The drill went fairly quickly, not as smooth as our last cruise
It did seem a bit more hectic during muster this year. Less organized. But it was quick and reasonably painless.
Shawn wanted to be down by the stage on deck 9 so he went down there and we were able to watch him party.
This kid never ceases to amaze. I have no idea how he knows the words to every song. It doesn't matter if it's from the 80s, today or anything in between. Shawn will be singing along.
After we sailed past the Statue of Liberty the boys headed back to the room while Steve and I stayed to watch us sail under the Verazzano-Narrows bridge.
The boys put up with us but were much less impressed by Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty and all the rest. As soon as we set them free they were off like a shot. In their defense it was getting chilly on deck, but I think they just wanted to exercise their freedom a little bit and be wherever we weren't.
As we were walking out of the theater I realized that I didn't have my wave phone.
After all the lectures to Matt about being responsible with the Wave Phone and how much it cost to replace who was the first, and only, person to have a wave phone panic attack?
I confess, now that it's safely in the past and I'm not currently within reach, that I thought this was hilarious and was trying real hard to be supportive and all that... while not laughing.
We met our servers, Laura from England and Sant from Indonesia. They did a great job and Laura was great at giving us suggestions every evening.
Ahhh.. I'll go ahead and say it here. Laura was absolutely adorable. I think I went with every single thing she suggested all week long. By the end of the week the boys were giving me a hard time... "If she recommended that you eat your napkin you probably would..."
It turns out that Laura knew Benny our assistant server from our last cruise. They apparently worked together in London before they both signed on to Disney.
Laura and Sant were an excellent team and far exceeded our other servers. Best so far! And this isn't just because I now have a crush on Laura. She really was very good.
After dinner, the boys headed off to the lab and Edge. The Edge has a special activity at 10:30 where you get to meet all the kids. I really wanted Matt to attend this to try to make some friends right away.
You forgot to mention a cruise tradition.... Matt wasn't feeling well. Something about the first night on the cruise leaves our big dude feeling a bit squishy. I don't know if it's the excitement, seasickness, eating badly or what but he is now two-for-two in not feeling well the first night.
Shawn bolted from dinner to hit the Lab. Matt went back to the room and chilled for a bit but then he rebounded and left to go to Orientation in the Edge.
Thankfully by day two he was fine and he was perfectly ok the rest of the week.
Steve and I strolled around for a bit and went to Treasure Ketch to do some shopping. I had gotten a Chamilia bracelet for Mother's Day and I wanted to get the DCL charm. We bought that and a NYC cruise ornament.
I wanted a good travel mug but the only ones they had weren't quite what I was hoping to find. Hmmm, I'll have to think about this and see what I can't live without on another day.
A very long day one (since someone was up at 2am) was in the books and it was time to get some sleep.
I did have one more task to complete. The clock in our room wasn't set correctly and the iPod dock wasn't working. It took me a couple minutes but I discovered that the clock wasn't plugged in. I lifted the bed and Sparky crawled under and plugged it in.. Well.. attempted to.. The European plug had her stumped so I slid the bed back away from the wall and plugged in the clock.
It was at that point that I discovered why the clock had been unplugged. The thing was BRIGHT. It had a blue glow that could be spotted from the International Space Station. I turned it around every night and pushed it flush up against the wall which kept the light to a reasonable level. It was nice to be able to charge my iPhone every night without digging out the cord.
Not even 24 hours in and we've already had a busy vacation. I can't wait for a full day at sea!
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(Since we are minutes from the OH/PA line!)
