The haircut now out of the way it was time to pack the car for the 45 minute drive to the Ocean Terminal. It was a bit of a squeeze, with 4 large suitcases, a couple of suit carriers, dress carrier and hand luggage. We were there just after 12:15 and pointed at the priority queue for embarkation. Less than 30 minutes later we were in cabin 5149, with Jane eyeing up the Pol Acker.
I steered her away from that with the promise of lunch. By this time the bags had arrived, so we rescued them from the corridor before heading down to the Red Lion for a pint and fish and chips. It was very nice indeed, the pub does get very busy on sea day lunchtimes, so this will probably be the last chance we will have to dine here before New York.
After lunch, it was time to familiarise ourselves with the ship, this is the first cruise we’ve taken since the refit, so the Carinthea Lounge was new to us, and very nice it looks too.
After checking our table for dinner, second sitting – table 67 it was back to the room to unpack and get ready for Muster at 17:00