the cruise

the cruise
It's 2018 - I'm 14 - and we're going on summer vacation. We're going to go on a cruise ship!
I'd never been on a cruise ship - I was excited - this one was called the "Scenic Eclipse" and it looked space age. We'll be on it for a 9 day cruise from Boston to Nassau.

We come aboard and as they take our luggage to the penthouse suite (that sounded vaguely naughty) we got a tour - and THIS was a nice boat. They even have a submarine you can watch whales in!

We get to our suite, I find the best place on the couch and pull out my iPad - a steward is there and I ask him "What's the Wi-Fi password?".
Steward: "Jeune femme", he says, and stops... (that was a condescending "Young lady", in snooty French)
He restarts in snooty English: "The ship doesn't have Wi-Fi, Young miss"
You could have just hit me with a hammer... my mouth dropped open..
"Abandon ship?" I said with sudden understanding.

I went running through the suite yelling, "Abandon ship!!" "Abandon ship!!" I found my older sister - "Abandon ship!! there's no Wi-Fi!!" The true horror was in me full now.
She looked at me, still unpacking, like I was being annoying. "Duh, We're on a cruise ship silly!" (as if THAT that explained something.)

I turned and ran looking for my brother "Abandon ship!!" "no Wi-fi" "Abandon ship!!" I finally ran into my mom's room...
*out of breath* "no Wi-fi" "Abandon ship", I gasped.
Mom: "We aren't going to abandon ship", she said as she hung up a dress.
"you can live without Wi-fi for 10 days"
Me: "Can we get our money back?" I plead...
Mom: "Suck it up buttercup." (that's a final forgetaboutit)
*I groan and sag dejectedly*
But we DID end up having a good time, I took the submarine ride 3 times and my cellular i-things ground out SOME connectivity.

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