January 2022: Virgin Voyage Scarlet Lady

 January 20, 2022 

We had an easy flight into Miami, but had trouble finding a gate. Between boarding and finding a gate, Glenn said we had more time on the tarmac than we did in the air. It look about 30 minutes for our luggage to arrive. We grabbed a taxi to the Intercontinental Miami at Doral. It’s about a 20 minute ride. A room was ready. Yay! We had the lunch buffet. It was a pretty good deal - $22 per person with a  nice salad bar, French onion soup, and really good mac and cheese. I worked in the afternoon. We had club access. The Club Lounge was closed, but they roped off part of the restaurant’s lounge. We had a couple drinks and some snacks. We called it an early night.

January 2022: Hyatt Zilara Cancun

 January 14, 2022 Travel Day 

We had an easy flight. The people in front of us didn't wear their mask the whole flight. Glenn complained to the flight attendant, but he didn't say anything. I guess they don't want to get in confrontations. i was glad we wore KN95s and it was a short flight. We breezed through security. Check in was easy. 

We scheduled our COVID tests and had lunch at 11:30 am. Glenn really enjoyed the octopus and I liked the fish tacos. 

January 2022: Norwegian Dawn

 January 2, 2022 Embarkation

The transfer arrived right on time at 10:30 am. We headed to the port. They had set up testing in a parking lot. It was run by CVS. It was the best setup we've seen. They had stations with two people - one registering and one who watched you swab yourself. Then, you got a card with a time your results would be ready. We tested at 11:18 am and had 11:38 am written on our card. If you got your text with the results, you could raise your hand and they would give you a bracelet. Then, every 10 minutes, he'd go into the testing area and make sure they had notified everyone who tested positive in that 10-minute group. He'd say "Anyone with result times 11:40 am or earlier." And walk around and give everyone their bracelets. We got our bracelets