Monday 20th Jan 2020
Port Canaveral is a cruise, cargo, and naval port in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world with 4.5 million cruise passengers passing through during 2016. Over 6,000,000 short tons of bulk cargo moves through each year.
Port Canaveral is your grand gateway to some fantastic Florida highlights, including the world-famous, and enormous, Kennedy Space Centre. NASA's primary launch centre of human spaceflight since 1968.
Clocks back one hour.
Engine trouble overnight slowed the ship, arrival now planned for one pm.
During the sail-in we were accompanied by flights of Pelicans, Ospreys and Vultures, almost the first and only birds seen so far all voyage, also our first Dolphins just off the port’s breakwater. Good views of the NASA site just north of the port, no rockets today, one going up just yesterday, nearly our first space launch.
Berthed about noon but no-one ashore till one. We left it a while but still took ages to get ashore and go through the US immigration process. (The US require everyone to clear immigration irrespective of whether going ashore or not, the last of the crew cleared at about a quarter past six!)
Nothing near the berth so took the shuttle bus to Cocoa Beach.
Took a stroll over to the beach for a walk on the sand and a paddle in the sea, lovely sunny day, sea a most pleasant temperature but the wind quite chilly, is this really Florida?
Popped into the 7eleven for supplies, then back to the shuttle for the return to the ship. Had to wait again as ship was still not cleared for boarding. Eventually back on board.
Buffet dinner followed by the 4D’s “party” performance in the Queen’s Room, then a geography trivia, lost on the tiebreak, close again. Then the second set of the 4D’s, a proper late night tonight for us.
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