A little background: I am a 24 year old graduate student that travelled with my girlfriend (also 24), her mother, two of her friends, and one of her friends mothers (six people total). We were in two cabins - 2537 and 2543, each with 3 people in them. My girlfriend and I have cruised together twice before - once on Majesty in 2004, and once on Radiance last November.

Precruise: Booked this cruise about a year ago through our travel agent. Although I had apprehensions about cruising during spring break, it was the only week that my girlfriend and her friend could go that they did not have classes. We were able to get affordable flights to FLL through US Airways from Reagan National Airport in DC. The flights were fantastic and could not have asked for better. We were transported from FLL to the Port of Miami by my girlfriend's cousin. A+

Embarkation: There were a lot of groups travelling on this cruise, and it showed at embarkation. We were able to get checked in and on the ship after about a half an hour wait we quickly checked in and received our Seapasses. We then had to wait in another line to get onto the ship. This was an additional 15 minute wait or so. Overall, embarkation was ok, but not as smooth as I had experienced previously. B Read more