Embarkation Day

Embarkation Day,

We woke around eight and soon we were eating breakfast. The hotel provides an excellent hot breakfast.

Then we walked back to the little mall and we were searching for post cards. We wanted to send cards to Emmett and Leo and Emmie. We hoped to find Disney themed cards and we were not successful. But we did decide on some cards and we got postage stickers from the UPS store while we were there.

Back to the room to write them and then Ken took them to be mailed. The desk clerk took them so we are hoping they got mailed.

Our shuttle was scheduled for 10:30 but there were so many cruisers that getting them organized was like herding cats. But we were on our way and soon getting ready to board the Royal Princess. Embarkation went very smoothly and before we knew it we were in our room. Our own mini suite. It is very nice and seems so large. We are going to enjoy this experience. The balcony is on the small side but that is true of all Royal rooms. But it is big enough to allow for some tanning.

We headed out to look for Fred and Mary and Randy and Janeen. Quite amazingly we found them in the dining room right away. That was quite surprising sine there are a few thousand people on board and many places to eat.

We three ladies went to see the Maitre d' right away. After a great deal of persuading we were able to convince him to give us a table for 6 and an later dining time. And besides that it was a window table.

We returned to the dining room to give the guys the good news, Ken and I then went to the international cafe to get me a sandwich since I had not had lunch. I was thrilled to see that my coffee card was still good. I had a latte and Ken had a Mocha.

We then went to our room. Ken's suitcase was there and he could begin to unpack. We met our room steward “Freddie” and he seems to be very nice and very capable.

Next we had to head for Muster. Our station is in the Princess Theatre.

We returned to our room. My luggage was there so I could unpack. Freddie brought us our champagne.

We watched sail away from our balcony and enjoyed the champagne.

During sail away we could see 7 other ships. The Royal played the Love Boat tune on their horns. It was fun.

Our table for dinner is almost perfect. E are in a back corner with a window. It is almost a cozy private area. Dinner was great as usual, Ken had the prime rib and I had the bass.

After dinner we explored the ship a little.

I tried to sign on to the internet but the new system may involve a steep learning curve.

Then we called it a night. Another busy day.!!!