I cruised on the Epic before when she was only a few months old but this time I was with another senior lady and not my DH.

We arrived at the port around 12:45 and headed for the latitude line. We were on board in less than 10 minutes. We were going to leave our carry-on luggage in the Headliners bar but then they told us that our cabins would be ready very shortly so we headed down to deck 9 to find out. We were in a mini-suite # 9081 and the hallway doors were closed because they were still working in the cabins. Just as we were going to leave they opened the doors and told us that our cabin was ready so we were able to drop off our luggage (and take some pictures) before heading up to the buffet for something to eat.

Naturally the buffet was very crowded and it took some time before we got a seat and then found something to eat to tide us over until dinner. Read more