Fairly standard 'first day of a cruise', although the usual excitement is tempered by the disappointment that the guest of honour can't join us.
We left our motel as planned (after having inadvertently woken everyone by trying to use the wrong button to open the car boot and setting the horn off!). Nice car - a Camry Hybrid - which has now made its way onto our list of potential solutions to the 'what to do about a car once Paul retires' question.
No trouble finding the ship and dropping off the suitcases.
Paul tried to leave his mobile phone with Avis when we dropped the car off, but failed due to the eagle eye of the man who was checking the car back in. I was worried that getting a taxi at the airport might be a problem - first day of school holidays and all - but it was really quiet.
Checked in without drama apart from some confusion about whether we were entitled to priority boarding or not (we were).
Muster drill was one of the nasty ones - out on the deck. And the recorded talk went on forever(!). However it was finally over and we made our way up to the Dome to meet the family and watch the view sailing down the river. All very nice, although the industrial silos, factories and mangroves of the Brisbane River don't quite compare with the sail out of Sydney Harbour of course.
The rest of the day went as planned - dinner at the Pantry (which was almost empty compared with the lunch time rush), lose a bit of money on the poker machines, crash.
Tomorrow is a sea day so the plan is for various combinations of eating and lazing around reading.
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