Day 9 - Tuesday July 24th

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Boarding the cruise ship, leaving Southampton at 5 pm

Nice sleep at the Dolphin Hotel!  Lots of steps and interesting floor plan.

We walked a little bit in the morning, and decided to book a flight to Paris I stead of a train. We were having some difficulty getting through, which stressed me out a little. We took an Uber to the port, only about 5 minutes away  and there the cattle call started.  I have to hand it to Princess that they do have an amazing organized system to get passengers on board.

It seemed like no time at all and we had our cards,. Had our pictures taken and we were on the ship!!! And holy Ship!!!!  It's huge!  We did a bit of walking around to get our bearings, (and find the smoking deck lol) and luckily enough Robert had thought to pack his swimsuit in his backpack. So he was able to have a quick dip.  We found our way to our room, and quickly unpacked everything.

We then made our way to deck 16 for the sail away party!  Lots of fun and music.  It was time to clean up and head to dinner where we met 3 of the 4 couples that are to be our dinner partners for the cruise. Two couples are from the US and the third from Australia! 

We had prime rib which was yummy, and then off to bed around 11 as we have an early start tomorrow!!

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