What a great cruise not so great with the Tampa port debarkation near customs though. Too many people in the customs area in different zones than were called on the ship. What was the hurry to leave such a great cruise. We were never rushed off the ship or out of our rooms like on our last ship.....the Dream. On the Dream they made you wait some where other than your room.

OK enough of the negative.

Getting on the ship was a breeze. We pulled our car as directed by police near the front door around 10:15 AM. A porter came and picked up our bags. I drove to the parking garage, paid $105 for the week, and parked on the ground floor of the garage. My wife and I walked into the terminal and checked for our cruise within 5 minutes. We waited about and hour to board around 11:30 and were eating lunch around 11:45. The rest if our time until our room was ready was spent exploring the ship. OUr rooms were ready sometime after 1 PM and our bags were in the hall around 2 PM. We un packed and watched the ship away from shore around the 4 PM. Oh and the drill was around 3:30 and lasted about 15 minutes. Read more