On the ship!

We’re on the ship! Gene arrived early. We drove to the ship and embarked en masse. When he left, Dad said he thought it might be easier to arrive later in the day when the crowds subside but we were lucky to check in at the suite desk with fresh flowers and a shorter line.
We dumped our carryon in the stateroom – upgraded to #264! View of the promenade deck and water…I think we will see everyone marching past our window as they do laps! Nice big picture window! A bathtub (little luxury not often included on a cruise ship). And a walk-in closet! And a little hallway from the real hallway to your stateroom. Very nice layout of the room: sofa, TV, refrigerator, long desk area, safe, many shelf units for clothing and storage and a very good size bathroom. I’m pleased.

We ambled down our same floor to the dining room and promptly ordered our first meal of many. Prawns, soup, salmon and then up to the buffet for dessert! We had time to explore with Dad and found the laundry, card room, library, internet café, two pools and whirlpools. The first pool I saw was a very small round one in the middle of the ship. I thought about my laps and that would have been an adventure. It hardly qualifies as a pool – more like a large Jacuzzi without the heat and bubbles.

Dad was anxious to get on the road so off he went to western Florida. I am being chased by security now to get on the ship....we sail in an hour and have to do the lifeboat drill. Off I run....