We are a family of 3 (My wife and I and son-14)

Getting there: We flew into Miami on Friday evening since the weather this time of year can be questionable and the stress level of potentially missing the ship is significantly reduced by flying down the day before. We stayed at the Hampton Inn and Suites Blue Lagoon near the airport and it was a nice hotel with restaurants, drug stores, grocery, and some other shops right across the street. The hotel also has a free hot breakfast and a free shuttle service from the airport to the hotel. The shuttle picked us up within 15 minutes of gathering our bags, the driver was nice and we arrived at the hotel quickly. After check-in we walked across the street at ate dinner at Casa Juan which is a Cuban restaurant that was very good with good service as well. We booked with F.G. Car Services to take us from the hotel to the Port and we were picked up right on time by a very professional driver who told us all about the city of Miami and pointed out areas of interest as he dropped us off at the port.

Embarkation: We arrived early at the port (approximately 10:30am) because we had purchased Faster-to-the-Fun and were anxious and excited to get onboard the Breeze. Since we were there so early we went right through security and then upstairs to get our sign and sail cards and security pictures taken and then we sat down and waited to board. It was about 11:30am when boarding started and we were onboard by 11:45am. Read more