Oceania Regatta - Feb 13, 2007 - 12 day Eastern Caribbean- the ship's 100th cruise!

The Port of Miami... ship departs from Terminal "J" and uses Garage 12 (we drove to the ship). We arrived at 11am (on a weekday departure)and could barely find a spot in the garage(outdoors on the roof for $180 for the duration of the 12 day cruise). We circled the garage 3 times. Seems the employees of nearby office building (Royal Caribbean's headquarters) also use this garage as well as a hoard of travel agent guests aboard the Regatta for a free lunch. Cannot imagine where anyone else that drove to the ship parked.

Check-in (Concierge accommodations) was fast and efficient and we were aboard the ship by Noon. Good thing since hoards of people RAN to the Polo Grill to make reservations for the upgrade (at no charge) dining rooms...you get 4 dinners on the Concierge plan in these dining rooms. We were fifth in line to make reservations and it took nearly an hour. Those late into the line waited up to 2 ½ hours. There are only 2 tables for 2 in the upgrade dining rooms so plan to arrive early to make reservations if you'd prefer to dine with your companion alone. (Reservations for these rooms can be made later in the cruise as cancellations occur). You can also reserve for more than your "allotted" number of reservations if tables are available later in the cruise- which they invariably are!). Read more