What do you do when you first board?

[lbt43]

I used to go to lunch immediately. Now, I get a drink at the closest bar! haha!

[paul929207]

We go to our cabin and drop off our carryons.

[voyager70]

If cabin is available I also drop off the carry on but I'm usually onboard much earlier. If I'm hungry I'll head straight away to get something to eat before the massive crowds arrive. If not I'll grab a drink, wander around the ship a bit, check out my dining room table assignment (if I have fixed dining) and just relax and enjoy the ship & the start of my vacation!

[cb at sea]

We eat a late breakfast, so we don't have to take part in the "feeding frenzy"....I wear my bathing suit under my shorts, and head to the pool, get a drink and relax! I'll grab a snack later, if I'm hungry.

[Keith1010]

We have lunch.

 

Keith

[queenfrostine22]

drop off our luggage in the room and then hit the closest bar!;)

[KroozNut]

Head to our cabin (hopefully it's ready), and have a toast of our Bon Voyage wine. :)

 

Then we head out and check things off our list: find our table in the MDR, confirm specialty restaurant reservations, purchase wine package, etc. Oh, and grab a bite to eat somewhere in there! ;):D

[dreadpirate3]

Breathe a sigh of relief and relax until it's time for sail away on our balcony.

[easyboy]

Go to the cabin and check what could be missing to advise the steward. Then off to lunch.

 

 

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[screwsmcernst]

We usually find a restroom, and change into swimwear and find a great spot in the sun. Then we get a beverage and just hang out. When rooms are ready, we will drop off our carry on and then get ready for muster.

[$hip$hape]

We have lunch.

Keith

Before lunch, we try to be first-in-line at customer service,

whilst thinking of something to complain about, before the rush.

;p (just kidding):evilsmile:

[teknoge3k]

We drop off our carry on luggage and cases of soda in our room since we get FTTF, then walk around the ship and explore. Might grab a bite to eat.

[cruzincurt]

We head for the buffet since we skipped breakfast and then get a drink with the money we saved by not doing FTTF.

 

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[jocap]

It depends on the check in time we've been given and whether we've had lunch,and the weather- if it's cold, then probably the buffet; if it's warmish then we'll have a drink outside.

[KroozNut]

We head for the buffet since we skipped breakfast and then get a drink with the money we saved by not doing FTTF.

Lol!! :D;p

[rkacruiser]

If the stateroom is available upon boarding, I will immediately go there. Second, I want to read the daily program for the day in order to make plans. Then, probably, make any reservations for specialty restaurants, shore excursions, and/or spa program that I have decided to make once on board. Then, lunch.

 

If the stateroom is not available when I embark, I still try to obtain a copy of the daily program and plan the rest of my day ASAP.

[marco]

We don't arrive at the pier in that initial frenzy, so by the time we do arrive, cabins are available, we drop off our hand luggage, check our card for dining and look at any other "mail", go to lunch and then explore the ship.

[Philob]

In the past few cruises, standing in line at the Customer Service, Excursion, or Restaurant desk, because those Who Must Be Obeyed changed their mind :rolleyes::cool:

[Sea Hag]

We drop off carry-ons in our cabin, go to the mdr for lunch, and then run around like two kids in a candy store, even if we've been on that ship or one just like it several times.

[agargoyle]

I guess our routine is not to have a routine. Depends on who we may be cruising with, weather, the ship. With DH being diabetic we often have to find some place to eat first. If it is a ship we have been on, we look for crew members we know, most cruises now we sit on the balcony and enjoy the wait until sail away.

[lenquixote66]

I used to go to lunch immediately. Now, I get a drink at the closest bar! haha!

 

 

Lunch is always the first thing we do.

[rmf11699]

Drop off the luggage and do a 2nd sanitizing of the room just to be sure. That is the only time we'll come behind the room stewards and clean. After that, the party is on!

[Azure Moon]

Scenario #1 If cabin's not ready: Head to the buffet! We happen to be weirdos who love the buffet :eek:

 

Scenario #2 If the cabin is ready: Head to the cabin, drop off carry-on luggage, maybe meet room steward, then go to the buffet.

[GUT2407]

I used to go to lunch immediately. Now, I get a drink at the closest bar! haha!

Yep grab a drink and sign up for my package, drop my carry on and explore the ship top to bottom.

[OCruisers]

Totally depends on the cruise line we're sailing.

When we can go immediately to our cabin we like to do that the first thing to drop off our carry-ons and put valuables in our cabin safe. :)