Carnival Cruise - Day One

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Today started out early as my flight to Houston from OKC left at 8:00am. It was rather a bumpy flight but made it into Houston on time. Upon getting my bag I met my driver for the day, Joseph, from the Eastern Europe. As I arrived at 10:00 and I didn't have to pick up Debbi and Ashley until 11:30 at Houston Hobby, I told the driver to take me around Houston and show me the "Rich" neighborhood. He took me to River Oaks and I have posted a couple of pictures of the beautiful homes. I should probably also mentioned that I was in the biggest Lincoln limousine I think I've ever seen so I had plenty of room all to myself.

Picked up Debbi And Ashley from our Plainview office and we were off to the ship. Boarding at Galveston port was one of the longest boarding processes I have ever done. It took over an hour from the beginning process until we were on board. I unpacked and then explored the ship. The Carnival Breeze is one of the largest ships in Carnival's fleet and definitely one of the biggest ships I've ever been on. There are over 4,000 passengers on board this week and every cabin is full. You can definitely tell walking around that the ship is crowded.

Had a private welcome party for all of our agents and everyone we brought on board. There are over 45 of us total so Carnival gave us our own party at one of their bars. Everyone had a great time and it was really nice seeing all of the offices interact and mingle with each other.

After dinner I called it an early night as it had already been a long day.

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Photos

River Oaks
One of the beautiful mansions I saw driving around Houston

Limousine
Plenty of leg room

River Oaks
Another beautiful home

Entrance to Bar
We all felt kind of special having a private party to ourselves.