Another Quantum of the Sea: Day 4, Home Sweet Home

It was the day of disembarkation. 

The last cruise, Auntie S and kids were scheduled to disembark at 7am while we were at 8am. This time, we were at 8am and 9am respectively. 

We were probably somewhere in Indonesia the day before and my mobile phone time was one hour behind. Taking the time difference into consideration, I set the alarm accordingly only for it to go off at 5am. Back to Singapore time lah. Duh! 

No more morning exercise and we got to sleep in a little more. Lil Shauna enthusiastically jumped out of the bed when reminded that we were back in Singapore and her phone had come alive. In minutes, she was in the balcony with her phone. The phone never left her hand ever since. 

We dated for a final bfast. Don't waste.

We had time and went back to the cabin for some rest before our turn for disembarkation. I did the final packing; the kids were just glued to their gadgets. Zzzzzz..

The sequence for disembarkation was according to the luggage tag number distributed. The numbers were clearly announced or updated on tv channel 23. Though scheduled at 9.15am, our number was called slightly before 9am. 

Hello Thursday.

Goodbye Cruise.

The entire disembarkation and immigration process was smooth and efficient. Before long, we were on the Gojek home. 

Home sweet home.

Did we enjoy the cruise more this time? There are some wins and some losses. The cruise felt a little more crowded this time and we couldn't make it to some of the intended activities bcos they were full by the time we turned up. It was upsetting to be able to book the bumper car only once bcos we were all looking forward to that. There was only one show that we caught but we thoroughly enjoyed that. We missed the iFly again.

On the good side, we are all cruise experts already. We snatched the earliest checkin time and got to do all the dance classes even though the kids were not keen to accompany us. The splitting ways method works great for all of us and we got to take part in some activities that we didn't the last time. The kids are very comfortable with a cruise holiday now and were able to stay alone in the cabin or participate in activities without us, leaving us more freedom to ourselves. The boys absolutely enjoyed the boogie boarding. Lil Shauna enjoyed the food and the table soccer. I enjoyed the break from life routine and to be able to spend time with my love ones. ❤️❤️❤️

Auntie T is heading for the same cruise in December. She had asked for tips on what activities to do etc. In my opinion, it doesn't matter what activities, just do whatever that Is enjoyable or looks like would be enjoyable. Don't stress too much and all will be good. 

Is that the December school holiday calling? Hoho.

Mummy Lim