Day 7. The Last Day.
It doesn't matter how long your cruise is, the last day is always sad. Well maybe unless you go on one of those World Cruises that are 150 days long. Then maybe you are ready to resume life on land.
Today we would be docking in Nassau at 10:00. We woke up at around 8:30, and when I went outside I saw this:
Which is strange because it meant we were approaching Nassau.
I'm not sure I have ever been on a ship that arrived early, but maybe I have. Doesn't matter, we were there and that's what's important.
We did a 180 so we could back into the dock. Wouldn't it be funny if cruise ships made that beeping noise when they backed into a dock?
That meant our side of the ship would be against the dock. This meant I could watch us dock.
Celebrity equinox was already there. Show off.
I tried to raise the dead (you know who I mean) and only one of them thought this was worth watching. I now wish I had taken a photo of all of the heads I could see looking over their balcony railings, watching us dock.
Here comes the Pilot!
We would have lots of new neighbors when we returned later. But for now, it was just us and our show off Celebrity sister.
Sloooowly backing up now...
I've always wondered how these massive ships dock. I used to sail at overnight camp, on sailboats that could hold 4-6 girls. I was quite the sailor, but even so every now and then I would hit the dock too hard, or fly past the mooring and have to try again. I know cruise ships sometimes have to try again, and again, and again. It was smooth, so we wouldn't have to try again, but still, I was very interested in how this would work.
This gave me pre-nightmares. The kind of nightmare you have while you are awake and nothing bad has happened, but it really looks like something bad could happen at any moment. This guy was out on the black thing, with his feet in the water, and all I could think was "What is he DOING??? What if he falls!??!"
I had started to go back inside because, well, pre-nightmare. But I couldn't tear myself away. I was behind the glass now, though, because I wanted to hide if something bad happened. (Nothing bad happened). The guy was farther off the black thing at one point, and that is when I hid behind the glass. You know, because then I can't see anything. Behind glass. Clear glass. Yeah not sure what I was thinking.
So it seems he had been pulling a very thin line out of the water. By the way, if you know what is going on, don't tell me. I like my uneducated version better. Its more fun.
Now even I know that line isn't going to hold the ship. I've seen the lines that hold the ship and that ain't it. But I couldn't imagine what he was doing with that tiny line. Line? Rope? I don't know. I haven't sailed in 30 years.
Ohhhhhhhhh, there's a bigger line/rope there, and the smaller line/rope is pulling it. Ok, that's making more sense now.
Now that I was fairly sure the guy wasn't going to fall in the water, I was fully invested in watching. At least for 5 more minutes. They hooked the line on that little forklift.
And the forklift started to drive away.
I decided to film this part, for some reason.
Interestingly, this is when I decided I was done watching this and we should go get breakfast. I'm so disappointed in myself. But, in my defense, we were eating at Johnny Rocket's for breakfast (included with your cruise fare!) and then we had plans, and I didn't want to spend all morning watching us dock. Next time. Maybe.
Johnny was calling my name, so off we went. Why? Well let me tell you. 1) We had not successfully had an official breakfast in a buffet or restaurant once on our cruise. This in itself is both shameful and impressive. 2) We had held out on the buffet so long, I decided to go the distance and avoid it again. 3) I don't even like buffet eggs, so that wasn't really a sacrifice. 4) I DO like buffet waffles, and the strawberry syrup that always happens to be nearby, and the whipped cream that also happens to be nearby (but only the real whipped cream, not that solid stuff that looks like whipped cream but tastes like paste. 5) Not that I was planning to eat waffles anyway. 6) Or strawberry syrup. 7) Or fake whipped cream. And 8) because I wanted an omelet and I forgot that the Solarium Bistro exists and also has an omelet station.
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Johnny! (At Sea!)
I was very happy to get my omelet. It was good! Nothing like the disappointing room service eggs. The potatoes were basically French fries, so that's awesome. And the toast is toast.
Somebody got this well-rounded meal of pancakes and bacon and someone else got French toast and bacon.
Neither of them got the potatoes. I did not want to share, but I did. A little. Luckily they liked their food so it was all good. We ate outside and it was so nice. It was quiet, sunny, but we were in the shade so it wasn't hot. It really was the perfect outdoor dining situation.
I wasn't sure what to do when we were done. Do we still get a bill? Do we just leave? The servers were fawning all over this (admittedly adorable) baby who was hamming it up for them but I asked at the door and they said we could just leave. Oh, I had ordered a Diet Coke (don't judge, I need my caffeine and I do not like plain coffee, lattes only for this gal) and it was included in the beverage package, as was the orange juice my kids ordered. So we paid nothing for the meal.
I am going to be mean and stop here, because it is late. Sorry!!!!!