Before you board the ship you have to go through several steps at the terminal - showing proof of citizenship, signing paperwork, etc. A big change from our earlier cruise was the use of photography as a security measure. We had our pictures taken in the terminal, and they were assigned to each of our "Key to the World" cards that serve as ID/room key/payment on board. Junie's was grumpy as heck, something that was mentioned to her by just about every cast member who viewed it over the cruise LOL.
In addition the kids photographs and accounts were attached to our own; each time we would claim a child from an activity our photograph popped up on the computer screen next to theirs. No visual match, no kid. As we're a large family we needed two staterooms (I was officially with LK and OJ) and for that reason I was stopped from taking Grace off the ship in the Bahamas when the photo system didn't match. (I completed paperwork to add the other kids to my card at that time).
The woman, who was from MA, also offered us 'free' onboard airline checkin - I put that here for what the pros call "foreshadowing". A second station assigned each of the three younger kids a yellow wristband that contained all their information as well as a GPS tracker. And then it was on to the ship, where, as is custom, the family name is announced over the loudspeakers. We asked them to announce us as "Team Slap", but the lady spoke it as "Team Slap Family", which was kinda a bummer. But our cruise had begun!
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