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We took this cruise to celebrate my husband's 40th birthday. We were travelling with our 6 year old twin boys, who had never cruised before. My husband and I have cruised once before.
We flew in to Fort Lauderdale the day before our cruise was departing. We spent the night at the Ocean Inn, a small inn in the Hollywood Beach area. It was an economical and clean little inn with a lovely continental breakfast included.
The day of the cruise we made our way to the port at approximately 10:30 a.m. We had VIP embarkation since we were staying in a suite. The embarkation went very smoothly. Once we were checked in we waited about 5 minutes for embarkation to begin. We were able to walk right on the ship and start exploring. We went straight up to the Lido deck and had our lunch shortly after 11. I tried the Mongolian Grill since I heard the line-ups later in the week could be long. It was delicious!
Cabin Review
Grand Suite
The room was very spacious, the bathroom was huge, including a whirlpool tub which the kids used a few times, and a double sink vanity. There was a lot of room to store all of our clothes and our cabin steward kept the room very clean for our entire stay. The location mid-deck on the 7th floor worked out really well for us as it was just a few flights of stairs up or down to everywhere we wanted to go. The oversized balcony was also a real ++ for this room!