On the last night of the cruise the room steward always leave your disembarking information on your bed along your zone number. We had number 17. You are scheduled to leave anytime between 8am to 11am the next morning depending on when you zone is called.
I had placed a room service sheet our door the evening before to be delivered Saturday morning. I hate to stand in line at the breakfast buffet with 1,000 other people on the last day. I ordered a mix of cereal, bagels, fruit plates, muffins, and juices for us and the kids. We woke up and one by one took showers and laid back down in bed. I kept the door cracked and waited for our zone to be called. Typically people move to the upstairs common areas and wait for their numbers. The cleaning staff likes to get into the rooms as quickly as possible to prepare for the next cruisers. We were able to get an extra hour or so of sleep and relaxing by hiding in our room. At 10am Josie asked us to leave the rooms and at 10:10 our zone number was called.
You leave the ship by scanning your S&S card one final time and then head to the luggage zone. It is so organized we found our luggage right away and proceeded to the customs line. We were out in the shuttle area pretty quickly. This is where we waited. It took about 45 minutes for our turn on the shuttle. Again it was very organized but not enough shuttles for the amount of passengers for this particular park and go.
We loaded into the car and began our journey home. The kids slept on and off. My husband tried to sleep on and off but he was driving. At the half way point we stopped at 7-11 for 5 taquitos, hotdog, 2 bags of chips, honey bun, monsters, Gatorade, and mountain dew. $20 of random food because we were all tired of eating fancy food.
We arrived home pretty quickly. No traffic. No extra stops. It was Easter morning and Lorelei was excited to see what the Easter bunny would leave us. Yes, the Easter bunny magically came to our house while we were away. Or a prepared Momma shopped for the baskets, separated each basket per person and bagged them up. Hid them in the house sitter's closets and instructed her to hide them Sunday morning before she left for the day.
Easter Dinner: We had originally planned to have dinner at a friends house but the week before our departure the idea of coming home, getting dressed, and socializing after a long week and trip home sound exhausting. I went ahead and purchased some nice NY strips steaks for us for dinner prior to leaving and asked Lauren to put them in the fridge prior to her leaving. We had perogies and I made a quick green bean casserole with deviled eggs. It was quick. It was simple. It was our Easter dinner.
The kids unpacked the bags for me while I sat on the couch and watched every missed Bravo series. Thank you loves! They also wrote a list of all the items they loved and were thankful for during the cruise. We sat down at dinner and discussed our list and trip with a final rewind.
The kids had one more day of vacation the next day but I still sent them to bed at 8pm. My kids needed sleep and so did we!
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