Year 4, Day 339, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/04/2025. The Wellington – Day 3 of 11 day trip to the ABC Islands – Boarded Adventure of the Seas in Port Canaveral, Florida. We checked out of the Hilton Garden Inn in Lake Buena Vista. Then we headed to Port Canaveral terminal five. We were ready to board Adventure of the Seas.
This is an eight night Southern Caribbean cruise visiting the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao). Dropping off luggage, parking, and boarding was quick and easy. We were on board by 10:45 am.
Great time to do some videos. First one is the Casino on deck 4.
Here is another video of leaving the casino on deck 4. Then, walking up to the Promenade on deck 5 to have a cup of coffee.
We had lunch in the Windjammer. The hamburger was excellent.
There are two Disney Ships and the Amera docked next to us. Amera is an ocean going cruise ship built in 1988 and is waving the flag of Bahamas. This ship is small and accommodates 835 passengers and has a crew of 440 people. There are a total of 419 cabins. Amera is owned by Phoenix Reisen. Former names are Royal Viking Sun (Cunard), Seabourn Sun, MS Prinsendam (Holland America).
By 1:30pm we are in our room getting unpacked and settled.
Here are pictures of all the papers they left for us. Not so paper less.
We met up with some Texas friends at the Schooner Bar for some afternoon refreshments. So nice to catch up with Linda and Dan. Before departing the dock is fun to watch. It is amazing how much work goes into getting this ship turned around and back out to sea.
As the stock market closes at 4pm down down down our ship departs Port Canaveral. The last time we were on this ship was in December, 2023. Here is a link to information about Adventure if the Seas and our December, 2023 Eastern Caribbean cruise on her. https://deestimes.com/adventure-of-the-seas/ Next stop is Aruba.
As we pull out of port I can see a strange platform sitting in the water. It is a booster station for the $41 Million Federal Sand Bypass/Beach Renourishment Project. The Canaveral Port Authority partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Brevard County Natural Resources Management. Together they are working on a shoreline preservation project. This project represents a historic investment of $41 million. All of it is 100% federally funded. I found this post on The City of Cape Canaveral – Government’s facebook site dated 1/16/2025. “Beach renourishment-related operations have begun, both on land and in the water. This project will see 1.5 million cubic yards of beach-grade sand dredged from the shoreline of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) just north of Port Canaveral’s harbor entrance and moved southward onto the City’s beach. To help do this, engineers have installed what is called a booster station about 1,500 feet offshore the northern end of the City. This booster station (called Reggie (yes, that is its actual name)) will help “boost” (i.e., pump) dredged sand southward down the shoreline via a metal pipe and onto the beach to be spread out by work crews. Boaters, please be cautious of offshore construction activities. This booster station will remain in place throughout the duration of the project. A second booster station named Jack will be arriving later this month and will be placed south of the City offshore of Cocoa Beach to help push sand to the project’s “Segment 2” area between N. 2nd Street and Tables Beach.” Reading this post’s comments it seems as though people are not happy with this operation.
Dinner was excellent. The rolls were fresh soft and warm. The fish was fantastic also. This is the first cruise where at dinner we have a window table.
While we ate dinner we watched Julianna dance at her competition. It’s amazing that we can be in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico and we can watch a dance competition live from Lancaster, PA. I love technology. Wish I had this stuff when I was a teenager.
And at home the mice are having too much fun in our bar room.
Adventure of the Seas Day 1 Cruise Compass – Boarding Orlando, Florida.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
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