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[odie1024]

Safe travels home and look forward to how your week was.

[pretty princess]

Safe travels!

[rwest898]

Welcome back Sid!!

[jimbri]

Welcome back, Sid!

[SenatorsFan]

I hope you had a nice relaxing cruise Sid.

[#55worktoplay]

Welcome back Sid. You were definitely missed. Hope you had a great “vacation”. 

[markmbsc]

Welcome back,Sid!!!!

[VictorWI]

Welcome back, hope you had a fantastic cruise and safe travels today!

[sid_9169]

It's safe to say that it's been a crazy crazy morning already. That "digital debarkation" turned out to be a cluster "you know what" as I assume that 90% of the passengers ignored it and just went down to deck 3 whenever they felt like it. It took me an hour and a half just to get from the elevator lobby on deck 5 down two flights of stairs to deck 3... I was "supposed" to be off board at 9:15, but it ended up being more like 10:00, as I just stood there in a crowd trying to get to the stairs.

 

To make matters EVEN WORSE, people using the elevator to get to deck 3 ended up jumping in front of thousands of people standing there waiting. It's safe to say that this was the worst debarkation for me in almost 30 cruises...

 

I had been trying to coordinate with "C", as she planned on coming over to pick me up at 9:15, but I told her don't even come across the bridge to the port until I was all the way outside and called her. Fortunately, she didn't have any trouble finding me, as I gave her specific instructions on exactly where I'd be standing. I actually walked to the left, all the way away from where the other people were waiting for transportation, and just stood alone on the side of the road. 

 

We made it up to FLL in wayyy plenty time for my flight, and with TSA pre check, I was through security in ten minutes. Now it's still more than two hours till my flight, and there's basically nothing to do in this tiny airport. I'm probably going to break my cardinal rule of not eating at the airport, as all I've had all day is three fried eggs, three strips of bacon, and two large black Americano coffees... 

 

With a bit of luck I'll be home in the late afternoon, and start getting ready for another long week over at the 'ol salt mine... 

[wrcjr98]

Woo Hoo!  Sid's back!  This was the longest week ever for all of your fans!!

Safe travels home to the ATL!!  Can't wait for you to tell us all about your trip!!

[blarko]

10 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

and there's basically nothing to do in this tiny airport

You can catch up reading your own review 😀

[sid_9169]

Before I begin posting from where we left off at Alchemy Bar last Saturday afternoon, I'll just let y'all know that I did indeed go completely "off the grid" since that exact moment. I haven't even began to sift through the over 1,000 emails on three different accounts. 

 

One thing I will tell you about the first night and directly after, was that there was NO TEQUILA WHATSOEVER at the Alchemy Bar on the first night. NONE, only one lonely bottle of mezcal, so that's what I had begrudgingly. On the second night, there was STILL no tequila, and I ended up walking back and forth to Pig and Anchor Bar to retrieve it, whilst also trying to have the bartenders or other passengers to save my seat. This almost resulted in a scuffle on more than one occasion, and eventually I just gave up and started drinking the Patron Silver they eventually found... 

 

All together, it was one of my stranger experiences at Alchemy as the week went on... Finally, I got sick of the Patron Silver and just started drinking "filthy dirty martinis" channeling Saint Greg...

 

***Just my Yahoo email account alone this morning...

 

 

[luvcruzing]

I don’t know if you’ve heard, Sid, but there are water outages in Atlanta, and people who do have water are being asked to boil it first.

[sid_9169]

I've got pages and pages and pages of notes, but just for a teaser I'll go back to the very first pictures from the point where we left off on last Saturday afternoon at the Alchemy Bar... All mezcal, which is not really my favorite, but I was trying to build a rapport with "new to me" Alchemy bartenders... We'll just say that it was mostly a success, and I became pretty close with Diana, Sara, Karen, and Ivana...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sid_9169]

7 minutes ago, luvcruzing said:

I don’t know if you’ve heard, Sid, but there are water outages in Atlanta, and people who do have water are being asked to boil it first.

Hitting the "oh crap" button... I didn't know that...

[TN Roz]

Welcome back! Safe travels home and can't wait to hear all about your week!

[sid_9169]

I just looked at the water outage map, and fortunately it looks like I'm outside the affected zone. I put a little red square right about where I live, which is just North of the outage zone... I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't take another shower after what's going to be a long day...

 

 

[Saint Greg]

5 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't take another shower after what's going to be a long day...

You’d have to get some public restroom bathing tips from @Roscoe13

 

[sid_9169]

So, this is what it's come to... Airport Buffalo Chicken pizza. About the size of a Carnival pizza, but cost $17 with a small bottle of water. Being back to reality sucks...

 

 

 

[30palms]

Welcome back Sid.  Safe travels to Atlanta.  

[Roscoe13]

25 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

You’d have to get some public restroom bathing tips from @Roscoe13

 

I've done the triple S in just about every truck stop and rest area on the west coast...

[princess76021]

40 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

Hitting the "oh crap" button... I didn't know that...

glad i left it around in case you needed it!!

hugs from texas!!!

[Saint Greg]

3 minutes ago, Roscoe13 said:

I've done the triple S in just about every truck stop and rest area on the west coast...

[sid_9169]

All in all not the worst pizza I've ever had in my life... It'll hold me off till I get back home later. Probably going to be an early night for me tonight, as I didn't sleep well at all last night... I've been awake since probably around 4:30, but laid there trying to get back to sleep until I just gave up and got out of bed at 5:50... 

[sid_9169]

On 5/28/2024 at 7:40 PM, AKR2011 said:

Oh, he will read it all. Guaranteed. We will all get reactions from him next week. One thing about Sid, he's incredibly appreciative of his fans ❤️

 

On 5/28/2024 at 6:53 PM, MeganGC1983 said:

There’s no way he reads this lol

I'm reading every bit of it while sitting here at the airport waiting for my flight... I absolutely love my readers / Tribe...