Part of the inconvenience of the power outage was that we were taking our first cruise on November 10th. So dealing with the power outage and trying to get ready for that was a bit stressful. Things like printing boarding passes, getting departure information, and even packing was proving to be more difficult than usual. Since our flight was at 6:30 AM on Thursday, Ed and I also booked a hotel room at the airport for Wednesday night. Thankfully they got power restored so that was not an issue. When we got to the hotel Wednesday night, though, it was amazing to see the number of electric company trucks at both our hotel and those in the surrounding area. While we were checking in, crews from the electric company where changing shifts--a bunch of guys checking in and a bunch of guys going back out.
Anyhow, my sister Cathy has previously been on two Disney cruises and earlier this year she decided her family was going to take a 3-day Bahama cruise on Carnival. She sent out an invitation to the rest of the family asking if any of us wanted to join them. Since Ed and I have never been on a cruise, we figured a short, 3-day cruise, traveling with "experienced" cruisers, would be a good opportunity to try out cruising. What a trip!
Our flight from Bradley to Orlando left at 6:30 am Thursday morning.
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| Tim, Cathy, Nick, and Lexi waiting to board. |
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| Me and Ed at the airport. |
We surprised the kids and rented a limo to Port Canaveral. We easily boarded without any long lines and were on the ship before noon where we had some lunch, the "drink of the day" and then toured the ship and enjoyed the beautiful Florida weather.
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| In front of our limo |
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| Starting our cruise with our "drink of the day"! |
The ship departed dock at 4 PM. Our first day was spent checking out our stateroom and just walking around the ship. We went to an auction before dinner (where at the end whatever you bid/won, you received for free!) and then all of us went to dinner. Unbeknowst to me, the seas were quite rough and many people were in their staterooms instead of dinner and going to shows. Of course, this was my first cruise so the fact that you couldn't walk around without swaying and holding onto things I did not realize was not normal (but Tim explained that to me). Thankfully (depending on how you look at it), I need to take Dramamine or Bonine for flying (I used Bonine on this trip), so I did not have any problems with sickness that first night. In fact, the rocky lulled me to sleep that night.
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| Lido deck; departing Port Canaveral |
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| Our towel animal the first night. |
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