Nate found a Park & Go option next to the port. Instead of $15 a day it was $8 a day and would transport us to and from the port. We arrived at 10:30 and headed to the ship. No lines no waiting!!!
Again my anxiety was a bit heighten. The thought of standing in long lines with both kids and carrying bags made me nervous but thankfully we were there early enough we zipped right through. We got to the waiting room before they even allowed passengers to board! We took our seats and waiting for our family to arrive. We talk to the kids about the importance of their sail and sign cards, prepared them for what was going to happen as soon as we got on the ship (pictures, drop of bags, grab lunch, and sail away party!), and reviewed some rules with Ethan. His rules included getting along and no bullying with his cousins and friends, no entering a cabin not in our family, meet at the room by 5pm to shower for dinner, and a 1am curfew.
Right before noon our zone number was called and we were one swip and click away from being on board. We took our onboarding pictures and headed to the gangway. We had agreed the Lorelei would board first and the excitement between the 4 of us was through the roof. The stress from the week before was gone and I was ready to be on vacation.
After dropping off our carry-ons we met up with our family and sat down for lunch. The teens ate very quickly and asked if they could take off. They were ready to explore the ship and be on their own. Nate, Lu, and I headed to Camp Ocean to confirm her registration and sign up for the Dr. Seuss breakfast. We then did some exploring on our own. I had joined a FB group called a Roll Call of fellow cruisers that would be on the ship the week before. This group was a mix of people that had previous cruised together and were strangers. It seemed like a fun bunch and I figured if our kids ditched us we would have a new group of friends to hang out with. They had all planned to meet at Red Frog at 4pm for a Meet and Greet. We immediately hit it off with them. What a great mix of people. Young, old, sober, drinkers, kids, no kids, but super friendly. We hung out with them on the Lido deck, enjoying the music and chatting till 5pm.
At 5pm we met back at our room for dinner and to unpack...Unpack....Nope. No luggage. NO LUGGAGE. Ethan was in a bathing suit, Lorelei was in shorts, I had a sundress on, and Nate had on walking shorts. What to do????
Normal...non cruise Sabrina would have cared. I had a damn list after all. Fisher game Ethan a pair of pants 2 sizes too big. Lorelei wore a skirt from Friday night and Nate wore what he had. Cruise Sabrina had no problems with how it played out. I did laugh to myself though. All the thought, all the work I had put in and my husband was in a pair of swimming shorts in the formal dining room.
Dinner was day one of FOOD. All you can eat. Fancy food. I've never been disappointed with the cruise food and this trip wasn't any different. We were seated at a round table with the Teagues and it made for fun evenings.
After dinner we still didn't have our luggage so we went out into the ship and hung out. We went to different locations and hung out with Lorelei and our family. Yes, day 1 and Ethan had ditched up. Around 12:45pm we met up with pizza for our first of many 1am pizza nights and we ate as a family. Tomorrow was going to be a full day at sea and formal night. We got back to our state room (luggage had arrived!). Normally I would have wanted to unpack but we dragged it inside and climbed into bed!
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