We took Amtrak from Seattle to Vancouver and stayed  overnight at Pan Pacific Vancouver. We got Deluxe Harbour room on the 18th floor, and we were able to see our ship come in this morning.

We took the elevator down to the basement of our hotel/Canada Place to drop off our luggage a little after 10 am. There were already a lot of people there, but the line was not that long, and we went through check-in, security, and immigration fairly quickly. They made us wait in a room for all the disembarking passengers to clear the Canadian immigration. We probably waited about 30 minutes, but once we were allowed to leave the room, we just went right on to board the ship. I wouldn’t say it was painless, but it was fairly quick.

Once on board, we had lunch in the main dining room (forgot to take pictures of our food!), then explored the ship after that. Since Nieuw Amsterdam is very similar to Westerdam, our last ship, it didn’t take long to figure out the layout.

We sailed away shortly after the muster drill, pretty much on time. We watched the sail away from our aft-wrap verandah, and it was beautiful.

In the evening, after attending a reception in the Neptune Lounge, we went back to our room and ordered room service. I had a bento box from Tamarind, and my husband had filet mignon from Pinnacle Grill.

The ship is beautiful, sea is calm, and we are enjoying our cruise very much!