My sister and I arrived at the parking garage at 10:30 AM. There was a bit of a wait as the previous cruise was still disembarking. Once we got inside the garage, it wasn't long before we were heading to the waiting room to board the ship.

Once on board, we headed to Lido Deck (deck 9) for lunch, which is where everyone else was headed because the cabins weren't ready until 1:30 PM. A waiter said that no one would bother our bags, so after waiting a while for my sister to get her lunch, I went ahead and got in line for mine. There were two serving lines, so it went smoothly. I had the Chicken Marsala with some veggies.

By the time we finished lunch, it was just about 1:30 so we went ahead to our assigned cabin and lo and behold, the door was open and ready for us to enter! Read more