Disembarking the Voyager was very smooth, helped I'm sure by the fact that there are only 700 passengers. We had our last breakfast in the main dining room, and again, it was mostly empty. That amazed us since on Princess, the last morning is a zoo. And we could have even had room service breakfast if we wanted, another thing that is unheard of on Princess on the last morning. After breakfast, we waited a short time in the Horizon Lounge until our luggage tags were called and walked off easy breezy. We were quite surprised to see that ours was the only ship in port that morning. Last November there were 4 or 5 of the large ships and since they all dock in a row, the place was a madhouse. This time we found our bags easily, breezed through Customs, and called a Lyft which was there within 5 minutes. We had time at the airport to use our Priority Lounge pass, which at our terminal was actually a restaurant where we had a $29 spending allowance each. I took advantage to order a club sandwich to go for the plane ride.
I watched 2 movies on the plane (The Wife and A Star is Born). Again, glad I hadn't paid $9 to see either one. The final flight from Los Angeles to Redmond was fine except for pretty good turbulence leaving LA and a bit more on our way down to Redmond. It was snowing, of course, but the roads weren't too bad. And thanks to good friend Mike Golden who cleared our driveway a few days ago after the worst of the snow had stopped, our driveway was manageable. We were able to walk up it dragging our suitcases. Anna and Russ also came by and pulled some snow off the roof. The icicles are amazing, some reaching almost to the ground. The steps were ice rinks, but the new snow gave them a little traction so we got back in without problems. All was well with the house - no broken refrigerator, heat pump or water pipes.
All in all, another wonderful trip. We are looking forward to the 2020 World Cruise even more now that we have experienced Regent.
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