March 6 - Embarkation and Sailaway

After a leisurely breakfast we returned our car and headed to the port. The embarkation was quick and easy and we were on the ship by 12:30 PM. The sky was quite threatening and we had intermittent showers during the afternoon. In fact, the official sailaway party had to be moved inside. We had our own get together with two Cruise Critic friends, one old and one new, in our cabin. As we left the harbor the sky cleared and we had a spectacular sunset as we headed east toward the Bahamas. Just as the sun reached the horizon, one of the very large RCCL ships passed in front of it heading south. It was very neat to see it silhouetted against the fiery orange sun. Hopefully some of the photos will have turned out well enough to upload.

We ate with our friends in the dining room and had a very nice meal. We did a lot of laughing during dinner and were among the last to leave our side of the dining room. After dinner we were both tired so we headed up to bed. All and all a very nice first day on the ship.