Saturday we headed to the port. We got there about 11:30am with all of our luggage. This is what we saw. The ship was huge.
We could each pack 2 suitcases so since the boys only had one each of clothes we pack pop and treats in the other bags so each had 2 bags and backpacks. Man we had alot of stuff (You can never be too prepared). We dropped our bags off at the porter services area and went to park. After we parked we took the shuttle (very scary driver) to the ternimal check in. The line was forever long and since there was 8 of us it took a while to check us each in. They have to check your boarding passes, passports, take your picture and put a credit card on each room. It was a long process but we finally made it through. Just before you board the ship there is a photographer there to take your group picture.
After you get on the ship you can't go to your rooms until 3pm so for at least 2 hours you are eating or walking the deck. We watched the other parts of the port. Across from us a cargo ship was being unloaded. It was huge and very interesting to see how they unload those big crates.
The white cranes pick up each carton and place it on the dock. It was a very long process. We watched for about an hour and it barely made a dent in the cartons on the ship.
At a little after 4pm the ship finally took off. (slowly) We were escorted by police boats until we made it out of the harbor.
As we were going Jordan spotted the Fire Station.
Just before we got to open water there were bouys out and on this one there were seals or sea lions jumping off this one. It was so cute. I wish I had my better lense on so I could have got a closer picture.
Then almost out to see there was this Lighthouse.
After we were out from the shore we checked out the rest of the ship
The rooms were huge (ha, ha) besides the two beds you can see there was a trundle bed that popped up between the two and one on the left that folded out of the wall. Good thing we all like each other.
Day one is over we were totally exhausted and just hung out for the rest of the evening and tried to get use to the rocking of the ship. (no sea sickness so far)
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