DAY 27---AT SEA (LAST DAY OF OUR CRUISE)

                                 

                              

        Our position at noon today.  It was very foggy all morning long but just overcast this afternoon and temperature of 64 degrees.

LAST EVENING

                                                 We had to back out of the docking area.

                                                     Birds were watching our departure.

We were less than a half mile from the end of the runway they were using for takeoffs and landings.

When we got further out the airplanes were coming right over us at 100 feet above the ship.

                                                               Police boat escort.

                                                  This barge was anchored in the harbor.

        At 6pm we went to the Meridian Lounge for some pigs and cocktail.  We decided to go early to Compass Rose before the Krew Kapers show was over.  We got a window table again.

                 We both had the black muscles to start with just like last night,  So yummy!

                                                            Ahhh!  Beef Wellington

                    The pecan pie cheesecake with some ice cream was very good again.

        We finished dinner at 8:00 and the Liars Club did not start until 9:30 so we went back to the suite to rest.  I did go to the show but Rebecca got in bed.  She was doing a lot of coughing despite the cough syrup. 

                                        Matthew, the assistant cruise director, emceed the show.

        How it works is, they show a weird, never heard of word up on the screen and these three panelists would give their definitions.  Then the audience would have to pick whose definition was correct and who were liars.  The panelists were:  Clair (social hostess), Levent (the magician), and Dru (cruise director).

TODAY

        Neither of us got much sleep last night as Rebecca was coughing nearly non-stop for several hours.  Then she would later wake up coughing again.  She was finally sleeping this morning and I woke up a couple hours earlier but did not get up until 8:30 to let her sleep.

        I went down to get our Americano coffees and blueberry muffin for her and chocolate chip muffin for me.  

        Today is packing day!  I called Saga to come by and make up our bed as we will be using it for folding clothes and packing suitcases this morning.  I told him he did not need to come back and clean the suite and bathroom today as we would be busy.  He emptied the trash cans and brought fresh ice.  

        Saga said he will be going home tomorrow also and would be leaving the ship at 10am for JFK airport.  His flight to Jakarta will take 34 hours going through 4 different airports.  He and his wife are expecting a baby soon so he is excited.  He said right now the plan is for him to come back to this ship in November so we will see him in February when we board Splendor in Buenos Aires.  He should be our suite steward then he said. 

                                                Saga got our bed ready for us to pack on.

                    Got our luggage out from under the bed and ready to start packing.

                                                            Very foggy this morning.

                                                             So, let the packing begin!

        Time out for lunch up in La Veranda.  I had 3 Chinese-style BBQ pork ribs (not so good), sweet & sour chicken (good), and fried rice.

        Finished packing by 1:30.  Checked-in online for our flight tomorrow and went down and printed our boarding passes.  Rebecca is watching her soaps from yesterday that are now streaming on Paramount Plus.  We both have our annual Medicare "Wellness" physicals on Monday so I did my online check-in for it.

        We started out with over $1200 in ship board credit to use.  This shows our balance now of $1.25.  We did a good job!!

        There is an early show with the comedic/magician, Levent, at 6pm in the theater.  Count us out!  Instead, we will head to the Meridian Lounge for our usual and "last" cocktail hour.  The reason for the early show is disembarking passengers are to have their luggage out in the hallway by 10pm.  The crew will then take it down to the cargo hold to be unloaded upon arrival early tomorrow morning.

        Tonight's "Last Supper" Compass Rose menu.  Looks like we will be having the golden-fried wiener schnitzel.  It is ALWAYS on the last night's menu.  

        Back to the suite after saying good bye to all our crewmember friends.  I hope Rebecca does not cough as much tonight so we can get some rest.

TOMORROW'S DISEMBARKATION

        So our plan is to set alarm for 6:30.  We will order room service breakfast for 8am delivery.  I told Destination Services that we were in no hurry to disembark as our flight is not until 1pm.  I have our Blacklane limo scheduled to pick us up at 9am.  The ship would like everyone to be off the ship by 9am so they can get the suites ready for the embarking passengers.  So we will be in the last group called to disembark at 8:45 or thereabouts.  Almost everyone now on board will be disembarking tomorrow.

        The Blacklane limo is one of our free benefits for being Diamond status (over 1000 nights on Regent).  So our ride from the dock to LGA airport is not costing us anything.  I have also booked Blacklane to meet us at baggage claim at DFW airport and take us home. This ride is NOT free, as costing me $155.  Our regular airport transportation driver is not available tomorrow.  He only charges $50. 

        Our American Airlines flight is scheduled to land DFW at 3:55pm.  So we are hoping to be back at The Tradition by around 5pm.  In time for dinner.

        There will be one more posting to this blog with tomorrow's trip home and a cruise summary.  That will probably not be posted until Saturday however.