Another Ends, A Third One Begins

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This is our final segment and hopefully by next week this time, we'll have landed in countries 99 and 100. We arrived later than expected and docked at Terminal F this time. Last 2 times here in Port of Miami we've been docked at Terminal E. We didn't get the email notice of the change from J as the previous 2 times and no mention was made onboard that we'd return to a different terminal than we left. I guess as it was right next door they thought it wasn't necessary. It was a completely different terminal though. We had a lot longer wait and trouble getting back aboard amidst embarkation day than we had at terminal E on 2/4. No idea what was up with that but it appeared to be a staffing issue.

We lined up in about a half-ship long line with those self-carrying their luggage before the color-coded tags would be called. We were in line from about 8:15 to 8:45 am. As we took an Uber to our morning tour at South Beach, we noticed something new since 2/4. It looks like they are constructing an Eye (ferris wheel) by Hard Rock Cafe at Bayside Marketplace. We didn't notice that when we were here before.

We really enjoyed our tour of Art Deco today. We learned a lot and saw a lot of buildings' insides which was a bonus. I'd recommend it for a morning well spent and a good value. They only take small groups but today it was just us, the guide and a British guy. After the tour, we had a good lunch at 11th Street Diner. Then we went on a mission for a Valentine for our cabin attendant, Melissa.

For dinner tonight, we have reservations at Jacques French restaurant. It wasn't very busy in there. It wasn't too crowded at the mandatory boat drill at 5:15 pm either. Maybe a smaller load this cruise?

Valentine's Day went unmarked aboard Riviera.

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