Pre cruise Day 1 (Thursday) -- My cousin and his wife arrived in Toronto from Inverness, Scotland May 5th and spent the evening and next day with us. This cruise was for their 25th wedding anniversary with a few days in Orlando after the cruise and then a week all-inclusive in Antigua.

Pre cruise Day 2 (Friday) -- We drove to Buffalo, NY and spent the night at the Quality Inn (done through Priceline, then they allowed me to park my car for 10 days for $25)

Pre cruise Day 3 (Saturday) -- Took the early morning hotel shuttle to the airport (4 minute trip) for our Jet Blue flight to Orlando. Check out their website www.jetblueairways.com. It is no wonder Jet Blue were voted the best airline in the US the last 3 years, the whole process was great, including check-in, nice leather seats on all aircraft, we were able to pre-book the exit row at time of booking, they have Direct TV at all seats so you could watch 36 channels of TV, also their potato chips are Blue in colour. The only drawback is every JB flight from Buffalo goes through JFK in NY but the wait is only about 40 minutes. We arrived in Orlando at 11:45am and proceeded to Budget to pick up our Rental Van for the 6 of us. A TIP, if you use Budget, sign up for Fast Break as you go straight to the garage to pick up your car/van. When I looked at the counter in the terminal there were 33 in line with only 3 people serving. I would have been there for an hour or two. We were on the road to Cocoa Beach by about 12:45pm. Read more