My husband and I flew into Tampa the day before, and stayed at a Holiday Inn Express about 20 minutes from airport. We visited a arts festival and Hard Rock Casino. Our room was nice and a very comfortable bed. They offer free breakfast in the morning which was convient. We returned our rental to the airport, and took a cab to the port. We arrived at terminal around 10:30 and had to wait as the check in counters were not opened yet. We waited about 20 minutes and checked in quickly and was able to board the ship in about 30 minutes. I will review the rest in sections.

Cabin

We were in cabin 9037, which is a balcony cabin. Our cabin had tons of storage, even the over-packer I am could not fill all the space. We loved having the balcony, and spent a lot of time sitting out there and enjoying the views. It was small, but it was enough room for the both of us. The shower is tiny, but the water pressure was great. The one strange thing is, we never saw our room steward. I saw one man in the hall near our cabin, that I assume was him. He did a nice job in our cabin and we have no complaints. We found the location very quiet and the bed was extremely comfortable. Read more