Cruise Day One

So this last Sunday my friend Dominique and I headed down to Orlando, Florida to start our cruise to the Bahamas! Yay fun! Here are some pics and videos of our first day from our first cruise:

Here is a pic of our cabin, my bed straight ahead, D's on the right

Our bathroom

Here is the rear 'tail' of the ship, we were on the Carnival Sensation

Here's a video of our security/emergency training during take off from the port:

Dominique on 'take off'

Me on 'take off'

Bye, bye Florida and Hello International Waters!

Here's a pic of all the sea gulls disrupted by our leaving port :) There were tons of them

Here's a video of the inside central section of the cruise ship:

The motion of the ship at first wasn't so bad, but the farther we got from land, the choppier the water got. My center of balance totally disappeared, and all of a sudden I would tip over. Even sitting down I would feel dizzy. It wasn't until the next day where I finally found my footing and no longer felt disoriented while the ship was sailing along. :)

When we finally got on the ship we headed up to the Lido deck for lunch, most food was served buffet style and it was pretty crowded for that first meal. After that we headed onto our room and unpacked our stuff. The room was small enough living out of our suitcases, even just for 4 days would have been hard. We took a short nap and then had to go to the security/emergency training to show us where to go should our boat sink. That happened right along the time we were pulling away from port.

The Lido Deck

We then went to the front of the ship to watch us head out of port. :) We walked around the ship a bit to get our bearings and figure out where stuff was then headed to the dining room for dinner. After dinner we caught a dance/singing/comedy act in one of the lounges, went and hit the casino slots for a bit then headed off to bed. We were to get into Freeport by 7 am the next morning. :)

The sun setting on our first day