Before I start my review, I'd like to give a little more background about myself. I'm a 30 year old female that took this vacation 2 weeks after returning from Afghanistan. I'm low maintenance and so is my husband who is also in the military. This was both of our first cruise and we have nothing else to compare it to. So please keep this in mind when reading this. Here goes...

Parking and Embarkation- I'm glad we did the research before the cruise and avoided paying the ridiculous amount of money to park at the cruise terminal.We had gone to Disney the day before and drove from Orlando. Make sure you bring cash. We paid about $4 in tolls from Orlando to Cocoa Beach. We self-parked at Cruise Parking of Port Canaveral which is about a 10 minute ride to the cruise terminal. It was $30 for 5 days. The staff was very nice and loaded our bags for us onto the shuttle bus. They even had a playroom for children- nice bonus. As soon as we got off the bus at the cruise terminal, the porters unloaded our bags and put them on the cart to be taken to our stateroom. We already had our luggage tags printed out so this was not an issue. Embarkation was a breeze! (I wish it was that simple at the airport...lol) We were traveling with only our birth certificates and didn't have any problems.

Ship info: My husband seemed to be impressed by all the purple lights. I wasn't. The decor looked a little tacky to me. But whatever, no biggie. Our stateroom was located on the main (5th) deck. The main issue I had with the ship was the elevators. It seemed like there was always an elevator out of service. But again, not really a big deal. It gave us a chance to use the stairs and work off all of that pizza and ice cream we ate. But overall the ship appeared to be clean with a few signs of normal wear and tear. Read more