Steamed south all night to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Got a late start today but made it on deck in time to witness our arrival at Port Lauderdale. In the distance were the launch pads and
There followed a long pause while the crew wrestled with the
complexities of attaching the disembarkation gate, but eventually we walked off
into the cavernous arrival hall and through to the shuttle busses. A twenty minute ride brought us to the
Central Florida Everglades and a seedy-looking air-boat ride/restaurant.
These boats only need about three inches of water to
navigate since they are pushed by airplane propellers attached to a (loud)
350HP car engine. Soon enough, we roared
off to terrorize the local fauna, including herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills,
cranes and a 10-foot bull alligator who was entirely unintimidated.
Then it was back to the dock for a brief showing of wild
animals who had been unwisely chosen as pets by morons and eventually became
too large for them to keep. These
included monkeys, bobcats, boa constrictors etc., who were now too tame to be
released in the wilds.
Finally, it was back to the ship for a run at the Bionic Bar
where we learned alas, that they weren’t quite capable of mixing a Manhattan yet. Oh well.
Supper tonight at Chic, followed by the Moment Factory’s show in theatre
Two70.
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