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Grandeur of the Seas – Day at Sea

Posted at 2:45 pm by taryngirl, on September 5, 2018

Today was our first sea day. I must have been excited because I was awake at 6:15 a.m.! Here’s the Cruise Compass for today:

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Once the kids woke up, we headed to the Windjammer for the buffet breakfast. Imagine my delight to see FRIED RICE on the buffet!

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And it was DELICIOUS! I would have this same thing every single morning (except when it was shrimp fried rice).

Kinsey had her normal doughnut:

After breakfast, we headed straight for the pool deck. The weather was perfect! Sunny and warm. Apparently we were finished eating by 8:51 a.m.!

There were tons of open chairs available. There are always horror stories about people saving rows of chairs from the crack of dawn, and not actually sitting in them. I didn’t experience this at all on this cruise! I was always able to find a chair with no problem.

My bathing beauties! Around 11:30 a.m. the girls came to me with some new found friends, and wanted to go try the rock climbing wall. We headed to the back of the ship, and it was currently closed because it was too wet.

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We kept checking back and finally they were open with a semi-long line already!

These are the special shoes they have you wear:

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We did have our own socks on with them.

My oldest daughter went first, and she was a champ!

My daughter is on the left in the white. The dad next to me was super excited for his daughter who was next to mine!

I want to mention. It was HOT this day! Almost too hot to be comfortable doing this. My youngest daughter was a bit grumpy once it got to be her turn.

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They had a very good selection and everyone found something they liked.

We stayed at the pool until about 2:30 p.m., and by then we had enough of the hot sun. We headed back to the cabin to relax and shower before dinner.

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Grandeur of the Seas, Embarkation Day, Baltimore Cruise Maryland Terminal, Check In

Posted at 9:28 pm by taryngirl, on August 21, 2018

Our adventure began bright and early in the morning. My husband was driving us and dropping us directly at the port. It was about a two hour drive and our boarding time was anytime after 11 a.m. I like to budget in time for traffic, accidents, etc. and I like to be EARLY! So my goal was to be in the at 8:30 a.m. SUCCESS! We managed to fit 6 people and alllllll of our luggage and carry-on bags in my Sorento.

The drive was very easy and we didn’t really hit any traffic. We were to the port by 10:45 a.m. I didn’t get any really good pictures of the Baltimore Port drop off area as we were very rushed! Since we were being dropped off, we were in a line of cars, and the porters were waiting to take our luggage right away. One note…porters generally do not work for the cruise line, but rather the port itself. I always tip them $1 per bag that I’m checking with them. They load the bags on carts that are driven to the ship. They are then delivered to your stateroom sometime throughout the afternoon.

Once our luggage was taken care of, we took our carry-ons with us into the terminal. What do I pack in my carry-on for a cruise? Normally, a bathing suit, deodorant, prescription meds, passport, wallet, ID, any valuables and electronics. We then got into the security line. This is where they check your ID and booking information. The carry-ons do go through a scanner. We were able to bring a 12 pack of bottled water with no problems at this specific port. After security, we headed to the cruise check-in line.

Here are a few pics from inside the terminal.