Hi Tina! Excited for you!
Your cruise will be wonderful and you will be ready to sail off with a whole new you! The good thing is that you will be over the hump of your surgery and getting your mind set in about how to eat and what to drink.
To be honest, don't worry about getting fill so fast. Like someone mentioned earlier some people loose 100lbs+ without a fill or with only 1cc. I only have 1 cc now and I managed to lose 60lbs the first year! I took it slow bc I didn't want to sag. I still have 35lbs to go though. With my terrible week experience with my band and the fill I got, I don't think I want to ever have another fill. (was too tight and had to have the fluid removed emergently).
Personally, see if you can lose the weight with just no fill and that will be your first goal. Trust me, you will have some restriction when you try to eat old favorite foods. Now, granted you can eat around the band if you start diving into milkshakes, chocolate, candy, etc etc....we don't want to do that. We already know what happens on that route.
If you start to slip or gain weight, then that's about the time you need to fill your band. Your cruise will be wonderful as they will have plenty of things that are good for you. Fruits, veggies, and also the bar tender can make you some wonderful smoothies (non alcoholic) from fresh fruit if you cannot get them down.
Best wishes!!!
~amy