Day 5 - The NCL Pearl

Unfortunately, I woke up around 4:30am – total bummer. I tried to fall back asleep, but eventually gave up around 5:30am and logged in to get some work stuff done. My Mom and Peyton woke up around 6:30 and we just lounged around the hotel room for the next couple of hours. We had breakfast for the final time up at the Top of the Hilton and then finished packing our bags and headed down to Pier 66 to board the ship. I think we got on around 11:30 where we had a special ‘tour guide’ take the people staying in the suites to by-pass all of the lines. She introduced us to our butler who then escorted us onto the ship and took us to Cagney’s for lunch. For all of us, lunch was the LAST thing on our minds! My Mom took Peyton over to the kid’s club to register and look around where he quickly found a friend.

We sat around Cagney’s until 2:00 when they finally announced that our rooms were ready. Grabbing all of our carry-on luggage, we headed up to find our room for the week. It is definitely the nicest cruise ship suite that we have staying in! There are two separate bedrooms and the bath had a full tub with a huge window that allows you to sit in the tub while watching the mountains drift by. It does not feel cramped at all and Peyton quickly staked out his favorite areas and informed us that he will not mind at all to take a bath in the big tub!

After dropping everything off, we wandered around the ship to see where everything was located. This ship does not seem as big as the RCCL Freedom, but it is certainly just as nice. We took tours of the spa and fitness center as well as quickly walking through the stores so I could buy a razor – for $19.00! The cruise may be cheap, but everything else costs an arm and a leg!

For dinner, we just grabbed a quick bite at the Garden Café with Peyton and then let him go to the kid’s club while Mom and I watched a chick flick on TV. At 10:30, I had to drag Peyton out of the kids club to go to bed – I think he could have lasted another 12 hours there!