Posted on 03/20/2024 10:18:54 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
In just 38 days as of this writing on April 27, my wife and I will be embarking to the ABC islands of the Caribbean again aboard the Celebrity Beyond. In September 2022 we made the same cruise aboard the Celebrity Equinox. In this video, I attempt to relay the incredible excitement of embarkation day. The moment we stepped aboard the Equinox we were enveloped in luxury which included the surroundings, the food, and the drink... lots of drinks as you can see.
Embarkation day is always memorial. This time we are looking forward to catamaran sailings with our group in Aruba and Curacao. Then a private beach club with the group in Bonaire. In 2022 we traveled solo to the same islands and I can tell you that group travel is much better.
At that moment I was sure that the captain would next tell us that due to some sort of problem with the ship that the cruise was being cancelled. Yeah, so after the thrill of embarkation day, I felt like I was starting to go down a very deep hole of depression due to a cancelled cruise.
However, after a brief pause the captain informed us the reason for the sad news. Queen Elizabeth II had just passed away. Okay, I did feel bad for her passing but I gotta confess that I was also overjoyed that the reason for the Captain's announcement was NOT the cancellation of the cruise. And that was a cause for another round of martinis.
PING!
My first cruise was in the 1990s on a Celebrity ship - the Zenith. Of all my cruises, it ranks number one.
Hanging at the Martini Bar as I write this... try the Bourbon with Peaches onboard...way to step up to the Edge Class, big difference!
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