First a little about us. We have been married for 5 years, and have been cursing together since 2003. We are 49 & 51 years old. This is our 10th cruise together.

We got a BB category Balcony room A439, midship, starboard, aloha deck (12).

Embarkation day 11/7/09 We were told by the cruise line that no one will be allowed to enter the port until noon. We got to the pier at 12:45pm. The line was very short (4 couples ahead of us). We were on the ship by 1:30pm. We went directly to our stateroom. One of our checked bags was waiting and as I opened the stateroom door our steward (Mario) was coming down the passage way with the other. Not too shabby forty-five minutes from curb to stateroom with all our luggage. One of the best embarkations I can remember. Read more