On our day to embark the ship, I got up at 6:15 again. Not sure why I keep getting up so early, but that is what keeps happening. I went online and did some facebook stuff and then went outside to the breakfast area and read a book on my tablet and had breakfast #1. Eventually Eleanor and Conny showed up and joined me. I told them it would be awhile before everyone else showed up, but they surprised me. We were all sitting together for breakfast just a little after 8. Who knew everyone could get up so early. I think we were all ready to get onboard by 10:30 for our taxi’s to show up. Between the 6 of us we got two cabs.
We couldn’t believe the day was finally here… boarding a ship for 15 days. Turns out Doug and myself are not a well oiled machine when it comes to boarding a ship AND dealing with a wheelchair and walker. We got rid of our luggage and went to board. I had Doug’s walker and we found a wheelchair for Doug to use. We took turns pushing Doug, but still we had issues with my carry on bag falling off the walker and pushing Doug into walls. We did get to go through a special line for wheelchairs, and then they put us in a small corner to wait to board. We were told we would have priority boarding, but put us on the other side of the building to where we board the ship. So when the announcement came to board, we didn’t hear it and when we did, they told us to go to a different area and then changed there mind. As if it isn’t hard enough to deal with a wheelchair, we had to deal with people not telling us where to go. After a bit of fuss though, we got onboard around noon, found a spot to sit and started to enjoy our trip.
We (Doug & I) didn’t feel like dealing with the lunch buffet lines, so I got Doug a hotdog from the grill and they had at least 6 salads plus fresh fruit. My favourite part of a cruise is all the fresh fruit. Mom and Dad did the lunch buffet line though and enjoyed it too. We were finally onboard the ship and we could relax and enjoy our Panama Cruise for the next 15 days. Doug and Conny enjoyed sitting in the sun for awhile on the pool deck. By about 1:30 our rooms where ready and we went down to check them out. We got midship cabins and very close to everything. Our luggage came soon after and I unpacked.
The afternoon was spent sitting on the pool deck and listening to the live band. That is one thing Celebrity does well in… all the live music. We were suppossed to leave the port at 4, but landed up leaving around 5:30 instead. I think it had something to do with all the luggage and inspecting every bag. Dinner was at 6, and we had a table for just the six of us. We have a really nice wait staff and I think I am really going to enjoy them. We haven’t had much luck in this department for the last few cruises (all have been nice, but usually slow) and so it will be nice to have an efficient wait staff. After dinner we went back to the cabin so Doug could rest a bit and then we were off to the Welcome Aboard show at 9. Our time changed an hour ahead that night, so we went to bed after the show.
It is now our first day at sea. I was up at 7am to check out the ship. Currently I am sitting in the adult only section of the ship (so far I have only seen 2 kids) and had a light breakfast at the AquaSpa with a yummy cup of coffee. I have to wake Doug up at 8:30 and we are meeting for breakfast with everyone at 9. Turns out Celebrity will make mom gluten free waffles… that is the first for us.
My sleep wasn’t that good. Not sure what to do, but if it isn’t that good tonight I will ask for a different mattress as mine is not very good. Even Doug went on it and said he noticed the difference between mine and his. Talking about Doug, so far he is managing ok. He just has to take it easy and get lots of rest. I am still getting used to the wheelchair, but I am hoping soon he can navigate with it on his own a little better. He will use the walker if there won’t be lots of walking to do though. Our cabin is fairly full though… a wheel chair and a walker takes up a lot of room.
I am getting a lot of comments about my hair and then people see my tattoo. I think I have the most colour in my hair from everyone here. I don’t think we are the youngest adults on board, though, but there aren’t a lot of us. Lots and lots of older people, which is expected on a longer cruise. I am also wandering around with the Mouse, and I am getting a few comments about that too.
Well, time to close this up. Gotta wake up the hubby soon.
Doug tried to do a watercolour class . He couldn’t concentrate well on the instructions, so he didn’t do well… but there will be more classes so maybe he will try again and take less drugs.
Then later we did a galley tour. Wow is the kitchen ever big.
Tomorrow is Cabo San Lucas and we all plan to take a taxi to Costco… yup, we live the exciting life HA HA HA
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