When I last left off, we had finally made it to our room and were thoroughly checking things out.
I decided to go ahead and unpack our carry-ons which contained our dinner clothes for the evening.
I had just gotten everything put away when our luggage started to arrive. I was really impressed as I don't remember it ever being delivered that early before. And since we still had a little time before the DIS meet at 3:30, I decided to go ahead and unpack while we had the time.
Once we left to head up to the meet, we still lacked a suitcase and our garmet bag, but I knew they'd probably be there by the time we made it back. Dustin #1 didn't want to go to the meet with us, so he walked over to see what Dustin #2 was up to.
Our meet was planned to happen in the atruim near the staircase so that we could get a group photo there. But once we arrived, no one was around, so we just hung out for a minute. Mike had to show Donald some love while we were there:
We finally found some other DIS'ers who were waiting over in the corner, so we walked over and said hello. And before we knew it, lots of people had arrived. We eventually all managed to gather there on the staircase for our group photo. Mike was going to take a pic with my camera, but a super sweet CM came over and offered to take it so that he could be included as well! First was the serious shot:
Then the CM's decided to take pics of one another:
And then our silly shot:
We ended up having a really large group of DIS'ers which was kinda cool, but I hardly had the chance to talk to anyone. I did get to meet Jennifer (wifey22). She and I had chatted a little before the cruise after finding out that she and her family were planning to head to Atlantis, so we'd planned to all share a cab together.
Since the meet didn't last very long, we still had a good bit of time before the Safety Drill, so we decided to take a tour of the ship to try and get acquainted with where everything was. We took pics of a ton of stuff, so I hope you're ready to see it all:
The first place we came to was the Walt Disney Theatre:
We then made our way through the Shutters area. (I have to say that I like how they've re-done this whole thing):
We then came upon the District:
Though I'm not a champagne drinker at all, I loved the design and decoration of Pink:
Next came Skyline:
We then headed back towards midship where we found the Vista Gallery. There were several pieces that I really loved:
We'd passed a good bit of time, and the Safety Drill was set to start soon, so we headed up to the stateroom to grab Dustin before heading out to our station on deck 4. When we made it back to the room, the last 2 pieces of luggage had arrived!
Up next: Bon Voyage! Part 2
So sadly, our sweet Sadie Lou left us this morning and has gone on to the Rainbow Bridge. (For those of you who aren't familiar with what the Rainbow Bridge is, Google it.)
We recently lost one of our little guys and it was just terrible. I totally understand and am sending you and Mike lots of love and hugs.
