For our honeymoon we were fortunate enough to be able to go on a seven day cruise! We weren't too fond of the idea at first, but then a few close friends really sold us on the idea. Our cruise took us to Montego Jamaica, The Grand Cayman Islands, and Cozumel Mexico.
That Getaway:
Our getaway wasn't really a true getaway. After leaving the reception we drove the three minutes to our apartment, and realized that I didn't have my purse. So my mother and sister drove our to drop it off...thanks mom... THEN we found that we didn't have our marriage lisence for the cruise. See, since I'm only 20 and Nic was only 24, legally we couldn't be in the same room, unless we had our marriage lisence. Great.... Anyhow, after a few phone calls and huffing and puffing we were able to secure the marriage lisence. Phew...
Boarding:
The next morning we found ourselves in Galveston, Texas staring at the huge carnival ship debating whether it was as big as it was on T.V. (It was) The weather was pretty dreary dreary, but nothing could bring us down. We arrived a little early so we were able to go through all of the check points fairly fast, and guess what We didn't even need the darn marriage lisence. Oh well. So after getting our picture taken we started the long climb to board the enormous ship, and soon found ourselves three stories high in a glass ramp connecting us to the boat. When we were within five feet of the boat, one of the workers asked the elderly lady to back off of the bridge, first calm, then a little panicky. Then we heard snapping sounds. The worker then started yelling "Everyone get back!....Ladies and Gentlemen you have to get off the ramp now!"
The boat had started to move forward and was dragging the boarding ramp with it! People started screaming and were pushing to get back to the building. Nic and I were towards the front of the line, which meant that we were in the back to get back to safety. The floor literally started seperating and we could see the wet concrete three stories below us. When we finally made it back to the building all the older people were panting and the younger crowd was crying. Nic was one of the last ones to get off, either I just left him or he was trying to be heroic.
Anyhow, about thirty minutes later they let people start boarding again, but only ten at a time now. We made it safely on, and were lucky enough to enjoy the rest of our honeymoon : )
