Hi all!
I'll be doing this in a few posts since we have a ton of pictures!
We didn't waste any time booking our "free" cruise that Foxwoods was kind enough to offer us a couple months ago. We booked the Jan 2nd sailing of the Celebrity Equinox sailing out of Fort Lauderdale! We flew into Florida very early on the 1st and decided to rent a car for the day and explore. We booked the flight using Southwest points and the direct flight was an 8 AM, yikes!
All the hotels around the port area the night of the first were crazy expensive and since this trip wasn't costing us anything yet, we booked the Marriott in Boca Raton for under $100. It's only a half hour drive and we enjoyed checking out A1A (beachfront avenue!).
We went to awesome dinner at Lemongrass Hot Pot. (pics to come later). You order a broth and cook the food yourself with the proteins you collect from the station while veggies, dumplings and noodles in bowls to grab go by on a conveyor belt. So fun! And so tasty!
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The next morning we dropped off our car and took Uber to the cruise port. It was a hot humid day and we loved it! We were on the ship and enjoying lunch by 12:30pm and in our room shortly thereafter. Our offer was for an oceanview room but the upgrade to a balcony was minimal. We loved our room and spent a ton of time on our balcony enjoying the sun and views!
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Day one we set sail from Ft. Lauderdale. We are trying to drink less alcohol in the new year so we did not opt for the unlimited drink package, but did take a cue from @Georgiagambler and invest in some Rum Runner flasks to enjoy some cocktails on our balcony! Thanks GG for the recommendation and @Laurie and @foamy for the Yeti cups that kept our drinks cold (those have gotten tons of use, now in multiple states and countries, HHH!!!)
More to come...
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