Day 1/ Embarkation Day

 Day 1 /Embarkation Day

 

Dinner was at 8:00pm. Here is the big difference I discovered on Royal. They are more nighttime people, more fun, and they like to stay up late. 🤣 I thought it might be not crowded because on Princess they usually eat early. I did anytime dining but you can make reservations on your phone. However, the 8:00 reservation didn't mean anything because there were 2 long lines and some people had reservations, and some didn't. Some people were up front yelling and complaining because they had reservations, but I feel like, why do that? It's not the end of the world. Everyone is working hard and doing their best. So we had to wait for awhile to get a table, and even then, it was hard to get served. Instead of getting bread right away we had to ask for it twice. We ordered our food and still needed to ask. We thought this is how it is all the time, but to be fair, this was an anomaly. I chalk it up to first night madness and this is a popular time. Because the next 2 nights we go earlier around 6:30 and their is absolutely no lines.

 
 

The Main Dining Room

So I'm learning the ways and times of the ship. The restaurant is beautiful. The top 2 floors I believe were for timed dining, like early or late, and the bottom floor is anytime dining. The 2nd floor and 3rd floor I thought were much nicer. The food I am always happy with, my husband had salmon, and I had something seafood, I just can't remember what I had the first night. There are no shared tables, but the tables are pretty close together. 

 

And don't forget dessert

We still have time to make our comedy show after, and as usual, they start 15 minutes late. LOL. We had reservations for this as well. I could tell some people didn't have reservations so they were stopped and they would make reservations on their ipads before letting them in. The comedian is Kivi Rogers and he is hilarious!!! He also has an adults show around 11:00 pm and we never stayed up that late to watch, but really wish we had because he was so great! So far, we are super impressed with their shows and talent.  

 

The bridge from our balcony

Forgot to say, we brought one bottle of wine with us ( you are allowed one per person, but since it's a short cruise we just do one) and we have a glass on the balcony before dinner. Our room steward, is super nice, and brings us some glasses. I have to say, I always love our room stewards. They have a hard job and always make you feel so welcome. 

 

The ship at night

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