Honeymoon - Day 4

The alarm on my phone seemed to go off way too early at 8:30am. We got up and I finished packing while Melissa and her onboard little one grabbed a quick bite to eat. 10am rolled around and we were off to Miami! The first part of the drive through the keys was smoother and seemingly faster than the first. Traffic was lighter and the speeds for the most part were slightly over the posted. We caught an early lunch at the McDonalds drive through and continued our trek. We hit mainland right on time and were 20 miles from Miami when the sky turned black. Traffic slowed to under 15mph at stretches as the rain let loose. The roads also seemed to not be able to dissipate the rain as it pooled up which made me wonder if they even had storm sewers. We got to Enterprise rental and unloaded our stuff onto the shuttle, which got us a cab at the airport. $24 got us both to the Miami seaport to check in. Our ship, Voyager of the Seas, at first gaze is an amazing engineering marvel. 15 stories tall and accommodations for 2500 guests. We got onboard and went straight to our room, 7320, a room with our own private balcony. When we opened the door Melissa was surprised as I purchased some “congratulations” and “honeymoon” decorations. It was a perfect site to see! :)We decided fist to check out the ship. We walked most of the decks and got back to our room in time for the lovely muster drill. Once we finished mustering we got ready for our first dinner in the main dining hall. Our table was on the middle floor, table #449. We got seated with 3 other couples, one from Finland (late 30’s), one from Ohio (60’s), and one from New Hampshire (50’s). It was a little awkward being the youngest by almost half at the table but the conversations was pleasant. After dinner we shot over to the main theater to get “the welcome” and listen to a not so funny comedian. His shtick was a cheap Jon Lovitz style blended with plagiarized material. He was a classic bomb and the worst cruise act I’ve seen. His act finally ended and we headed back to the room for an early night since we had an early morning in Nassau. Mel – “Today was the first full day that the baby moved all day and night. Very active!”