This was the “say goodbye to new friends” day. On these long trips it is inevitable that we make new friends. Regina, DeDe and Kim to name a few. And a few crew members too.
We started with brunch – our only breakfast in the dining room in the 2 weeks. The “skillet cake” had been highly recommended by one of our dinner companions so we both ordered it. I expected something different than pancakes but what we got was a stack of not-very-tasty pancakes. And some of the ship’s molasses-flavored syrup. Awful. Terrible. Disgusting. We went straight from brunch to the buffet to get some decent food for lunch.
We visited the casino one last time and I lost for one last time – down $420 for the cruise. Marlene also ended down, thanks to some big losses in her all-nighter.
We had dinner in the buffet and played some cards (I lost, 3 games to 1). Then we packed as we decided to have the bags taken down to the terminal by the crew (we had been informed that the elevators in the Tampa terminal were not working).