We spent the night before the cruise at the Rodeway Inn and Suites. It's not a fancy hotel, but they seem to specialize in getting cruisers to and from the port and they let you leave your car at the hotel for $10 a night. At 10:15 in the morning they shuttled us the short distance to the port and we were getting to cruise.
The embarkation process was pretty quick and we had about a thirty minute wait before boarding.
Once we got on board our first stop was Guy’s Burger Joint. In our opinion, these are the best burgers we’ve ever tasted and so as soon as we got on board we headed to Guys! Mona got in line to grab two burgers and I found us seats with a good view of the ocean. Mona quickly made it back to the table and I thought she was going to bite off my fingers as she waited while I took pictures of the burgers. As soon as my snaps were done she devoured her burger. I mean, seriously and without exaggeration, it was gone in less than sixty seconds. Mona is a little scary at these times so I lowered my head and tucked my arms around my burger so I could dine at a more human pace. (In the meantime she got seconds!)