We've made it to Fort Lauderdale

After 26 hours of travel we arrived at our hotel in Fort Lauderdale at 8.45 last night.

The Qantas flight to LA was quite good, but found they have cut back their staff and services. We had 2 stewardesses (last time we flew there were 4) in our area and whilst one was very efficient and busy the other was quite inefficient and wanted to yap instead of serving.It was ok just the same.

Our travel agent had us on a later flight to Miami because he felt that we needed sufficient time to get through customs and security, Normally there are long lines, but it was very painless and were through in no time, so instead of a short wait we had to spend almost 4 hours sitting around.

The flight to Miami was good although the plane had almost seen better days.

We had a voucher for a transfer to FL,but there was no one flashing our name about however, there was a Regent rep there who had our name on the list so he kindly transported us to FL. it was a long wait, my bag was the very last one off!

Last night we stayed at the Marriott which was good considering the small amount of time spent there.

As Regent are providing tonight's accom I went for a walk this morning and found it right next door. Went in and spoke to a very nice young man who was kind enough to check us in at 7 am instead of 3 this afternoon. It’s a wonderful hotel. We have a lovely view over the ocean and across the canals to some excellent real estate.

We are to meet a friend of ours from an earlier cruise this year, who is traveling 4 hours from Orlando especially to have lunch with us.

We have a pre cruise dinner tonight so it’s all happening today onwards.