Day 1..Monday 3-24-14

We got a taxi and arrived in 5 minutes at the dock. The Equinox was docked where the Oasis of the Seas docks. Neither of us had ever been in that terminal before. Needless to say it was built for the Oasis because the number of check in desks was amazing. Only a few were open for us but we still we through and on the ship in 30 minutes from leaving the hotel. Welcomed aboard with champagne or mimosas and we went to the cabin directly and dropped our hand luggage. Quite simple really with no hassles. Our tablemates are quite the interesting couple. We were supposed to be at a table for 6 but instead are at 4 with Joe and Mary. Joe brings a safety pin in his pocket each night so he can pin his napkin under his chin and not get his dinner on his shirt. Wonderful. Mary is of Chinese decent and is a champion ship trivia player and bargain shopper. They are top tier cruisers with almost all cruise lines as they cruise 20 times a year on average. They exhausted both Kay and I so much that we didn’t even go to the show…we went back to the cabin and slept! Good news so far…we have menus, salt and pepper on the tables and we can get our own food in the buffet! Woot, woot.

I will skip the photos for now since they are slow to upload.