However, a large crowd gathered on deck and watched as we slipped our mooring ropes and made our way slowly down the Solent towards the English Channel.
The rest of the day we spent reacquainting ourselves with the ship, enjoying a pre-dinner drink and dinner and taking in the inaugural show before bedtime called.
Now we are into our first full day at sea and there is a reasonably large swell running. This means that we passengers are walking with a drunken gait and as one other guest put it as he staggered out of the lift, they will definitely be inventing a few new steps in the line dancing class.
So far we have socialised by attending the Cruise Critic meet and greet with over 200 fellow critics, listened to a lecture about the solar system by the President of the Queensland Astronomical Society, Peter Anderson and our first trivia session awaits later this afternoon.
Now for the coffee spluttering moment. Earlier today we were walking through the buffet after having had a morning coffee and who should stop us as we passed by but Elaine, our next door neighbour from home! I'm not sure who was more shocked and surprised, but we stopped for a little chat and she was all sweetness and light. It certainly is a very small world indeed.
The ship itself appears to be full with around 40% of passengers being British, 30% Australian, 20% Americans and 10% a mixture of other nationalities. The captain is British, and it's always reassuring to hear a Home Counties accent coming from the bridge during the mid day updates on progress.
Update 1. We had 17 out of 21 points in the trivia. The winning score was 19.
Update 2. The picture is from our balcony, looking forwards...still in the Bay of Biscay and the swell has reduced significantly.
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