I went on this cruise with my daughter. It was her Christmas gift to me. Neither of us had been on a cruise before. This made a great introduction to cruising for us.
We flew in on through Fort Lauderdale airport. We stayed at the Rodeway Inn. That is a low cost hotel and it is like they say--you get what you pay for. Shabby rundown hotel. It was clean (more or less) and the breakfast bar was OK. We used SAS shuttle service to the port. Great service and much cheaper than the other services.
I had forgot to pack one item. The shuttle driver pointed out the shopping mall across from the port. Since we were early we left our bags with the porters, hopped in a cab and went shopping for an hour. Then we took a cab back to the port.
We knew it would be the smallest cabin on the ship and were pleasantly surprised with how well it worked. It is designed well with attention to maximum use of every inch of space. All our stuff fit in the closets and drawers very well. The room functions better with two twin beds than with one queen. You would have one person trapped in a corner, having to climb out over the other person if set up as a queen bed. Also the pop up end table only is available when set up as two twins. If you are a very large person you may have trouble with the shower. There is a little clothes line in the shower. That was very handy.