Cruise-December 2017 Travel & and Day before cruise

This is a view of  our itinerary for the cruise

First off, we have to get to Fort Lauderdale where we will board our ship, the Zuiderdam.

We left XNA on time, no problem flight to Houston.  We got to the Bush Airport and rode the Sky Tram to our Terminal.  We found our gate and then had lunch Tangle-wood.  Our flight was supposed to leave 

at 6:34, but we had 2 gate changes and mechanical problems so had to switch planes.
We did not leave Houston until 8:30pm... Plus side, we had free tv which helped with the flight.
We finally got to Fort Lauderdale at 12:30am. We took a taxi to the hotel so almost 2:00 before getting to bed.  This was a long travel day!
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Lay-over Day

Then to top that off, someone had set the alarm to go off and it woke us 3 times before I could turn it off.
We woke to Rain but it soon cleared.

 These are views from our room.

 This was taken outside the hotel.

We had a good breakfast, rested a bit, took showers, then walked to a strip mall close by.

There was a grocery store here where we got some lunch at their deli.  We ate outside of the hotel soaking up the warm air.  

We spent a couple of hours sitting by the pool, it was warm with a nice breeze.

We later walked down the street to an Outback Steakhouse for dinner.

Back to room to get ready to embark on our cruise adventure.

Let the Adventure Begin!