It was a cold, overcast day when I arrived in Hamburg Germany to meet the newest, biggest ship in the world. I had just flown a million hours from Honolulu to L.A. to London to Hamburg. Plus add to that a 12 hour time difference, and you can imagine what kind of shape I was in when I got off the plane. Still, I felt the excitement. Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas was in dry dock, and there was press about her all over the place.
This is how she looked when we arrived that day in April 20, 2006.
Imagine carting your 4 giant bags of boas, costumes and tiaras across this gangway!
When you looked to the right or left or down, this is what you saw.
