This was our 7th cruise (5th with RCCL). Mom with 15 year old boy and 14 year old girl (Dad stayed home this time). Navigator is our favorite ship to date mostly because it has expanded teen facilities. Instead of the kiddie pool in the back of deck 12 it has a teen deck where only the teens are allowed. My kids had a blast. We love all of the Voyager class ships but this was heaven for my teens.

We flew into Fort Lauderdale the night before and took Tri County Express (pre reserved town car for $64) to Intercontinental in Miami. We LOVED this hotel. Very fancy room and you can see the cruise ships from your window.

Took cab over to the pier at 11:30am and had a 5 minute wait through security and then zipped through the RCCL registration line and were on the ship by noon - best embarkation I have ever had! Read more