Boarding Realities
Unfortunately, your dreams of joyful arrival must come to an end. Rather than a personal greeting, while dragging suitcases and backpacks behind, you and your family must enter an airport-like terminal with sad, long lines. Here, you wait alongside your shipmates, many unsmiling, all wanting to skip this step. You’re then called to the generic office counter, provide your paperwork for safe documentation to the fake-friendly cruise line employee. Finally, you’ve been accepted, allowing you and your family passage to trudge up the inclined pier slope, taking you straight into the belly of the ship.
