Antarctica Journal November 18, 2021    Departure day.  Cruise cost $9.498 pp.   Total (cruise only) $18,996 Travel insurance $1750    Flights   $1430 Up at 1:00 AM to meet John, our shuttle driver for 2:30 AM pickup. We had three flights: to LA, to Orlando, international to Ushuira, Argentina. Airport arrival and check in went smoothly. We waited nearly 2 hours for 5:45 boarding of a 6:30 flight to LA. We had upgraded seats to business class, and they were comfortable. Good decision. We arrived at LA with more than an hour layover, so had breakfast before boarding for Orlando. Boarding went well. We were served breakfast on the plane! We were able to sleep some on the flight to Orlando, but arrival there was chaotic. We were swarmed at baggage claim by the Atlas staff. They repeatedly wanted to see all our documents. We had labels on our bags with cabin numbers to get them delivered once on the ship. We took the elevator up to the higher ...