Day of Delirium #98 - Spending the day with TrueBldTwilight

"We forgot a bag!"

I could not understand what my Mom was talking about. We had our two carry-ons and our two suitcases were under the bus in storage. What bag?

It took about 10 minutes of arguing when she finally says, "The bag with the winter items and all your souvenirs!" Light bulb goes on and I panic. We NEVER take an extra bag and when we had to pick things up at the pier they don't keep all your luggage together so we just forgot the extra small bag we had. I was horrified. As soon as we arrived at the airport, we told Ur of our issue and he said he could call and see what he could find out and call us back. That was all we could at that moment.

We walked into the airport and we decided to call Norwegian Cruise Lines and here was our first run into an issue with them. It was Saturday and their customer service group is not open on the weekend! If you call the boat, you no longer exist because it was check out day on the boat and the Emergency line doesn't work any more. If you call reservations, they tell you to call customer service! They were shocked when I told them they were closed. What do we do?

Well, you cheer because you have great friends like TrueBloodTwilight/Suzie and her husband who offered to take us back to the pier to find our lost bag. I could have cried, they were so wonderful and that is exactly what we did. As I walked through the pier,  I had to cross through the line of people waiting to board and I just kept telling them they were going to love the trip.

I arrived at someone who could help me and these amazing people spent 30 minutes chasing down our bag - the ONLY bag that was forgotten out of the 100's of bags that were from our ship. They finally found it and the bus company had it at their office (Ur also called during this time and regretfully told me he could not find the bag - we were lucky that the pier people could help). All we had to do was call the bus company when we were back at the airport and they would drive it over to us. I was so relieved and so happy.

Then it was off to the car with the good news and to start our day with Suzie and her husband. First thing was to go and eat lunch. We chose the mall and a Red Robin type place that had lots of food I could eat. It was very good and it was nice to get to know Suzie and her husband while we ate.

 
Then we tried to find Hawaiian themed socks at Macy's for my best friend and you know what? Hawaiians don't wear socks, so they don't exist! LOL

We spent the day literally driving around Oahu. We learned all about the island from the local's point of view through Suzie and her husband and it was wonderful. I do love that you can drive all the way around the island in a day and see soooo many different things. We saw gorgeous beaches, we saw greenery that reminded me of Pennsylvania, we saw poor parts, we saw rich parts, we saw it all and I loved it.

We even got to see a turtle on the beach! I was in awe as I have never seen anything like it.

We stopped at the Dole Plantation

but only had 15 minutes as they were closing but it was fun to see the signs (hi Twikiwi50!):

and shop in the gift shop for awhile.

Then we stopped at the new site for the Disney Hawaiian Resort and wow will it be beautiful.

Then it was time to head back to the airport. I wanted to cry. Not only did I now want the trip to end or to leave Hawaii but I was having such a wonderful time with Suzie and her husband that I just did not want to leave them. I loved hearing their tales of Hawaiian life and seeing Hawaii through their eyes. I can't wait to go back and I highly recommend the TrueBldTwilight Tour Group of Hawaii if you are ever in town ;)

Thank you Suzie for your hospitality and friendship. Thank you to your husband for driving all over and for spending his day with us. If you are ever in Pennsylvania, I hope you will let me return the favor.

And then it was time to fly home. We even saw the boat from the plane just before I fell asleep.

Once back home, we had one more funny. Remember that lost bag! Well we called for it back at the airport and they brought it right over. But when it came off the luggage carousel on Philadelphia this is what was on it...

LOL, the bag didn't want to leave Hawaii either ;)

So that's it. That is my trip to Hawaii. I hope you enjoyed reading the posts as much as I enjoyed putting them together. It was wonderful to relive the trip. I can't wait to go back, which will happen in 2015 with my hubby for our 15th wedding anniversary. If anyone ever needs any information on this cruise, please let me know and I will do my best to help.

Aloha!