Yes, we made it on board. Us and about 2000 other people from about 50 different Countries. Apparently, it seems, as of now, we may have come the furthest. We got on board around 1pm, unpacked in our suite and started a family walk a bout the ship. Huge! We are on the 7th floor and there are 14 floors total. Beautiful Christmas tree here on board and all the decorations are gorgeous. Food is everywhere, especially alcohol, and I figured out this is why after seeing some of our passengers, some are unaccounted for on the last day. lol. The ship departed at 6:30pm due to people’s flights being delayed for weather. We started with the nightly show, fun. There is one every night. We were at our table for dinner (with Tatiana and Mr. David our servers for the trip) by 8 and Austin and Lauren were back in the room by 8:30, feeling a little woosey (more so Austin, Lauren helped). The weather as perfectly predicted by the Capt’n to be rough seas an hour after departure till morning. “Use the hand rails” Ok. Well, I was up till 3 am trying to adjust to the rock and roll. No, were we not at the disco, it was my bed here on the ‘ol Brilliance! After 1 and a half Xanax I think I fell asleep. I did get to watch lots of movies in many different languages. Things were calmer the next day and we had a great day at sea. Haircuts and massages in the spa and the dinner at The Chops Grille (like Ruth Chris). Too tired for the show, so saw a X-mas movie and went to bed. Christmas morning, small gift exchange with the family, room service and a reading day at the pool. Getting a little choppy again as we are smack dab in the middle of the Med. 10 hours ahead of you all at home. Nuts! Dinner in the dining room with another 5 we have not met yet. Going to be fun. It’s formal tonight. Yippee.
We get to go into Kusadasi Turkey in the morning, a day of shopping and fun times. Going to see Ephesus, steam baths, temples,The Grand Theatre etc. Want to see the Kusadasi rugs.
Things I have learned so far on my first cruise:
- So many different nationalities can all be together without chaos.
- Sea legs take longer for some than others.
- Bromine (like Dramamine) only takes about 10 minutes to start working and save room for 12 hours of deep comatose sleep.
- Staring at the churning sea while riding in the glass bubble elevators can be risky.
- Anything goes for men’s bathing suits.
- Tatts are in.
- Be prepared to greet all the 850 people working for you on the ship all the time with a verbal comment and a smile.
- Mr. Thomas (our room guy) will do anything and even check to see if Miss Megan has returned from her walk about.
- Some people book facials every other day. Seriously?
- If we are not careful when we step out onto our back deck, we could go over board.
- Champagne Bars are awesome.
- Forgot what land looks like.
- If you slam your bedroom door for privacy, it may jam and lock you inside. Lol
- Super difficult to blog, e-mail and basically just communicate. Hope everyone had a fabulous Chistmas!
Ok, it’s the next day and we just arrived in Turkey! It is absolutely beautiful. Getting ready to go off the ship for the day. 70 degrees and sunny.
Also, went to casino last night. Lost all Reed’s $. Felt bad so played that amount all again on just 1 hand. Got black jack and gave it all back to him!!!!. So fun!
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