Wednesday - Friday, April 26-28
Embarkation went smoothly, although we were a bit early and we didn't start boarding until 12pm. This gave us time to drop our carry on bags in the cabin and then enjoy a light lunch in the dining room. We returned to our cabin but found both key cards wouldn't work - as we waited in line at the front desk we found it was a common problem with a lot of people due to a computer glitch! As we've been on a number of cruises on this class of ship we didn't have any problems finding our way around and it felt like being at home! Dinner was followed by a short preview show of the entertainment on board, then we had an early night.
We love our days at sea, especially when they are at the start of a cruise, and we have 2 days to take it easy before our first port of call. We slept late, had a small brunch and then attended a talk on our first 2 parts of call. We chatted with some people we met yesterday before going to the afternoon tea. Today was the King of Holland's birthday so it was themed in orange, even the cakes had orange icing! The ship was decorated with tulips (paper ones) which looked really good on mass. We met some fellow Aussies at our table who were really nice, and organised to have dinner with them to continue our conversation!
After tonight's Dutch themed dinner we went to the show, which again was very good and the theatre on the Amsterdam is the lovely old style and very cosy, which we really like. As we change time zones overnight we get to wind our watches back an hour - a bonus for us!
Today we attended some talks on some future ports of call and learned more about the Central American countries we'll be visiting. There was also time for a walk around the deck as well as some reading time by the pool. Tonight was a Gala night so we got to dress up in our better clothes and enjoyed a lovely meal - again! The show featured the singers and dancers, who were very good and it was a great way to finish the day.
Embarkation went smoothly, although we were a bit early and we didn't start boarding until 12pm. This gave us time to drop our carry on bags in the cabin and then enjoy a light lunch in the dining room. We returned to our cabin but found both key cards wouldn't work - as we waited in line at the front desk we found it was a common problem with a lot of people due to a computer glitch! As we've been on a number of cruises on this class of ship we didn't have any problems finding our way around and it felt like being at home! Dinner was followed by a short preview show of the entertainment on board, then we had an early night.
We love our days at sea, especially when they are at the start of a cruise, and we have 2 days to take it easy before our first port of call. We slept late, had a small brunch and then attended a talk on our first 2 parts of call. We chatted with some people we met yesterday before going to the afternoon tea. Today was the King of Holland's birthday so it was themed in orange, even the cakes had orange icing! The ship was decorated with tulips (paper ones) which looked really good on mass. We met some fellow Aussies at our table who were really nice, and organised to have dinner with them to continue our conversation!
After tonight's Dutch themed dinner we went to the show, which again was very good and the theatre on the Amsterdam is the lovely old style and very cosy, which we really like. As we change time zones overnight we get to wind our watches back an hour - a bonus for us!
Today we attended some talks on some future ports of call and learned more about the Central American countries we'll be visiting. There was also time for a walk around the deck as well as some reading time by the pool. Tonight was a Gala night so we got to dress up in our better clothes and enjoyed a lovely meal - again! The show featured the singers and dancers, who were very good and it was a great way to finish the day.
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