15 years, 7 months.

Dear Jack,

With this being our first cruise, we had no concept of the phrase “pier runners” beforehand… that it is a current phenomenon and trend on social media.

For us, we were simlpy being curious… once we realized that on a cruise ship of 4,500 passengers, there was a decent chance that some of them would be rushing to the port at the last minute; since the cruise does not wait for anyone who is late.

I suggested we go to the balcony on the 8th floor, which would provide the best view. We certainly were not the only ones there for the show.

We cheered on the pier runners as they made it back with just minutes to spare!

I now realize that observing the pier runners is undeniably a fun and fundamental part of going on a cruise!

Love,

Daddy