Catching up

We got up early and headed to breakfast.  We talked to the desk about late check out and then headed out.  We went down Waikiki and then headed to Hanauma Bay.  It was a beautiful morning and all of us were feeling great.  I think we have finally adjusted to the time and are feeling human again.  We drove through the star’s neighborhood on Diamond Head which was cool.  We followed the tour bus but we just didn’t know whose house we were viewing.  The drive to Hanauma Bay was beautiful and the view there was breathtaking!  We took tons of photos then decided we would head on to see the Pali Lookout which we missed the other day.  That also was an awesome view and as you said Dave, it was extremely windy.  We figured we had covered everything there was to see on O’ahu and went back to the hotel and checked out.  Debbie wanted to get some flowers for the cabin so we went to a couple shops trying to pick out something and just bought more lei’s.  We drove to the pier and dropped the luggage then went to Zippy’s for lunch.  I was trying to think of what you could compare Zippy’s to on the mainland but it escapes me.  The food was good.  We went back to the airport and dropped the car then got a taxi back to the port.  Our day went down hill at this point.  We went into the building and into the security checkpoint.  The lady asked me if I had a curling iron in my carry on and I said yes.  She said she had to take it.  Really?  When will I get it back?  At the end of the cruise I am told.  Really?  Now I am pissed and not happy as were the others who also had theirs confiscated as well as other belongings.   Now it was 5 by the time we got our cards and were headed to the ship to board.  Debbie is Elite with Celebrity and is to get priority boarding but there was none of that happening yesterday.  When we finally snaked through the line and boarded the ship we were told they were still sanitizing the cabins and they would not be ready until after 6.  We had a cocktail then took our hand luggage with us and went to the dining room since we have early seating.  Yesterday it was open seating.  Then they argued that I should leave my carry on bag at the entrance which I refused to do since it had both my money and my jewelry in it so they got over it and I took it with me.  During dinner they announced that we could go to the cabins so that was where we went.  The cabins had been stripped of everything so no info, no menu’s, no ice bucket, no glasses, nothing, zip.  We are also missing a piece of my luggage.  The cabin steward came and said that they weren’t allowed to start bringing the luggage on until they were finished the sanitizing and it did show up later.  Debbie also talked to the Guest Services Director who said it was the port that confiscated the curling irons and the port authority said it was the ship but regardless that we would get them back tomorrow.  We had a knock at the door and someone handed Debbie the curling iron before we went to sleep.  Debbie said “see I told you not to worry about it”..she truly is a full service travel agent.  The beds are disappointingly not comfortable and since we are concierge we are suppose to have a pillow menu…not!  Kay went looking for a cold diet Coke last night and had to go to 4 bars to find one.  Apparently they had not taken on food stores since Australia and were out of everything..  Really?  Today has not been hugely better.  We will be leaving the ship shortly for our Luau at Paradise Cove excursion and we sail at 11:59 tonight and not a minute later.  Tomorrow we are in Maui.  We have not had any luck trying to get internet today so it may be  tomorrow before I can post this.  Hopefully before our whale watching excursion tomorrow.  The crew said there are lots of whales when they were there 3 days ago.