This was my 13th cruise, and just 7 mos. ago I was on the Conquest out of Texas. This was my daughter's high school graduation celebration, for she wanted to cruise with her friend. We had 3 generations of women. Six all together. Stayed at the Clarion right by the airport, it was a decent hotel. Took the shuttle back to the airport to get transportation to the port. Took a van at a cost of $16.00 each. Make sure you know and they know what port you're going out of. There is two. Be prepared for different answers depending on who you are talking too, on how to get to the port.
Arrived at the port at 9:30 a.m. to be the first on board. And we were the first. They took our docs right away, and we were seated. I think we made it on around 11 or 12. There were no problems, everything went smoothly.
Our 2 cabins were end to end, but at least on the same floor. Dropped our stuff off in the cabins (though they were not ready) and off to eat and tour the ship. The ship was very elegant. Beautiful paintings everywhere. And the urns did not bother me a bit. In fact we laughed about it upsetting our trip (stated in a review). The stateroom was as big as our hotel room! But whoever gets the sofa gets the short straw! Not as comfy, and no down comforter! They first set up the top bunk, and I'm nearly 50 and crawling up that latter HURT! Then I didn't like the feeling up there, so I took off all the bedding and slept on the sofa. Next night they made up the sofa.