Friday, March 20, 2009

Los Angeles (Long Beach)~3/19/09







Everyone must get off today!

We had a late breakfast, made a few phone calls looked out the windows at long lines waiting to get thru customs ~ shook our heads and and then headed back up to our cabin to pack.

At approximately 2pm Goose called last call and requested all passengers left on board to exit.

We got off and walked pretty much straight thru the customs building out the other side where people were sitting waiting for them to open the doors and let them back on board.

The complimentary red mini bus called the ‘Passport” was up & running and is w/c accessible with a great ramp.

They put Ruth on first & strapped her down & then let all others on board. The seats filled up and then everyone left over reached for the hand holds as we rolled towards Shoreline Village & The Convention Center where there were many shops like Wal-Mart & Borders.

We choose to stop at Shoreline Village.

It was mostly boats of all sizes docked with several little shops running along its dock.

We got many wonderful pictures, saw the sights & sat in the sun talking to fellow passengers from the ship.

Around 4pm we headed back to the mini “Passport” bus stop & = 7 buses past us by full to the brim with passengers heading back to Queen Mary stop & the Carnival Splendor before we found one that was empty.

Once we got off the mini bus at the Queen Mary it was a hop skip & a jump back on the ship. No Lines – Hurrah!

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