Woke up at 6AM to looking out the window as we passed under the Lions Gate Bridge heading into port. What a sad sight to see, coming home. Haley cried saying she didn’t want to get off the ship. We had a good breakfast in the buffet area and prepared to get off the ship at 8:30AM. We didn’t actually get off until about 8:50AM and then waited about 8 minutes for customs and were free to go. Our bags were all there waiting. Way easier than I expected. We took the Seabus and bus back to my parents place. It was all easy but next time I’ll take the $20 taxi ride. It just seemed like a fun thing to do, take the seabus with the kids.

For dinner we had Campbells Chunky Soup – eats like a meal though. Sigh, we sure were spoiled and it’s sad to be home. We have 2000 pictures and 90 minutes of video though to go through now. The memories will last a lifetime.

Cruise Notes
Celebrity Cruise Lines are awesome.
Bring walkie talkies to communicate with others so you don’t walk around for hours looking for people
Bring your own booze on, 6 packs and small bottles of booze will save you money
Take advantage of the kids factory
Bring lots of money - some excursions can be very expensive - we didn't do those ones
Use the dining room often
Eat as much as you can and enjoy it
You can never take too many pictures – bring lots of memory cards – back them up if you can using a laptop
Bring really good binoculars
Get a room with a window
We didn’t care that our room was down below
Go to the midnight buffet
Get to the departure port to board early to board early
Get back on the boat last – enjoy the port
Get the professional pictures taken – even if you don’t buy them
Spend time outside watching for wildlife – we saw grey whales, orcas and lots of dolphins
Try do your tour planning from shore – haggle for a better price
Sleep when you get home