Well here it is ... cruise day. This morning Diane, our B&B owner, reserved a cab bus for Heidi’s family and Kirstyn and I to arrive at 10 in the morning for the trip to the terminal. It arrived on schedule and took us about 5 minutes to load up everything and be on our way. The cab fare to the terminal was 8.50 GBP. We arrived there by 10:30 and got ready to board. We were in group 3 to board. Getting through customs was easy, and we were on the ship around noon. Fellow DISer Joanne’s family was selected to be the first family to board. What an honour.
Once on board, we had a buffet lunch at Parrot’s Cay, then had about a half hour to wait and were in our rooms by 1 pm. Our luggage made it to the room before 2. Kirstyn watched TV while I unpacked. The lifeboat drill was set for 4:00, so when everything was put away, we relaxed until the drill was sounded. After the drill, it was up to deck 10 for the sail away party. We managed to get a good seat for the show, and enjoyed it. There was a good crowd out in Dover, waving good bye as we left.
After dinner, Kirstyn and I rushed to Treasure Ketch to see what they had for souvenirs. For you pin collectors, bad news, there is no special pin collection for the Baltic. Also, there was no special towel forthe cruise either. They had some nice t-shirts and sweatshirts though. They did say that there will be a special t-shirt for the inaugural that will be available once we reach Germany. This will just be available for us!
At this point, we had fifteen minutes to get to dinner, so we booted it back to the cabin to put away our purchases and hightailed it to the restaurant. For dinner, we are on the Animator’s Palette, Parrot Cay, Lumiere rotation. Our server is Louis from India and Daniella from Serbia. Dinner was good. I had the Calamari, Arugula salad, Steak and Kahlua Brule. Yummy!!!
After dinner, it was time for the Adventures away show. I’ve seen this show before, so it was nothing new. Captain John is on board with us and the cruise director is Brent from Australia. Kirstyn and I went to the Magic Quest Adult Scavenger show, with our dinner companions Marianne and Kent. It was hilarious. If you have never done this, I recommend it, so much fun. Poor Jeff walked in as they called for a blonde, so I grabbed him and pulled him to the front. He had no idea what was going on.
So that is it for now. Have to get some sleep. The clocks go ahead an hour tonight. DVC meeting is tomorrow morning at 9 am. There was a nice wooden box waiting for us when we got back to the cabin from DVC.
Oh yea ... to you DISer’s that were wondering about Hadeland. I asked if there were any openings available. They said they are trying to get another bus together and they were taking a waitlist. I asked if I could be on it and exchange my current Viking Heritage excursion for it. They made a note and told me to ask again tomorrow. Wish me luck!
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