We left the house around 9:30 and headed to Port Canaveral. We had a check-in time of 11 am and arrived just before. Check-in was easy and we soon met up with the rest of our party. We then got the kids signed up for the Oceaneers Club and waited for our boarding number to be called. While waiting we saw Minnie in the lobby and had to have our picture taken with her!
We were finally called on board at noon and headed straight up to deck number 11 for lunch and then to the pool. Since we were in the first group that boarded the ship was empty. We were able to ride the Aqua Duck three times without much of a wait. We also saw Pluto and Goofy and had our picture taken with them. Our room was ready at 1:30, so I left the pool area and went to check out our room. We had a deluxe stateroom with verandah and were connected to our friends, the Pearsons on deck 6. Mimi and her family were one deck below.
I went back to the pool area since our luggage hadn't arrived and hung out with the family a little longer. Kaitlyn was tired so Jacob took her to the room for a nap. In the meantime, our luggage arrived and he was able to unpack everything. Finally at 3:45 it was time for our drill and we headed to the theater as our designated spot. At 4:30 there was a Sail-Away party on deck 11 that we didn't want to miss! We saw all the characters and took lots of pictures.
After the deck party we headed back to our stateroom to watch the ship sail away. The girls loved being on the verandah and watching the ship sail. Soon we got ready for the first Disney show, "The Golden Mickeys". The girls loved this show, especially since golden Mickey confetti falls down at the end.
After the show we had time to show the girls the Oceaneers Club. They absolutely loved it! We stayed and let them play awhile in Andy's Room and Pixie Hollow. We were so glad they loved it because they were going to spend some time here during the cruise!
Then it was time to head to dinner at Animator's Palate. The girls loved this restaurant, especially since the pictures on the walls start in black and white and progress to color throughout dinner. Also, they had big screens with Crush from Nemo and did "Turtle Talk with Crush" during dinner. While Crush was talking to a boy at the table next to us, Crush asked him what his favorite food was and someone from our table yelled "turtle". It was so funny and Crush had some comments back to us!
After dinner the girls were exhausted so Jacob took them back to room for bed. When the girls got to the room there was a surprise from Ariel! She came in through the verandah leaving a trail of shells behind. She gave the girls a new Ariel beach towel, pajamas, pin for their lanyard, and a new cruise autograph book. They were so excited that Ariel came and even left the pretty shells behind!
After the girls went to bed a few of us went to Evolution to watch the Newlywed game. It was sooo funny and a great end to our first day. We were excited that the next day we were going to be in Nassau!
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