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Celebrity tender returning to ship with coast guard escort. Hope there is a good result for crew member.. 

Tender from Celebrity now arriving at PE ? med evac. Ship stayed offshore was was met by fireboat 6

Looks like Celebrity Silhouette may be coming in to PE, travelling at 20 knots with PEV as destination.

Passengers boarding now. 

Good luck to everyone.

Local news here in FLL is now showing passengers leaving the ships, going on buses and arriving at the airport for their charter flight to Toronto. Looks like they are going to be checking everyone before boarding. Multiple people wearing PPE at the base of steps to the plane. Flight is scheduled to leave at 10.30am.

Crew members from Oasis of the Seas were brought into Port Everglades by lifeboat. ? will be medevaced may have  Covid 19.Oasis was not allowed to enter port. Similar procedure to crew evacs from 2 Costa ships to Miami last week.

Glad you are safely home. Staying tuned for the next report when you have had time to to relax and get on California time.

Mary

Hi Roy,

So glad that you made it back to Dallas. Almost home and time to take a deep breath and relax. Will be interested to read your blogs of your travel from Sydney in the next few days.

Mary 

Looking forward  to  following  you  on  the  reminder  of your world voyage  

. Hopefully  there will  not be too many  deviations  from the planned  itinerary in upcoming  days.

Mary  

I am really  enjoying  your trip reports. Like you I  often  end up in a pub in ports for lunch. Guinness  can be found everywhere and I always try  to  experience  local foods. NZ green lipped  mussels  are the best. 

Looking  forward  to following  the remainder  of  your  cruise hopefully  not too many  more port changes.

Mary  

Hi, was on a 4 day on Divina in December  and there was a Queen  show called the show must  go on. I really  enjoyed  it, but then I'm  a long time  Queen  fan. The lead singer had Freddie  Mercury's mannerisms  exactly  right.

Bon voyage. I'll  be following  

Mary  

Looking  forward  to  following  you  on  the world  cruise. I enjoy  your perspective of the places  you visit , will be watching  tour sail away  tomorrow  from my balcony . Hopefully  next year  I'll  be watching  my balcony  from the ship.

Mary  

Looking  forward  to  sharing  all your adventures  on this world  cruise . It will be great  to follow  some many different  cruisers answer compare  their experiences . Looking  forward  to  jazz hand  photos. Will watch your sail away  and wish I was there. Hopefully  next  year

Mary  

I feel for you, try to seek out out of the way spaces.

In Nassau today, raining at the moment as a cold front is moving through

 People leaving the ships wearing rain ponchos, still carrying beach towels. For me a ship day but I've been to Nassau countless times.

I agree that Bar Harbor/ Acadia Park was perfect today but very busy. In addition to CBP mix up our tour also experienced some miscommunication but we ended up having a great day and I managed to get a lobster roll before returning to the ship. We got the tender at 4:30pm and walked right on. 

The good news is that the drink card is available for 70$ today. 🥂It seems that activity team were somewhat prepared as lots of trivia etc were quickly added.

I've been waiting for this! Always enjoy your reviews. Tropics look good so far for next week. Its been 27 years since hurricane Andrew here in So Flo. looking forward to a mellower Andrew visit next week.

Mary

I've sailed the Empress in the distant past and recently on two cruises. One was to Cuba. As a large ship cruiser I enjoyed the Empress very much and have another cruise booked on her. The staff were amazing and brought me back to my early cruising days. Enjoy your cruise,  I'll be checking your blog as always. 

Just want to  say  thanks  for  the  review . I've  been  following  your  amazing  trip . Hopefully  will  be able  to  this  itinerary  when  I  retire. 

Mary  

Amazing time lapse video, Thanks!

Great  pictures  from San  Juan  sail away . It never  get old for me. Love  to just  wander around  and the forts are always  great  to  visit .

The CLR  picture always  brings tears to my eyes.  Truly  a picture  that even  a thousand  words  cannot  explain  more.

Enjoy  Labadee  tomorrow .

Mary 

Photo  at the end of  April on walking trail off Icefields Parkway Canadian Rockies. Loved the snow but not a good idea to go off trail!! Travel is about new experiences, I love to visit Canada, but not sure I could  endure the months of winter snow.

FYI, tomorrow is the Miami marathon so there may be congestion in downtown Miami.

looking forward to virtually travelling with you.

Looking forward to tour review as always. Weather is not good in South Florida this weekend. Hopefully you can sail away from bad weather into good times!