Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Panama Canal Cruise March 26-April 10, 2012

The cruise of the Panama Canal was great. Wonderful weather, delicious food, fun activities, interesting shore excursions - and fantastic dinner companions! We had the best time!

After checking in at Hawthorn Suites in the afternoon of March 25, we left the car and took the red-eye to Fort Lauderdale, stopping to change planes in Houston. We weren't the only ones headed for the cruise.

Once in Fort Lauderdale it was a waiting game. The Coast Guard had to make an inspection of the ship before any of us could go aboard the Celebrity Infinity.

We first went to our room 8185 in the rear of the ship with a great view of where we'd been.
Then it was off to the buffet. We certainly know the drill by now. Interestingly, I think that was our only lunch at the buffet. And, we only had a few breakfasts there when we had shore excursions that left very early.

Dinner that night found us seated at a table for 6. Our dinner companions were Diana and Ron Bray from the St. Louis area and Graham and Chris Harper from Chester, England. Much more about them later. We all decided it was Fate that brought us together!


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