What's the first thing on your agenda?

Do all you regular cruisers have any particular habits on embarkation? I mean things like heading first for the pool or buffet (or wherever is open at the start). Any tips for a first timer?

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Head to the buffet and walk around getting acclimated. We head to the pool area before we leave, but aren't ones to run to the pool suit in hand.

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Drinks.

Do all you regular cruisers have any particular habits on embarkation? I mean things like heading first for the pool or buffet (or wherever is open at the start). Any tips for a first timer?

 

 

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check on the table we have for dinner each night table for two

I head for the buffet and afterward explore the ship.

FOOD, then BEER

As a general rule drop our luggage and then grab a bite to eat. The Lido deck can get really crowded as people board.

Then we stroll the ship and have a drink. We will grab some snacks (cheese, fruit) for sail away and return to our room to get unpacked and settled in before muster. We will relax on our balcony and watch people board and prep the ship.

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Fortunately, we can go right to our cabin, drop off our stuff, and head to the Lido before it gets mobbed.

Otherwise, I'd head straight for the Lido and snag someplace to sit. Then find out who in your group is willing to stand guard over the table and bags while the other(s) get some lunch, and return so you can have your turn.

After that, you're on your own until your cabin is ready.;)

I avoid the buffet. It's loaded and It's like animals at a trough. I try to get settled into the room as much as possible. Grab a drink, then grab something to eat just before or just after muster.

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Mongolian Wok is my traditional first lunch. It's the only time during the cruise with no lines!!!!!

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Walk on the ship and straight to the Lobby Bar for a drink or two!

Board ship, ignore helpful minded employees trying to direct me. Make a bee line for my room, drop off carryons and ensure pre-ordered alcohol is sitting in the cabin beckoning to me. Bee line to Guys and order the drink of the day to wash it down. Pose for a selfie with the DOD strategically placed in the shot, post it on Facebook to my peeps stuck in 42 degrees and rain.

Like others have said, lunch buffet and then explore the ship. You will spend the first days finding the places you want to go, having seen them on the first day helps. Cafeteria, dining room, pool, spa, theater & different show venues, guest services, excursions, stores, photo sales, bars, restaurants, etc

As a general rule drop our luggage and then grab a bite to eat. The Lido deck can get really crowded as people board.

 

Then we stroll the ship and have a drink. We will grab some snacks (cheese, fruit) for sail away and return to our room to get unpacked and settled in before muster. We will relax on our balcony and watch people board and prep the ship.

 

 

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This is very close to our routine just add during the stroll I check out the casino and we check our table location. I always feel vacation starts after we are unpacked and the drill completed.

Walk on the ship and straight to the Lobby Bar for a drink or two!

That is exactly what we do -- I usually have a Funship!👍

Straight to the lido to get lunch for the kids (ages 11&13) then we give them the map of the ship and send them on a "scavenger hunt" to find areas we want to make sure they know how to find. Our room is priority! After that camp carnival, the teen clubs, 24 hour ice cream, the piano bar, gift shop, stage with all the shows, guest services, and the doctor! We usually get on the ship as soon as they open boarding so it's not crowded. By the time they have found everything they usually come back and say our room is open and have their swimsuits on....and we have made friends with the lido bartenders and pool side waitstaff.

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Drop any carry ons in cabin, head for the Lido, post haste. There's a Drink Of The Day and cheeseburger with MY name on it. Followed by another Drink Of The Day. Or two. Or......

Once we're onboard, we have two things on our mind: a Guy's burger and a FunShip special.

drinks and more drinks in moderation

Drop our stuff in the room. Head to Guys or Blue Iguana. Relax before muster and sailaway/

Lunch on Tandoor (if applicable), then wander around the ship to get my bearings.

Do all you regular cruisers have any particular habits on embarkation? I mean things like heading first for the pool or buffet (or wherever is open at the start). Any tips for a first timer?

 

 

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After dropping my carry-on in my cabin and changing into my swimsuit and cover-up, I get an umbrella drink and find a place to sun. That's a good time to sunbathe or enjoy the pool because most others are eating and wandering around checking out the ship. I usually wait to eat just before the muster drill because it is a lot less crowded then. The food places close during the drill so it has to be timed accordingly.

Drop bags in room, then Guys. After that go to Serenity area to relax until Muster.

My first stop is for a frozen fruit drink, then we explore a bit and grab some food.

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I get two drinks in me as fast as possible. Drop our bags and change into swim suit and tank top then up the lido until muster...then back to the lido after muster!