Day 1 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

penguin chick picture HI EVERYBODY!!

First thing every morning on board the Ocean Princess, Phil and Angie would find a newsletter called the Princess Patter, which would tell them about the days' activities. So they decided to do that for you here. Pretty clever huh.

See you later!


Our first view of the M/V Ocean Princess.		An exterior view of the Bridge. A tour will take place later in the cruise.


Ballantyne Pier, our point of embarkation to the Ocean Princess	Riveria Deck, Room R312. Port side, front section.	Queen-sized bed, with an almost endless supply of bedtime chocolates!


Little bathroom, little soaps.	The cabin was small, but not especially cramped. It contained a TV, safe and refrigerator in the cabinet.	The Riveria Deck was the top full level outside deck. It contained a swimming pool, splash pool and a couple of hot tubs.


Towering above the ship at her stern was the cooling plant cap, which also housed the athletic court.	I say the Princess is looking backwards. Angie says I'm nuts.	A good portion of the passengers gathered on the outer rims of deck 14 to watch us leave Vancouver Harbor.


	Vancouver Harbor was pretty busy, even on a Saturday evening.	It not only handles cruise ships, but commercial traffic as well.


A nice, serene sunset.	Ours was not the only cruise ship in dock that day. There were also ships from Holland American..	...and Royal Carribean.


After returning to our stateroom, we found the door decorated in celebration of our honeymoon.	Inside, we discovered a chilling magnum of champagne, four glasses (two for souveniers) and...	...some VERY yummy chocolate dipped strawberries!

After we pulled out of port, a life jacket drill was performed. Very strange seeing all these people wandering around the ship wearing life jackets.