First Day of the Cruise

On Wednesday, we flew to Fort Lauderdale and then took the shuttle bus from the airport to the seaport. Here are the first views of the ship through the bus window and some views of the building where we were checked in and had our paperwork checked out. Until we actually set sail, I had this irrational fear of having forgotten some critical detail (such as a passport) that would prevent us from making the trip.
Getting off the bus and getting in line.
Here are some pictures of the Eurodam and our cabin. If you've never been on a cruise ship, it's difficult to comprehend how huge the ships are, and for me of limited 3D perception, it's still incomprehensible. To the best of our calculations, the Eurodam is more than two football fields long.

James with the remote control. We didn't watch TV per se, but they had cameras mounted on both ends of the ship so you could see where you're going and where you've been. Also, there was an information channel that was helpful.

There were all sorts of little, semi-private nooks like this one. I didn't look to see if the curtains could be pulled all the way closed, and I'm not sure what you'd do in there in that instance anyway.
This was a really pretty door, but it was locked when we tried it, so I don't know where it goes.

There's a retractable roof over this pool and it closed every evening.

The main staircase.

My favorite chair on the ship.