After the bike ride the group decides to go to Seven Mile Beach instead of heading back to NCL Jewel. We get dropped off at Calico Jack’s. The Mahi Mahi sandwiches are great. After eating we stroll down the beach a bit and back.
Our bus driver promised to pick us up at 2:30 but never showed. Since we had to get back to the ship (last tender at 3:30), most people were getting a bit nervous. Miss the tender and getting home or to the next port is our responsibility.
Another bus comes along, but it is close to 3:00. Now this is becoming an adventure, as there are already three people on the bus and our group is 18. Someone negotiates a price and makes sure the driver knows where we are going. The first two passengers had a little ways to go so the driver continued in the same direction and dropped them off. The third passenger realized our plight and got off, so we would not go further out of our way.
Arriving where the tenders are, long lines stretch for a few hundred yards. With three cruise ships loading, it took more than an hour to get on the tender. Everyone was good natured about it.
Now here is the amazing part. People were still coming at 4:30. Remember the last tender was supposed to leave for the ship at 3:30. If the tenders had been on time, those people would have been left behind! Very lucky group of people.
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