Day 1 - To San Juan, Puerto Rico

Rise and shine its 6 AM. I have been unable to sleep out of excitement. YAY we're going on vacation!!!!

We get to the airport and go through security. There we meet up with Golfer, Redstripe Barbie, and the Barbie Sisters. We were sooooo ready to go.

Younger Sister Barbie asked Rock Star for his autograph. He wasn't having it. Why is it when you say the words "Oh I'll never see him again" you live to regret them? For the love we saw rock star all freaking week long.

For those who are not familiar with the rock star story, let me just say there was a guy at the airport who looked like a super aged Billy Idol. Younger sister barbie asked him for his autograph being 50% silly. He refused. We laughed it off thinking we'd never see him again. He was on our plane. Got on our transfer to the ship. Was on OUR ship. and well...we DEFINATELY saw him again. FOR THE LOVE.

Landing in San Juan was like being on a ride at Kings' Island. Seriously it was more bumpy than the roads in St. Thomas. (I have video of those for people who need proof) I HATE flying in there -- its always that way for me!

Note to the people visiting San Juan airport. There is NO FREAKING HAND SOAP ANYWHERE. Do not touch anything.

We all get our luggage and begin the massive insane task of finding our transfer bus. We pre-paid our transfers to and from the airport. I think next time, I'm doing the taxi thing. Too many people in San Juan airport doing the same thing. 3000+ to be exact. There were two ships leaving out of the port that afternoon.

The short ride to the port wasn't bad. Unlike the London transfer where I wanted to THROW UP and had to get my hiney cakes on a ship bound for the North Sea...omg kill me now. That is another story in itself.

Boarding was really not bad. The human torture known as boarding a ship has been lessened. I had forgotten to pre-check in so we had to check in at the desk. We were finished just as quickly as those who pre-checked in. WOO HOO. We go and have our photo made and poof are on the ship! YAY.

The gang goes to find Princess Chrissy and Brad in their suite. It was a nice one with a balcony unlike us who opted for the cheap seats. (I've done the window thing, balcony thing, inside thing...I liked PC's balcony on this trip for some reason. I never used it when I had it. But we ported a lot on this trip and I think I might have used it more than on past cruises)

I unpack and then we go up on deck to explore around and listen to the Calypso band. I was somewhat disappointed in that the sail away special was NOT a strawberry colada. So we explored the ship a little and then went to get ready for the muster drill.

Women and Children to the front! LOL My husband got pushed to the back of the line and I was moved to the front. It was an eerie Titanic moment and he was not happy! The muster drill on RCCL is 1000000 times better than on Carnival. I will tell you that over and over again. I'm experienced on this matter -- I know what I'm talking about.

Dinner was nice - it was casual so the guys all wore jeans. I don't remember what I had to eat. We laughed a lot and then hit the casino after dinner. Woot.

I'm sure it was around 3 am when I finally went to sleep.....

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