{"id":15069,"date":"2025-09-21T19:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T23:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=15069"},"modified":"2025-09-21T21:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T01:28:10","slug":"atw-1-day-2-carnival-luminosa-embarkation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/21\/atw-1-day-2-carnival-luminosa-embarkation\/","title":{"rendered":"ATW-1 Day 2: Carnival Luminosa embarkation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Leaving Seattle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We took an Uber from the hotel in Tukwila to Pier 91 in Seattle, with a brief stop to purchase 2 12-packs of cola. We thought we were going to Pier 66 (because Google told us that was the Carnival pier), but we were mistaken – another ship was docked there. Pier 91 was 2 miles further north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The check-in process was tedious, but uneventful. We had all the necessary paperwork, including the travel insurance that was required on this cruise by one of the ports of call – a first in all of our years of cruising. We also had our Australian visas, on my phone, which was fine. We also had our Luminosa <\/em>boarding passes in PDF form, on my phone, but that wasn’t fine – we had to have a paper boarding pass issued. I guess the cruise industry isn’t quite as advanced as the airline industry in that respect.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Marlene and maitre d’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Once in the cabin we unpacked, then went to the buffet for a bite to eat. We got to the muster station on time and then rested in the cabin a bit. At dinner we chatted with Ervin and Cathy from Phoenix. We had to wait 3 hours for the casino to open (Puget Sound is BIG). Usually the first night is good, but not this time. We both lost. I lost $50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We wandered a bit, getting reacquainted with the ship. Some updates had been made in the 2 years since our first Luminosa <\/em>cruise but they are relatively minor cosmetic changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We went to bed early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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