Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Saturday March 14 Finally on the Boat!

This morning's breakfast at the hotel buffet. Lots of cruisers here! Turns out there are six cruise ships departing from the terminal today. Think about this: that's about 30,000 people! We were advised to be at  the terminal by 11:00 and we arranged for a hotel transfer van - no problem! However, then we found out that the ship had been delayed in docking this morning due to overnight storms; so they had to process departures.So now we had to sit in the waiting hall for TWO 1/2 hours before finally boarding the ship!

We got unpacked and familiarized ourselves with the ship. Not much different from the other Holland ships we'd been on but it seems a bit smaller.

These are the ships that are docked here today; they'd all left for their Caribbean destinations by 6:00PM. 

These are the ships: 

  • Icon of the Seas (largest cruise ship in the world - 8500!)
  • MSC World America (6500)
  • Virgin Reslient Lady (4000)
  • Regent
Fine dinner in the MDR then a short dance show in the theater.

Tomorrow is a Sea Day - we look forward to a relaxing day!



 

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