My DH and I arrived in Miami the night before our cruise. We stayed at the Holiday Inn on Biscayne Blvd. It was very convenient to go across the street and had many choices for dining. We arrived the next morning at the cruise port around 10:45. We were on the ship around 11:30am. We went to the dining room for lunch, which was very nice and not crowded like the buffet usually is. We were in our room around 1:30pm and dropped our bags and walked around. Due to some issues under the ship, they had some divers underneath, and we didn’t leave port until around 6pm. I don’t think anyone seemed to mind and the Captain had has caught up in time before our first port.

Our balcony stateroom was very roomy and had plenty of drawers, shelves, and bins in the closet. Our stateroom was 9031 and our stateroom attendant was Ramel, who was absolutely wonderful. We had wine and the chocolate covered strawberries. Yummy. The shower was big enough, but I must say it was difficult for a woman to shave her legs. I ended up putting my foot on the toilet to reach to shave…lol.

The food at the buffet was pretty much the same everyday, with just a few things changing. The food in the dining room was okay, but not the best. I can say that I am not too fussy, because I am happy not to have to prepare it, cook it, and clean up. We ate in Il Adagio and it was very good. We didn’t try the other specialty restaurants. The chicken wings at the sports bar where good, as was the bartender  Gopish (not sure if I spelled it right). The omelets and waffles in Moderno in the mornings where very good. Not many people realized that Moderno had the omelets or waffles, until a few days after sailing. Read more