Today we boarded the Diamond Princess. It’s huge! Like a floating city really, with shops, library, clubs and restaurants, spa, a theater, pools, places to play golf, jog, and more!<\/p>\n
After finding our room (larger than expected, and very efficiently planned) and settling in- our luggage was already there – we attended the obligatory safety drill. Then we decided to explore. Starting with the top 4 decks of public areas, it was really amazing the amount of space and things to do there were!<\/p>\n
Since we had signed up for early dinner (5:45) seating, we dutifully reported to our assigned restaurant and met our dinner companions – two very nice couples who were also on their first cruise. The service was impeccable and the food was quite good. We excused ourselves a few minutes before 8 to go to the theater for the evening’s presentation of “Piano Man”, but found that it was already full. So we explored the remaining decks of public areas. All of the bar spaces had entertainment or activities happening and we stopped at one that had a Trivia game going. That was fun!<\/p>\n
Then we walked out on the deck to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Strait of Georgia and were ready to return to our room and settle in for the night. We discovered that the TV had continuous broadcasts of activities available on the ship and information about the next days offerings as well as educational facts about the next port of call along with things to do there. A few regular channels were also available, like CNN for keeping up with world events, and the volatile weather conditions back home.<\/p>\n
The bed was very comfortable and and before we knew it it was time to get up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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