August 2, 2024
Will try # ?? truly be our sail date!?!
We have had so many roadblocks along the way to starting this adventure! So many companies have failed before us too! I have to applaud the diligence of our ownership team at Villa Vie Residences! Today, we finally got the news that we are welcome onboard the ODYSSEY this Saturday afternoon! Embarkation is officially starting! WOO HOO!! Yesterday we heard, Friday wasn't going to work, so I moved my flight back to Saturday Night. I am not moving it up to Friday, to join the masses. Sunday will be much calmer, and I want to see proof Saturday from the others before I board that Aer Lingus Flight!
STAY TUNED, WILL THAT BULLSEYE FINALLY READ "SHIP EMBARKATION 8/4/24 !"
We got news in the morning that the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum , their first female president who won with an 85% approval rating, was visiting ACALPULCO and that she was going to be in the Port and wanted to say Hi to us! The port agent originally thought it would be at 11 am, so we stuck around to see her. But when that time came and went, we decided to continue off the ship to the beach as the certainty was waning. She did show up closer to 12 and some fellow passengers caught her below in the van and on the bridge. The crowds yelled we love you and she yelled back I love you more! Acapulco needs the investment of cash and positive attention, the town has been beat up by hurricanes in 1997, 2003, 2004, 2023 and 2024 ( this one was very severe - it hit at night and didn't leave any glass window intake!). In addition the cartels presence until 2018 has also had its toll on the once grand city. Claudia also went by new Hospital and Health care center that is about to open very shortly.
HUATULCO, MEXICO
PUERTO CHIAPAS, MEXICO