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Yes! I am on board I'm trying to think "warm thoughts" by reading your report. Today it reached a balmy 13 degrees here in southern NH...YIKES. Looking forward to the rest of your report
I'm trying to remember warmer weather, too. Our highs have been below 20 for three days now. The day we sailed away was a cool one in Florida with a high only in the lower 70s. I remember feeling chilly, but nothing like being here recently.
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Woohoo! You are finally on board. I actually had to re read the first part and think twice as I had just read your other TR and I think I was confused and trying remember which one was which. Kudos to you for "rocking it out" with two TRs and keeping them straight. LOL I don't think I could do it.
You're not the only one who has been confused. I have to keep straightening myself out. I'm actually going to be glad when I have the October trip done, so I've only one TR to manage.
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Originally Posted by Linnynad
Woahhhh, wait, what is open boarding? Such an easy breezy boarding process you had. I'm so loving this right now, glad you are on board and ready for crusin'
We were told my the CM checking us in that today's cruise had open boarding. My eyes got large and he got tickled. Evidently, it is when you don't have to wait in groups to be board together at a designated time. We just checked in, got the keys, and we were ready to board the ship. No more waiting. Our first cruise we received a number and when it was called we and everyone else in our group headed to the Mickey head. As we boarded for this recent trip, we did not see any other guests until we got to the photo area.
Yay you're aboard!! Can't wait to see the ship all decked out. Trying to talk my husband into a family cruise when the boys turn 4. I think they would have tons of fun!
Luke and I found cruising to be such a relaxing and enjoyable vacation. Hope you get to take the boys on one some day.
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Sorry about the rough night's sleep! Glad you've made it to the ship! You stateroom is beautiful!
I know better than to have lots caffeine after about 2 PM. But sometimes at Disney I forget. It just makes my body feel agitated and I can't get comfortable to sleep.
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Your room looks just lovely! Glad you made it on board!
We were so pleased with how quickly after arriving at the terminal we were on the ship herself.
so excited to see your pics! I've only been on one cruise on RCCL and it was arranged for a group I went with by a travel agent. It's interesting to hear the differences on DCL and I'm dying to go on one!!
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Seems that the boarding process went quite smooth and pretty quick! Open Boarding seems like a good idea and hope they have that for my cruise. Love the room as it looks quite comfortable!
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so excited to see your pics! I've only been on one cruise on RCCL and it was arranged for a group I went with by a travel agent. It's interesting to hear the differences on DCL and I'm dying to go on one!!
We've only done Disney cruises and loved both, so I don't know if we'd ever try another cruise line.
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So excited that you are on board!! Can't wait to hear more!!
Time got away from me today because I've really gotten into scrapping our October trip. I plan to get an update on here tomorrow.
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Joining in!
I take pictures of the room just like that...one here...one there....
It looks like a nice bright sunny day....as I sit here with -1 degrees outside!
As I was typing, I remember that it was actually a chilly start this day, but compared to our temps here now it would be quite pleasant.
Yay! So excited that you're on the ship now! Maybe open boarding is something new they're trying? It sounds like it worked well.
I had wondered if it was new, and definitely felt, at least for our cruise, it worked very well.
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Originally Posted by OhToodles!
That's ok on the kid's clubs.
Open boarding sounds nice.
I wasn't expecting it at all, so it was a little bit of early magic.
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Nice start to your cruising (except for the no sleep the night before). Your stateroom looks comfy.
I smiled when I saw your photo of the cement silos at Port Canaveral - those helped fund my retirement
Once I had fallen asleep that night, the sleep was sound. So I really wasn't tired or sleepy to start the cruise. I was a little disappointed to only have cement silos to view from our veranda, but our view would improve with time.
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I'm trying to think "warm thoughts" by reading your report. Today it reached a balmy 13 degrees here in southern NH...YIKES. Looking forward to the rest of your report
The day we sailed away was a cool one in Florida with a high only in the lower 70s. I remember feeling chilly, but nothing like being here recently. 
I don't think I could do it.
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