Embarkation: We arrived at the pier about 11:30am. Went right in to the terminal filled out the little health form and waited about 5 minutes in line for a ticket agent. We got our picture and room/credit card and went up to the holding cell, oops I mean room. We had to wait about 10-15 minutes and we were on our way on to the ship. I think it was about 12:00pm. Went to the Lido bar had drinks and went and checked out the ship. We were to sail away at 5pm, but there were 7 other ships in port so the captain told us we would be a little delayed on departing. Our room was on the port side and we were on the balcony and noticed a fire truck and ambulance heading our way. Sure enough they pulled up to the ship and ran in with a stretcher and brought someone out and loaded them in the ambulance. So around 7pm the Eurodam finally set sail. It was the first time I have done a sail away from a home port at night. Ft. Lauderdale was really pretty all lit up.

Cabin: We were in cabin 8042. Cabin was clean. Furniture and soft goods all were in good order. We found plenty of room to put away all of our clothes. Don't forget to use the drawers under the foot of the bed. We were able to fit all of our luggage under the bed after unpacking. The bed was two twins pushed together. Now if you were sleeping on your side of the bed it was very comfortable, but if you wanted to spoon with your partner (fiancEe in my case) the center of the bed had a hump were the two twins met. This was very uncomfortable. We asked for an egg crate foam topper 2 days in to the cruise but they had no more. So if you need one ask early. Our room stewards were great. Always had ice in the ice bucket, room was always clean when we come back from the day's events. The TV in the room needed to be a little closer or a little larger not that we watched it that much but when you did it was hard to see small writing, like from CNN which we watched the most to keep up with the news. The other thing is they need more hooks to hang things on. Bathroom was great. The tub instead of a shower only was nice, a lot more room to move around.

1st Day at Sea: Took the opportunity to explore the ship and take pictures of the different areas of the ship. Hung at the aft pool area and had drinks and swam. The sea was a little high at times. While at the pool it was more like a wave pool. The water in the pool came splashing out a couple times. Hot tubs were about the right temperature. After relaxing at the pool we did the whole formal night thing. Met some interesting people and we met the "Nation" people. They were all over the place. They had something to do with a newspaper or something like that. They had a convention onboard. WARNING: If you are going to get your formal pictures done in front of the "green screen", then make sure you are wearing a dark color. My fiancEe had a bright yellow dress on and when we saw the pictures it was hilarious. The picture with the star background turned her dress into the star background. The best one is the back ground with the stairs in it. She looked like she was wearing a set of stairs. We got a good laugh but didn't buy them. Read more