We are from San Diego area so we took limo to port in San Pedro. There were 5 of us, Husband, Daughter (15 yr old), Niece, Nephew (both 30's) and myself.

Embarkation: Arrived in San Pedro around 1:00 pm (should have been there earlier but limo broke down on the way up) and lines were relatively short. Went thru security and I had a bottle of wine in my carry on. Agent said to check it at the table outside security but never followed up so I just kept going. Took the usual photo and boarded the ship within 1/2 hour. Elevators were slow so we decided to hike up to our Cat. C cabin on deck 8. Needless to say we were a little winded after all those stairs and carrying luggage. We weren't in the cabin 10 minutes before the phone rang for my daughter, who had met another teenage girl on line that was on the ship and the same deck, needless to say we didn't see much of her the rest of the cruise.

Went to the Windjammer for something to eat. Food ok but not great. As we were eating there was a gentleman sitting alone next to us. Dear Husband has the gift of gab and struck up a conversation with him. Turns out he was one the Drifters (who would be performing on the ship) and we had a wonderful conversation with him. We went to the show on Tuesday evening and he even waved to us and came over after the performance. They were very good. Read more