Departure: We were a group of 8 going on the trip for Thanksgiving. Our trip startied a little rough, once we boarded the plane to go from Miami International Airport to London Heathrow, it appeared that the plane had engineering problems and takeoff was delayed 4 hours. But nonetheless we kept our spirits high. Once we got to London we decided to stay around the Winsdor area before catching our flight to Dubai. After a very long day of traveling, we arrived to Dubai! We were welcomed with open arms and took a shuttle to our hotel.

Grand Hyatt Dubai: One of the most beautiful hotels I've ever stayed at and the service was phenomenal. The bag boy even insisted on carrying our purses and didn't let us tip him! The rooms were extremely spacious and luxurious and everyone in our group had a view of the Burj Khalifa from their room window. We spent our day at Dubai and walked to the Mall of Emirates. All 8 of us decided to go to Ski Dubai, since none of us knew how to ski we chose to buy the package that let us do other snow activities instead. I highly recommended it and was tons of fun.

Embarkation: That morning we were picked up by private cars and driven to the port. Embarkation was extremely smooth and we were on the ship in no time. Read more