After an exhausting 24 hours of flying and being in transit we slept in and missed breakfast which closed at 9am. Bought two bowls of Special K cereal and milk at the Publix Supermarket which we had in our suite with a cup of coffee.

The morning passed very quickly we checked out of the hotel put our bags in the baggage storage area and spent an exhausting morning going to different shops trying to find a US AT&T SIM card for my mobile phone.

Met some lovely American couples that were also going on the same Caribbean cruise as us and luckily they informed us about the boarding times for the cruise before going by shuttle to Port Everglades where the Princess Line is. Apparently there was a very bad gastrointestinal virus that went through the ship and it had to be completely sterilised before leaving the Port.

With 4500 passengers on the Royal Princess we felt like cattle being herded into the paddock. We snaked our way through reservations, received all of our documentation, had our carry-on luggage scanned past security and finally onto the cruise ship.

It was well after 4pm before we entered our balcony suite A443 on Aloha Deck 12 starboard side. As we hadn’t eaten since our late breakfast we were dying of starvation we went out to deck 16 Horizon Court and had a quick salad and chicken for lunch before our boat drill.

Unpack our cases for our 20 day Caribbean cruise before exploring the cruise ship. Went down to Deck 6 to the Information Desk to check on the price for Wi-Fi Internet on the ship (very expensive) and also on our $100 on board credit only to find that Bicton Travel had not forward this documentation on to the Princess Cruise Line. After showing the lady the Bicton Travel email on my laptop referring to the on board credit she then sent an email to Bicton Travel to ask for the documentation so we could have our on-board credit

Being very tired we had our evening meal and retired to our balcony suite for the night.