Our Norwegian Prima Itinerary!
I had a great night of sleep last night! I feel fully adjusted to the time zone change now! We had breakfast at R’s house and by 9:30 am were loading into the car to begin the drive to Southampton to catch the Norwegian Prima Cruise ship. R navigated us expertly to gate 10, berth 102 to deliver us to the port for embarkation. What personalized service! We have never experienced such customized treatment while getting to a cruise ship!
Our check in time at the pier was 11 am. JG and I dropped our big bags, J and P chose to carry them. We then proceeded through security - which is very similar to airport security (we had to remove our laptops) - but I think security is primarily looking for liquor. We then checked in with passports and a hard copy of our check in documentation where they used a bar code to scan us in. We then were presented with our key cards that act as room keys, identification and credit cards for the duration of the cruise. We sat down for about 10 minutes and then were invited to board the ship. They whole process took about 40 minutes. It was extremely efficient!
We entered the ship at deck 6 and our oceanview room is on deck 5 so we immediately descended one floor intending to drop our carry on bags (and big bags for two of us). We soon learned that all access to staterooms was closed so we had to carry our bags with us. Up we went to Indulge Food Hall on the 8th floor to eat lunch. The Indulge Food Hall is kind of like the the Lido Deck where buffet style food is offered. JG and P went to choose their food and we soon learned that guests use high tech iPads to place food orders at the table and the food is promptly delivered to your table!
After lunch we played a dice game of farkle (with bags safely stowed by us) and by 2:15 pm we were invited to enter our staterooms. We have an adjoining stateroom and are very happy with the amount of space and storage in it! We unpacked bags and settled in.
JG and J are off exploring the ship and I am hoping to post this before we pull out of port so that I can use internet available thanks to my SIM card! Dinner will be at Hudson’s Dining Room at 5:30 pm.
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