Yesterday, Molly and I got up, repacked our already stuffed bags, and decided to hike down to the port. We had successfully spent the previous 24 hours without having to get and/or use Canadian money, and so we decided to keep our streak and not use a cab. Right now I apologize to all those tourists that I snidely commented about in New York City and elsewhere – rolling your bag all over town is not stupid – in fact, it’s cool (only because I was the one doing it at this point).
We got to the port, managed to find where we were supposed to drop off our luggage, and got in line to board. We went through customs, checked in, and proceeded to the Supervisor’s Desk, where Molly had planned to see if we could get an upgrade for our cabin. The dude in line two people ahead of us apparently spoke no known language, or was trying to marry the Disney employee who was helping him, because he was taking FOREVER. Finally, he finished and soon it was our turn. We had a budget for our supposed upgrade, and sure enough, WE GOT IT!! We were now the happy recipients of a paid upgrade to a one-bedroom concierge room. We felt like Jed Clampett when he went searchin’ for some food and found some bubblin’ crude. We were going to live the high life!!
We boarded, met with our Concierge Host Thomas, had some lunch, and walked the deck. Soon we were off – complete with Mickey and Friends . We met our stateroom host Ana, who is very sweet. At dinner we met our tablemates Polly and Kim – mother and daughter from Hong Kong. Kim doesn’t appear to speak much English, and neither of them seem to want to talk to us too much. Our servers are James and Buyani (who remembered to bring my iced tea on the second night – first time that’s happened in the last several cruises).
Today we’ve been cruisin’ along, gazing at the beautiful scenery. Snow-capped mountains and heavily wooded forests are on each side as we travel. Today’s high was 50 degrees – a little different than the Caribbean cruise of last month. Anyhow, we’re on our way to Alaska.
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Today's blessings: Breakfast at Triton's with Molly and server dude; seeing James at lunch; Gnomeo and Juliet movie; DVC Member meeting; beautiful scenery
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