We were able to walk right up to an agent to check us in. That took all of 5 minutes, followed the flow, got our picture taken and then headed up the gangway to 'officially' board the boat.
The SeaPass cards we got at check-in are our room keys as well as our on-board spending account. No cash! Everything you do or get goes against this card. We headed up and they input each of our cards into a card reader, where our face is matched with the card, so everytime we get on and off the boat, the card get swiped. As we came to the end of the gangway, here was our first step on the boat!
After getting through this, Lauren immediately got a green armband with her Muster station listed. This was for all kids under 12. This enables any staff member, in case of an emergency, to get her to the correct Muster station where she would meet us! Allison didn't need one! 
We dropped everything off in the room and then headed out to explore the ship prior to departure. We went up to Deck 10 and took this picture!
This was what we found looking out! Wow, was this a good sign or what? Beautiful! After everyone had boarded, they had made several announcement about the Muster drill! Everyone is responsible to respond and they didn't make us wear our life-jackets! The horns sounded and off we went.
These life-boats are much bigger than what you would think a life-boat would be. They each hold 150 persons! I think back to the Titanic and even the movie...those life-boats sure wouldn't have held half that number. But they are huge!
Here is a view from our balcony off the back of the boat. If you follow the coastline, you can see Miami.......Key West, next stop!
After Lauren found out they had ping-pong tables, it was over! I never knew the girls loved ping-pong so much! But I would soon find out exactly how much they love it!
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