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Heading Home - Booooooooo 🙁 Kara: I was NOT looking forward to today at all. Our trip home from Orlando in October about did me in. There was nothing specifically bad about it - it’s just a really LONG day in a mask moving around all those people. I used to enjoy air travel a LOT. I find it abysmal now. That said, all in all, it was a simple and easy travel day. We had good flights. I did have trouble with my headphones so wasn’t able to watch a movie but I read and played Sudoku on the way…

(I chose this photo because it’s from Monte Carlo, where we got to tour the Grand Prix track from Iron Man 2!) We are both Platinum Castaway Club, reside in Indiana (USA), and each work in the higher education field, although Kara has recently branched out on her own and launched her own consulting company. Our Disney Cruise Line experiences include the Bahamas, Caribbean (Western & Eastern), California Coast, Mexico, West Coast Repo, Alaska (only Kara), and Mediterranean. Our favorite…

What a saga this one has been! And keep in mind this ISN’T our first COVID/Return to Cruising sailing. So join me in a Marvel-style time jump! June 5, 2019 - No kidding. This was a Placeholder from our Med cruise. March 19, 2021 - Very soon before my birthday, I suggested applying the Placeholder to this cruise, as my desire to experience a Marvel Day at Sea had steadily grown. (Yes, I’m a notable member of a strong Marvel fan podcast - to the point they gave me a nickname! Shout-out to the…

Who’s Landon, you ask? That would be Winter Storm Landon. Over the weekend of January 29 & 30, I started focusing more on the weather at our destinations, as I was packing. However, the weather at home in Indiana grabbed my attention. A winter weather event was approaching and it seemed to be… significant. By Sunday night things seemed pretty consistent, even if the models and forecasters lacked confidence in the precise timing and amounts. In short, this storm was supposed to encompass…

Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 Suddenly Travel Day was now 48hrs earlier than originally planned. A turn of fate had me waking up to my COVID test result (finally) from Friday: Negative! Phew! However, Kara didn’t have time or access to get one closer to our travel, so we’ll see how that goes?! We left Kara’s around 8:30am to go to the Panera closest to the airport. We got a full lunch meal to immediately eat in the car since we would be masked for COVID precautions non-stop until we arrived at the…

5am. We woke up (involuntarily) at 5am. UGH. We slowly got up, went downstairs to get some breakfast, watched Olympic ski jump, and got ready. Since it was a 30+ minute ride to the Port (Terminal C), I elected to call a Lyft Lux. The Lexus ride was quite comfortable- except the driver who obviously had an affinity for techno music. Ugh. Kara: FUN FACT: Gayle and I have arrived at the terminal by car on four occasions now - once at Port Canaveral when my Aunt and Uncle dropped us off, once in…

From lack of sleep/exhaustion and ⅓ of a Dramamine, other than one time of surprisingly being too cold, I blissfully slept 11pm to roughly 7am. Wonderful. Except I still didn’t feel fully rested. After a quick shower, it was up to Cabanas for a quick breakfast. After feeling miserable (over-stuffed) last night, today I tried to commit to only eating when I was hungry. I’d heard on a different podcast the Magic now offered Churro Mickey Waffles . I initially wondered if this was a…