The Prima docked in Cozumel around 6:30 am this morning. We were at the dock closest to town. We disembarked around 9:00 am and grabbed a taxi. This pier you have to take an escalator up to a walkway over the street, walk through the mall, go down stairs, walk back through the mall, and then you can get a taxi. We visited Dreams Cape Cozumel.
I worked in the morning then we headed to Galaxy Pavilion
for an Escape Room. It’s $15 per person and really well done. We picked the Animals
room. We had a family of 3 with us – a Dad and his adult children. The room
worked really well for a group of strangers. You can find eight idol pieces within
the room so we could all be working on our own puzzles. It was interactive and
fun. We solved it with 13 minutes to go.
We had an easy embarkation yesterday onto the Norwegian Prima.
It was just a passport check, security, and check in. We got to in the Priority
Access line because we are Platinum. They give you the cards at check in. We
headed first to the muster station. Right when we got on the ship they had a
huge list of all the locations so it was easy to find ours.
Our flight went well. We had about an hour wait for the rental car, but the clerk was so calm that everyone else was calm too.
We met the Dircks at Bryant Lake Bowling Alley. We had lunch and bowled a couple games. We checked into our Airbnb. It's great. Rob made Glenn pizza and salad for his birthday dinner. Glenn was so excited. They even had a cheesecake with candles for dessert. We stayed at an Airbnb just off Minnetonka boulevard so it worked out perfectly.
12/29/22
This was a fun prep day at the Dircks house. We did some prep for the party. We tried to go to the Asian mall for lunch, but it was crazy busy. We went to North Coop to try their chicken tenders and fried green tomatoes. They were good so we ordered them for the party. We played food trivia with Amy and Rob. Of course, the evening ended with Catan.
12/30/22
We did more prep and grocery shopping. The Hoffmans arrived. We had a fun dinner of tacos and then played Catan.
12/31/22
New Year's Eve. We had a quiet day doing final party preparations. The party was so fun. It was great to see so many of Amy and Rob's friends. The last time we went was 2013.
1/1/23
Lazy day on the couch. The guys watched football and the girls chatted and watched Word Play
1/2/23
Headed back to Tampa. We switched our flight to avoid an incoming storm.
We headed back to Westfield, Indiana for the holidays. A huge winter storm came through and cancelled a lot of activities. Luckily, our flight was on time and my sister was able to pick us up at the airport.
We had a fun few days playing Uno and SkipBo tournaments. Trying out the new Secret Vault and Travel monopoly.
We were able to have Christmas lunch at my parents' house.
We went to church on Christmas Eve and we got to have a our Mario Kart and Mario Party games with the kids afterwards.
We went to an Escape Room for Glenn's birthday and the brewery Four Day Ray next door. It was a lot of fun.
12/10
We had a slight delay in disembarkation, but we would have
made it to the airport in time for the 10 am flight. After dropping off the
parents, day date began.
12/1/22
We picked up my parents at the airport and headed to Gilbert's 17th Street Grill. They have great specials, great burgers, and great service.
We checked in at that Holiday Inn Express Fort Lauderdale
Cruise Port. Our room was ready so we all headed up there to wait for about an
hour until my Mom and Dad were able to get a room. We walked over to the
Boatyard for dinner. It was great. My favorite dishes were the brussel sprouts
and the paella. We called it an early night.
