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, California, San Diego, North America, 2018 Grand World Voyage
We finished packing today, well let me say, Judy finished packing, while I monitored the College Football Playoffs. Being a Big 10 fan, specifically Ohio State, I was pleased to see the great success the conference had this bowl season – 7-1. I was less pleased to...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 19, 2016 | USA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, North America, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
When we left Port Canaveral last night, about 3 hours late due to the computer problems caused by the power failure, the Captain said that they would be able to go faster during the night to still arrive at Fort Lauderdale on time at 7 AM. I woke up about 6 AM and...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 18, 2016 | 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam, USA, Florida, North America, Port Canaveral
Today will be our last full day of the cruise as well as our final day in port. We usually prefer the final day to be a sea day since we can start packing throughout the day and we seem to be less rushed. We arrived in Port Canaveral at 8 AM and would depart at 7 PM...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 30, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, USA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, North America
We arrived in Fort Lauderdale before the sun was up. Disembarkation was scheduled to start around 7AM and I was curious to see the first few people who were in the express disembarkation line which means they have to lug all their own stuff on the ship. There were...
