Back on dry land once again... after a week onboard Grandeur of the Seas.  Yes, the very same ship we were on in May, the one that caught fire.  She is beautiful once again and treated us very well, minus a water main break that had us without water in the wee hours on one night (I wouldn't have noticed if they hadn't sent letters to each room about it).  This time we went the inexpensive route and did an interior guarantee, so we ended up down on the second floor, but very near the larger bank of elevators (perfect).  We booked this sailing after learning a couple we were adopted by last fall prompted us to.  Then we started gathering those that would join along and ended up filling a table of 8 total.

It was interesting to see some new things happening like the use of the seapass for all of the C&A coupons, a daily half off happy hour special on drinks, and the automatic charging of gratuities (instead of listening to the schpeal about putting them on your card all week).  We kept busy going to karaoke, trivia, shows, and the Halloween activities!  Yes, they decorated - some - and added a special party with a costume parade and candy and did a group Thriller dance.

We arrived mid-afternoon one day, so we stuck close to the port heading along the South shore to Horseshoe Bay, where we had some fun in the water and walked along the beach a bit.  The full day we headed to St George's via a ferry to Hamilton and a bus up to BAMZ, which was nicer and more enjoyable than I expected, and had a nice lunch at the Tavern by the Sea (which was fantastic) before taking a walk to the Unfinished Church.  For our last partial day we headed to Hamilton for a little bit of shopping.

The weather in Bermuda was incredible.  They were calling for rain all three days we were to be there, but only saw showers on the last partial day.  The first full day and part of the last sea day after departing Bermuda were also unseasonably pleasant.  But the biggest shocker was coming in to a little rain that had passed and a gorgeous sunny ride home, even into PA.