Day 3: Spring Break 2017

It is a Monday morning.  It was time to head to the cruise terminal to board the Brilliance of the Seas.  I enjoy cruises.  It is the easiest vacation to plan!  We will be on the boat for 5 days and making 2 port of call stops.  We dropped the rental car at the airport and took a taxi to the Port of Tampa.  It was easy and the cab fare was only $25.  Of course the taxi reeked of smoke . . . it was awful.  Colin sneeze and coughed the entire way there which was an adventure in and of it self.  The driver was not the safest but we were just happy to be outside with fresh smoke free air to breath.  Checking in for the cruise was super easy!  By the time we got on board, we grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed right for our cabin.

The odd thing about this balcony was you could go to the edge and look right into the neighbors balcony.  It was the first time we have ever had this problem.

It was odd but it wasn't going to keep me from enjoying some sail away sweet treats as we left Tampa.

The ship was older but perfectly fine.  Last year we went on two of the huge mega ships so being on a smaller one was different.  Colin actually prefers the smaller ships.  We headed to dinner and were seated at a table with 4 lovely college girls from Virginia and a couple about my age from somewhere up north.  Everyone was nice, but I prefer to sit at a table with just us.  The one thing that is obvious as you look around is that there are a ton of college kids on this cruise.  It feels like about 75% are college aged kids with most being large groups of boys.  There are times at dinner where I feel as if we are at a fraternity house party . . . not that I ever really went to frat parties but it was interesting and definitely always entertaining.  Colin would pick out the intoxicated ones and watch them and laugh.  It was a good first day and look forward to five days of relaxing.