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~Bon Voyage~
Cruise Day #1!! We arrived in Port Canaveral early, they were just starting to board as we got up to the building. The entire boarding process went by very smoothly and we were stepping on the ship in no time! Being early down there is a good thing, we figured that out last trip!!

Of course Andy was waiting for that all familiar "lunch is being served on the lido deck".... It wasn't the lido deck on that ship, but a lunch buffet was waiting on us!! Let the fun begin!


We found our rooms and Andy was surprised to find our cabin all decked out in anniversary junk! There were blue & white bell streamers hanging from the ceiling along with big ole white wedding bells and congratuation hearts. There was a glittery sign on the door and yep, even a cake! Yay for 7 years of wedding bliss~




Of course after a few hours of wondering around and checking things out, we had that all familiar safety drill. What fun.....ugh! The weather was drizzly and yuck out there, so we were sent back to our rooms after checking in with our boat drill team captain. We were to watch the rest of the information on our TV....um....sure- We were told right off the bat that the Captain was working on changing our itinerary to keep out of rain and find sunshine! He did a great job with that! We ended up going super south and staying out of the mess on our first day, we spent it at sea. We could see clouds and rain in the distance, but he kept us in the sun!!! We flip flopped our days and still had the same cruise!


Our first night at dinner we met our waiter, Oliver. The food was fantastic the entire trip, BUT there was NO lobster night. Dad, Andy (who'd been talking about it for months) and I were all very disappointed about that! What's up with that?? We were also sadly surprised to find out that the wait staff didn't entertain us with a song and dance each night. We were cheated! The lunch buffets were good food too, but they were the same thing every day. There was enough to choose different things each day, but we still thought that was very odd. There is a pizza place on board for free, good stuff too!! There is also a Johnny Rocket's, you have to pay to eat there. It was $3.95 for anything and everything you wanted. Pay one time and stuff yourself: burgers, rings, fries, milkshakes, ice cream, whatever. We didn't get to eat there though, we just ran out of time.


The first night we went to the "Welcome Aboard" show where we saw singing & dancing by the show staff and laughed our hineys off with the comedian. (Who was to later return for an adult only comedy show later in the week) Mom & Dad went off to throw some money to the slot machines while Andy & I retired early!