My husband and I are both in our early forties. We took this cruise as our annual vacation as well as in celebration of our 10th wedding anniversary.
We drove from Oakville, (just east of Toronto, Canada) to Baltimore down the 83/15 and other than some rain it was uneventful. We arrived in Baltimore in a little over 9 hours.
We stayed overnight at the Microtel (which included parking for the 9 day cruise - US$119) A good basic hotel with a nice continental breakfast with yummy waffles.