I assure you there is also the option to leave both items in your checked baggage as AirTran derails your agenda and requires an overnight at the airport. Booooo.
All hope is not lost though - Jon and I just might make this cruise. At this point we are headed to Atlanta, after a 3am wake up call, and scheduled to land in Tampa at 11am.
Kristen and Patrick will be stranded and forced to cruise alone if our flights decide to misbehave again - poor them.
At least we got the exit row for this leg of the journey - plenty of knee space.