We were on the February 15th sailing of the Reflection. We have previously been on the Eclipse and the Silhouette and enjoyed them both. Last year we brought our children, but this time it was just my husband and I with my sister and brother in law. We have been on only Eastern Caribbean itinerary due to the fact that the ship, the time of year and warm weather are more important to us. We live in New York so we flew down to Florida with our children a few days early to spend time with family. We drove down to Miami the morning of the cruise and parked in the lot at the port. It's very convenient to park only steps from the ship but it's expensive at $20/day.
Embarkation: Once we parked and handed our luggage to a porter, we were checked in and boarding the ship within 10 minutes. Very fast and easy. I believe it was about 12 or 12:30. They had champagne and greeted us as we boarded. We went to Oceanview Cafe for lunch and had no problem finding a table. Cabins were ready by the time we were done with lunch.
Cabin: We were in a C3 aft concierge on deck 10. Everything was clean and in order. There were a few differences from our previous two cruises on solstice class ships. There is no longer an ice bucket unless requested(at least for us) and the large, plush towels are gone. Also, the tote bag they usually leave on bed was not there, but it was left the next night before our first port day. Everything else was the same....sparkling wine, fruit, flowers, etc. We asked our wonderful cabin attendant, Mariano, for ice when we saw him and we had ice twice a day for the rest of the week, so no big deal. The cabin layout is great and being our third cruise in same type of ship it was easy to put everything away quickly. Our cabin was located port side aft and was very quiet. The mattresses on this ship are really too firm but the linens are very nice.
Very quiet cabin. Balcony is normal size for this ship so it's spacious enough with footstools even. Bed is by balcony. Mattresses are very hard but linens are very nice.