After falling asleep last night to the continuing deluge we awoke to a cloudy, but dry, day.. Up early, packed, and ready to go. This is the day we'd been waiting for for nearly two years – the TransAtlantic cruise began today!
After a quick dash next door for coffee and a croissant we loaded our baggage into the bus and made our way to the port. A huge cry went up from the riders when we first spotted the Magic. Well, actually a huge cry went up when we thought we saw the Magic – and again when we did see the Magic.
A lot of bustling around to get our baggage checked-in with the ship, a lot of waiting for the previous passengers to disembark and the cabins to be tidied, a lot of time to process everyone on board for the cruise, and finally our boarding group number (2) was called and we were on our way up the gangway.
We normally cruise on the Wonder, but the Magic is very much like her so there were few surprises. A scrumptuous lunch in Parrot Cay and our cabins were ready. We've been spoiled cruising in concierge with our favorite cabin: a sideways Category 3. Not quite as deep as other cabins but 3 cabins wide, there's lots of space – and space is at a premium aboard a ship. Our Navigator's Cabin was much smaller (1/3 the size), but with a partially enclosed verandah that we might actually use instead of our w-i-d-e verandah upon which we seldom step. And enough room for all our things.
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