shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #251 Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) After dinner, we headed to Choir of Man! The Cast of Kinky Boots was in the audience for the show. Choir of Man did a send off to them at the end. We headed to bed. Our final sleep onboard the Encore. Edited April 24, 2023 by shadowmeboy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #252 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Day 12 - Disembarkation Day January 3rd, 2023 Location: Miami, Florida, United States of America Guess what arrived at 6 am? That's right Almond Croissants! The line was short at Customer Service at this moment. Overnight the tree went away The Gingerbread display also went bye-bye Time to Savor the final breakfast in Savor. Fruit Salad and Cottage Cheese Yogurt Parfait French Toast with Bacon and Ham Eggs to order with bacon, ham, and hashbrowns. The view from our balcony this final morning. We headed out of the room to hang in the Observation lounge until they forced us to get off. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #253 Share Posted April 24, 2023 We were meeting Jason and Family up here. Finally, they said last call for disembarkation. We made our way down to head out. The Coast Guard was onboard running a drill with the crew. We cleared US Customs and Border Protection. Time to leave the ship. Goodbye Encore 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #254 Share Posted April 24, 2023 We were flying out of Fort Lauderdale the next morning, so we caught an uber to our hotel for the night. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #255 Share Posted April 24, 2023 We arrived at the hotel. Glo Hotel in Fort Lauderdale So I got stuck in the elevator for a few minutes We headed to dinner at Denny's, so we could get to bed early. It was time for Linner. We skipped Lunch and it was early for dinner. Mozzarella Sticks I got a burger Susan got chicken fried steak 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seemoreroyals Posted April 24, 2023 #256 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Thank you for your comprehensive Encore review. We will be on Encore for the first time in December. There is so much in there we are going to have to go back and read it again. Until your post today we were planning on flying into Miami. Noticed that you are flying out of Ft. Lauderdale. Googled it and it is only 29 miles away from the Miami cruise terminal. If you do not mind me asking, approx how much did it cost to uber from MCT to Ft. Laud airport? Airfare to and from where we live to Miami is higher than I thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #257 Share Posted April 24, 2023 January 4th, 2023 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida 4:51 am EST/1:51 am PST Time to head to the airport Waiting for the Uber Time to check the bags to Seattle Sad balloon Heading to Security (5:40 am EST/2:40 am PST) Heading to our gate - Gate C6 There is our 737-900! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #258 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Time to board the board the airplane (7:00 am EST/4:00 am PST) The United flight next to us headed out, then it was our turn! Free from the tug! Time to take off from 10L! See the southwest flight at the end of the runway? Its go time! (7:47 am EST/4:47 am PST) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #259 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Up and away we go! See the airplane? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #260 Share Posted April 24, 2023 North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport Saint Lucie Inlet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #261 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Port Canaveral Edgewater, FL (8:15 am EST/5:15 am PST) Here is the video of the Fort Lauderdale Takeoff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #262 Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) They held off on food until we got through some turbulence over the South. We are up near Indianapolis by this time (9:45 am EST/6:45 am PST) Looking down on Terra Haute, Indiana Finally breakfast got served! (10:00 am EST/7:00 am PST) We had Dutch baby pancakes with bacon and fruit. It was really good! We finally hit the snow over the Dakotas Somewhere over North Dakota Just into Montana (11:46 am EST/8:46 am PST) Just East of Great Falls, MT Missouri River near Great Falls, MT The Great Plains meeting the Rocky Mountains Edited April 24, 2023 by shadowmeboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #263 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Finally we got back over Washington (12:55 pm EST/9:55 am PST) Looking down on Spokane Valley Spokane International Airport (GEG) Fairchild Air Force Base - The strait line at the top of the base is US 2 and the diagonal line is the BNSF Columbia River Subdivision Reardan, WA on US 2 The fog layer over Eastern and Central Washington Cascade Mountains! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #264 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Spada Lake - Snohomish County, WA Mt. Baker in the distance Everett and Whidbey Island Sultan, WA Monroe, WA Monroe, US 2, WA 522, and the Skykomish River Snohomish and Everett Maltby, WA Whidbey Island WA 522 and Interstate 405 Kenmore Edmonds-Kingston Washington State Ferry Route Ballard and the Ballard Locks 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #265 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Interbay and Puget Sound Lake Union, Fremont, and Queen Ann Hill - Seattle Queen Anne and Magnolia Seattle Center and Uptown Downtown Seattle Elliot Bay Colman Dock and the waterfront West Seattle and Alki Lumen Field - Home of the Seahawks T-Mobile Park - Home of the Mariners Harbor Island and the BNSF Stacy Yard Union Pacific's Argo Yard Duwamish River 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #266 Share Posted April 24, 2023 We made it! On the ground in Seattle (1:40 pm EST/10:40 am PST) South Satellite - S Concourse Concourse B Central Terminal Concourse C Coming around Concourse N Finally at the gate! (1:45 pm EST/10:45 am PST) Here is the landing video for the flight! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #267 Share Posted April 24, 2023 In the terminal! Heading down to the tram to head to the main terminal Tram ride! We collected our bags and made our way to the shuttle pickup. On the shuttle to pick up the car Back at the car! (2:30 pm EST/11:30 am PST) So my ring broke while we were on the cruise and we had to drop it off at Kay Jewelers in the Seattle area before heading out. I finally picked it up on 4/12, the first time I was able to get back over to the Seattle area. WA Highway 900 We stopped at Jack in the Box in Issaquah for some lunch before heading over the pass. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #268 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Interstate 90 US 97 over Blewitt Pass US 2/US 97 interchange We made it to Wenatchee! (6:37 pm EST/3:37 pm PST) We had to do some grocery shopping and hit Costco. We did all that as quickly as we could as we had been up 17 hours at this point. We finally made it to our hometown! (10:13 pm EST/7:13 pm PST) I had to shovel my way into the house, we had 3 inches of new snow. We had over two feet in the yard. We got everything into the house by 10:30 pm EST/7:30 pm PST. Total time from leaving the room at the hotel in Fort Lauderdale to getting everything in the house: 17 hours and 45 minutes. No wonder we were tired. We did go back to work the next day! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #269 Share Posted April 24, 2023 We had an amazing trip. We enjoyed our time on the Encore. Please ask any questions you may have and I will try to answer them the best I can! Here are a few videos that got done after I got past where they were in the review: Cocoa Beach! New Smyrna Beach! Stateroom Tour! There will be more coming shortly! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #270 Share Posted April 24, 2023 2 hours ago, seemoreroyals said: Thank you for your comprehensive Encore review. We will be on Encore for the first time in December. There is so much in there we are going to have to go back and read it again. Until your post today we were planning on flying into Miami. Noticed that you are flying out of Ft. Lauderdale. Googled it and it is only 29 miles away from the Miami cruise terminal. If you do not mind me asking, approx how much did it cost to uber from MCT to Ft. Laud airport? Airfare to and from where we live to Miami is higher than I thought. The 22 mile trip cost us 67.13 not including tip from the port to the hotel. We did an UberXL, so we had enough room for all our crap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 24, 2023 Author #271 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/21/2023 at 10:06 PM, QuattroRomeo said: Do you have a photo of your updated travel wall? I will take one when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 25, 2023 Author #272 Share Posted April 25, 2023 (edited) On 4/21/2023 at 10:06 PM, QuattroRomeo said: Do you have a photo of your updated travel wall? I literally just took this! Edited April 25, 2023 by shadowmeboy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare QuattroRomeo Posted April 25, 2023 #273 Share Posted April 25, 2023 What a fun display! I even recognize a few items from this trip! Thanks for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 25, 2023 Author #274 Share Posted April 25, 2023 16 hours ago, QuattroRomeo said: What a fun display! I even recognize a few items from this trip! Thanks for sharing it. Gladly! I enjoy it and remembering the memories and locations each items holds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumming cruisers Posted July 25, 2023 #275 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 3/28/2023 at 9:59 PM, shadowmeboy said: We settled in for a long dark flight to Orlando. I was able to let my parents know when we were expected to land and also where were as we flew due to Alaska Airlines having free text and messaging. This photo is a little blurry, but its Mission Ridge. Mission Ridge is a ski area just South of Wenatchee. Service got slowed down to turbulence over the Rockies. Thus I started watching Below Deck with my phone on the free inflight entertainment options. Susan and I got the fruit and cheese plate for our food service. We both did not care for the hot entrée offered, and we made sure to eat "dinner" in the lounge before we left. At the end of an episode, I looked out and saw this. This is Alliance, Nebraska. We stopped here for lunch on our 2020 road trip. It is also home to a big BNSF yard. The really bright lights at the top of the town, is the BNSF yard. Wichita, Kansas Interesting note: The 737 I was flying in originated in Wichita at Spirit Aerospace and then was transported by BNSF train to Renton, WA for final assembly. Bentonville, Arkansas - home of Walmart Little Rock, Arkansas Later in the flight we got mixed nuts and ice cream. Susan is taking a photo of the Ice Cream in this shot! Here is her posing with said ice cream! Starkville, Mississippi Selma, Alabama Dothan, Alabama Gainesville, Florida Icon Park in Orlando area - the dark area with the lights inside is a Lockheed Martin plant. Florida Highway 528 SeaWorld Orlando Orlando area on final approach On the ground in Orlando, waiting on the gate crew to bring us into the gate. We sat looking at the gate for over 15 minutes. Orlando Landing video Hi! Love your reviews. You going to do one for your latest cruise to AK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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