Yesterday, Monday, we said good-bye to Seattle and boarded our ship, The Royal Princess. After being on several of Princess' larger ships, this smaller ship has a much different feel to it. If you use the "wrong" elevator bank, it's only a short distance to your cabin as opposed to walking a proverbial "country mile" on the larger Emerald class ships. We got to the ship early - before noon - and our bus group from The Westin was among the first on board. We made our way to our cabin which is right next to the aft elevator bank and only one deck below the Horizon Buffet.
After lunch in the buffet, we toured the ship. Very elegant and beautifully appointed. The Library (pictured) has a vaulted ceiling and a fireplace. The Atrium (also pictured) is scaled down from the larger ships, but still very elegant.
Our luggage arrived early by 1:30. Our cabin has about half the closet space compared to the larger ships, but quite a few built in drawers. With a little creativity we had everything unpacked well before the 3:00 emergency drill.
Dinner was very good. We have a table for two and the menu featured Pina Colada soup (YUM!), Hawaiian Luau Pork, with Floating Islands (Mary's all time favorite) for dessert. There's no Anytime Dining on this small ship so we'll have the same table and wait staff every evening; that will be quite a change for us.
In the evening we watching The Proposal, read books, had a snack and relaxed. The ship passed out of Puget Sound into open water overnight as we head to Ketchican tomorrow. The weather is cool, expected to warm into the 70's in the afternoon. So far very smooth sailing, with our anti-seasickness bracelets in place.
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