Background: First time cruising couple with a 2 1/2 yr old daughter.

Travel to Port of Embarkation: We planned to fly into MCO airport on the morning of our cruise. Southwest Airlines sent me a text message 2 hours before our flight telling us that our flight had been cancelled. We were very worried that we would miss the cruise, but fortunately Southwest put us on a direct flight which got us into Orlando earlier than our original flight which contained a connection. None of this is the fault of Disney. If we had booked our airfare with the cruise, I think that any problems would have been rectified by Disney.

Stateroom: We were in a Deluxe Family Stateroom with Veranda. This was very nice - it reminded me of a 5* hotel in a European city. Everything was very new and very clean. There was lots of storage space, and the shower had a small bath tub that my daughter loved. The veranda was very nice, but would have been nicer on a higher floor (we were on 6) as the lifeboats obstructed some of the view directly down into the water. This was our first cruise so I have nothing to compare it to, but I believe that this room was top-notch at 299 Sq Ft. Read more