Alaska Cruise–Day 1 and morning Day 2
May 21, 2016
First, see http://blogs.kweaver.org/adventures_in_training_th/2016/05/macy-and-dulce-tried-to-kill-macy.html if you haven’t already.
I research everything about TSA, and Love field is running normal the night before. We get to Love before 7:00 am and there is a HUGE line already. I ask the facilitator at the beginning of the line, and he tells us 30-45 minutes delay. I immediately ask for a wheelchair.
I can run for 90 seconds at time, I can walk quite a ways but I cannot stand in line. My normal course of events is to sit down and wait for lines to die down, but that is NOT working with the TSA publicity – Love Field would have been fine if everyone was panicking. DFW is a whole other story.
So I have to travel quite a ways for a wheelchair, and they take forever to get me over to the line, but come to find out they have done a pre-board on us. So they’ve done whatever TSA usually does that takes half the time. We get to keep our shoes on – which we fine hard to believe, and they do the pat down and search everything I have on carry on. Takes a few minutes, but I’m seated the whole time – though I am seperate from my possessions and my phone is laying which bothers me – next time put it in the bag, woman.
I had already asked the travel agent for a wheel chair at the dock, since the line has always put me out of commission for a day and a half on both cruises.
While we still have to wait awhile and they didn’t put the beverage stamp on Rich’s card, we get on board. Biggest issue: can’t get anything to eat as we get onboard just as they do the muster. We’re done about 4:00 pm and we have a reception with CardPlayer cruises at 4:30. It’s laid out so I can’t get food at all – didn’t make any since because we’re in stadium seating until I find out it isn’t a meet and greet, but an announcement thing.
Then I go to dinner which was wonderful – but I’m managed to eat a bit too much and the lap band is tight. Restroom is too far away but they have me toss my cookies in a bus boy bin and all is good.
We also have another major issue. The minibar things are NOT labeled and placed next to the tumblers for our beverage package. What am I to think.
So we got suckered, and I hate that.
On the good news – I’m figuring out that to eat, I have to go through the Promenade, mostly to avoid the smoky casino. Otherwise, everything I want, from the poker room, to the fitness center, are on this elevator.
Rich has been in the poker room almost every moment it has been open – this is a good thing.
The internet access is great, and I’ve been able to check on the dogs every few minutes. I am also able to work with my students.
So with all things, the first few hours were frustrating as heck but now I am having a good time. Also the cardplayer cruise people are doing a great job.