11/14/25-11/24/25 ABC Cruise from Ft Lauderdale

Shelly retired 10/31 (Andy was supposed to but ended up not retiring until December 5). -- So we planned a retirement cruise. Cathy and Roger Hill joined us at the cruise.

We flew to Ft Lauderdale. We rented a car for one day and drove all over Ft. Lauderdale. We really enjoyed the Jungle Queen boat -- it was before the cruise. We took a boat out to a little island. The ride to the island was about 1 hour through the port where all the super yachts are along with all the fancy houses. They told us all kinds of interesting information about the houses and the yachts. They served all you can eat BBQ and had a luau afterward. It was super fun and cool.

(One story I remember from the tour -- one of the couples had been married a really long time. They asked the wife the secret to a long marriage. Her answer, lots of space. They had a 36,000 sq ft home.)

We went to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao -- the ABC islands. On each island we enjoyed an excursion. One took us to a glass bottom boat, another was a tour around the island seeing ancient ruins and the third toured the island seeing flamingos and ending at a private beach.

We enjoyed delicious meals in the fancy dining room most nights.

We were on Celebrity Cruise line - they have an agreement to carry sports. We were able to get pizza and ice cream and watch the BYU game in our room one night.

We had a balcony room that was very nice and comfortable. They did turn down service twice daily.

At the conclusion of the cruise we stayed overnight at the Hampton Inn in Ft Lauderdale. It had a water taxi stop right outside the hotel. We were able to catch the water taxi and spent a day traveling up and down the coast. We were able to stop and get off and visit several places. It was so fun and cool.

The weather was perfect the whole trip. There was one day that rained just a little - so little that we were told about it and didn't actually experience it!

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