Windsor |To Houston Sunday April 17, 2016

    Our transportation arrived promptly |Saturday night and we were on our way to Detroit via our good friends John and Yvonne. It probably a good decision to overnight in Detroit. The crossing was very slow and although there wee only about 6 cars in front of us, it still took 35 minutes to see the customs officer. Actually he was very pleasant and we were on our way to the Olive Garden in short order. After a leisurely meal we were dropped at the Hilton hotel near Metro airport.

    We were up early and had the Delta boarding passes quickly. However security was another thing. The lines were long considering it was before 7 am. We could see that the stories about over 3 hours but not having enough security check in personal were true. Everyone in line had to go through the body x-ray. Judy even needed to have a pat down! I needed a pat down.

    The flight to Houston was 3 hours of nice weather. We were glad that we had a non stop. |The other option was a stop in Dallas. The weather there was terrible with severe thunderstorms and a possible tornado! Just our luck. The last time we stayed

On The Bus

overnight in Detroit before a Princess cruise we never made our flight to China because of thunderstorms in Chicago. It only took a little over 90 minutes from the time we landed to the time we were at the ship. Getting aboard was slick as well. |With the preferred boarding we could bypass the hundreds of people who were waiting for their boarding number to be called. The first order of business was lunch in the dining room.

   At lunch we sat with people who were on our last cruise

Boarding

but we had not met on that cruise. Tea followed in the Atrium We did buy a new all you can drink coffee and tea card. It is for specialty drinks but we use it for unlimited tea. Luggage was in our room by the time we got back. Clothes were put away before the emergency drill. A short nap was followed by the sail away party. The sailing was delayed because 68 people were not aboard yet. I can onlly thin they stopped in Dallas. It was a cloudy windy gray day in Houston for a party on the open decks.

Fire Drill

Tea Time

   The ship boarded about 1800 people. We did learn that some are aboard for a 3 day cruise to Lauderdale. Apparently we will pick up another 1200 people there. However even though the ship holds 3000 it did seem to be full this afternoon. We attended the early show with a comedian. He did about 50 minutes and had some good lines. Dinner followed at 8 pm. We are at a table for 8 although tonight there we only the 6 of us. One couple is from Texas and the other from Chicago. We hope that the other spot is occupied. 

   During dinner the captain announced that the ship now has all passengers aboard but we would not be leaving until early morning. The ship is not allowed to sail when there are high winds. We tried to walk on deck after dinner but the winds were still quite strong. So we may still be here in the morning!