1,000 Kids, 33 Days, oh no…..

Posted on by Lea Ann Reynolds

We had an early wake-up call this morning to catch our ship. Our hotel had been incredibly gracious upon our arrival, letting us check in a glorious five hours early. Naturally, to maintain the cosmic balance, they promptly booted us out the exact same amount of time early today. Fair enough! We will gladly take that trade-off.

Since we were officially homeless for the morning, we decided to just grab an Uber to the port, even though it was a solid two hours before our scheduled boarding time. Lets see what our pinnacle status gets us when we arrive. Our chariot was a Tesla, piloted by a lovely woman who spoke zero English and weighed maybe 95 pounds soaking wet. I only mention her weight because watching her try to heave our massive cruise luggage into the trunk was like watching an ant try to bench-press a watermelon. Chuck valiantly stepped in to save her spine. The ride to the terminal was long and perfectly silent, but she was incredibly sweet, so absolutely no complaints from us.

This will be packed in a few hours!

Boarding day is usually pretty smooth, and today was no exception. We glided onto the ship seamlessly, our Pinnacle status paid off! Honestly, flashing that status and skipping the endless, dreadful lines of impatient mortals waiting to start their holiday is a perk I will never get tired of.

First stop!

However, as we strolled aboard, we noticed an alarming number of 1-3 foot tall little people. We soon discovered the terrifying truth: there are going to be over 1,000 kids on this sailing. Gulp. Brace yourselves for Lord of the Flies: High Seas Edition. I am really not looking forward to dodging packs of feral little monsters running amok while their parents sip piña coladas, operating under the delusion that the cruise director is also a substitute nanny. It’s truly a marvel of modern parenting.

Let’s get physical Olivia newton John.

We finally made it to our cabin, which will be our home for the next 33 days! We love to immediately nest and make the space our own, but there wasn’t much we could do without our checked bags. So, tonight’s wildly ambitious agenda consists of:

  • Intensely staring at the door until our luggage arrives
  • Unpacking our lives
  • Dinner
  • Catching a show

An easy, perfect first day! Let the 33-day adventure begin.

May God bless you always.

Chuck & Lea Ann

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