We are from Niskayuna (Schenectady), NY and drove our motorhome to Florida for the winter. We are in our late 70's & early 80's. This was our 2nd cruise this winter. It's a 2 hour drive to Port Canaveral. We used our new "Sun Pass" and the GPS took us the wrong way -- straight through the center of Orlando. On the bright side, there was no traffic on a Sunday morning. We parked at Park & Cruise, again, and it worked well.

We arrived at the cruise terminal around 10:30am and the line was short. We sat in the terminal and waited..and waited for an hour. The place was packed and everyone was wondering what was wrong. The excuse was that the ID cameras were broken. We finally boarded and then had a delicious lunch in the Windjammer Cafe. I needed to use the ladies room -- "sorry -- out of order -- go up one flight, please." 2pm -- time to go to our cabin. Whoa! The 6 elevators at our end of the ship were out of order. And we weren't about to walk up 5 flights with our carry-ons. 30 minutes later they were repaired. That was the end of any problem on this ship.

The Weather -- we had wonderful weather on this trip. On the 2nd day the sea was as calm as glass -- very unusual. Read more