Notes from a first time family of 3 - We are 33 year old parents with a 4 year old son.

Pre Cruise - Coast Hotel is awesome - we enjoyed their park, stay and cruise package - Rooms are huge, shuttle is efficient, location is perfect and breakfast was better than anticipated. The $20 for a view is highly recommended. We checked in early on our own at around 9:30 at the Queen Mary. After this we returned to hotel to relax and eat breakfast before taking the shuttle over to the terminal around noon. We were onboard the ship with in 30 minutes despite being the last people in line from the early check ins.

Cabin - Bigger then expected - extended balcony was awesome - panoramic deck (8) is a great location - no issue with noise Read more