By the time you read this, RQS and I will have returned from our most recent Bermuda cruise on the MSC Meraviglia. We have been haunted by a curse on most of our Bermuda cruises so far. On our first cruise, someone fell into RQS's leg, and she was crippled for several weeks. Our next cruise had its scheduled Bermuda port time shortened by 2 days, leaving us with a single port day on a 7-day cruise. Finally, on our 3rd cruise, we had 3 port days in Bermuda - and in all of them we had good weather. This time, the ship has propulsion issues which is forcing us to arrive earlier at the pier - who knows whether our time in Bermuda will be shortened or not. I don't.
This time, I am much more ambivalent about cruising than usual, given political events in this country. Hopefully, nothing unexpected will happen. But if it does, I will report it here if possible. I figure that this trip will be a form of current litmus trip on how Customs and Border control will treat an American who despises the snowflake. I expect things may get worse over time, as we move towards being an autocracy. As long as I am able to transit out of and in to this country without hassle, I will remain here. But if things change, I will use my Letter of Transit to leave for Lisbon as soon as practical and make a new life somewhere else if needed.
But back to Bermuda....
Even when the weather is bad there, I always felt good about being in Bermuda. The place is clean and safe, and well worth visiting at least once. Given that I will have no video access to left or right leaning American video media, I will be able to disconnect for a while. This will be a blessing for me. I'll be sure to relax, and I'll be sure to unwind.
I wonder what it will be like when we take our New England / Canada cruise?
PS: I will post daily entries from our 6-day cruise when I get back home.
2 comments:
Good luck - isn't that the ship that missed port times in Florida 4 or 5 trips in a row? though it might be another reason - one Youtuber had them GPS-ed in the vicinity hours before scheduled docking, and sitting there
Yup! This ship is cursed when it comes to schedules. On my first cruise on the ship, it never made it to the private island. Instead, they decided to make port in Miami on a rainy day, creating a miserable situation for all on the ship due to US Customs regulations.
The first time I cruised with RQS to Bermuda, they blamed rough weather for us having only a single day in Bermuda (when we should have been there for 3), while another large ship came into port and occupied the space we would have had.
I don't mind cruising on some ships, but MSC is a very hit-or-miss kind of line.
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