A little background, my husband (27) and I (30) booked this cruise about six months ago. After reading such wonderful reviews about the ship, we had to give it a try. We booked a regular aft balcony room through NCL. This was my second cruise and my husband's third cruise. I've only been on Norwegian so I cannot compare it to anything else.

Night before the cruise

We flew into FLL and took SAS Transport to the JW Marriott Marquis Miami. Wow, this is a stunning hotel! I honestly have never stayed anywhere this awesome before. Our honeymoon suite in Mexico comes close, but this place was amazing!! Our room was on the 34th floor overlooking Biscayne Bay. Peaking though the buildings you could see the cruise ships. There was a tv built into the mirror in the bathroom. You could relax in the tub and watch tv at the same time, awesome. The bed was super comfortable; I wish they had JW beds at regular Marriott's! The room was super clean and looked brand new. There were two chocolate suede chairs with matching footstool, a huge curved glass desk with a computer! The room also had a large flat screen TV. Read more