B2B Oasis of the Seas (RC) Feb 7th - Feb 14th (7 days)  The Breeze (Carnival) Feb 14th - Feb 22nd (8 days)

8 of us flew from Canada to Fort Lauderdale the day before our first leg of this B2B. Our 13 year old son does not travel well, and he was sick on all three flights. We booked all of our transportation through the same company, we called them from airport, and by the time we gathered our luggage they were there to pick us up. We booked 2 hotel rooms at Holiday Inn and Suites, Sawgrass Mills. One for 5 of us, and the other for 3 of us. When the 5 of us opened our room, we found a gutted room. No carpet, no furniture, no sink even...just a safe in the middle of the room. The other room was fine. Because it was a Friday and we were in Fort Lauderdale, they had been booked full for months. They apologized profusely. They had just purchased the hotel, and were still renovating and working out the kinks. Our son laid on the couch in the lobby as they called around to other hotels, hoping to find a vacant room for us. After quite some time they finally found a hotel with 2 rooms available for us...at their expense. They also gave us $20.00 for the cab ride. We had to call the company that was transporting us the next day to The Port, to change our pick up location. We waited almost 1.5 hrs for a cab to show up and take us to other hotel, again, because it was a Friday night. In that time we saw 3 other couples come in to find out there were no reservations for them in the system and they were turned away. One couple had rented a car, to drive to Miami the next morning for their cruise, and knew months ago that there were no vacancies in Miami on a Friday night. They had resolved to sleep in the rented vehicle. I can't remember the name of the hotel we were sent to, but it was definitely a high end hotel. We were given the only 2 rooms left, which turned out to be a huge conference room, with a kitchenette and a meeting room with a table for 16, and very large bathroom, but only one queen size bed...for 5 of us. Our son didn't care, he had finally found a bed after being sick from 6am when we got on the plane, to which was now midnight. My cousin and her families room was 1 queen and a small pull out couch. The hotel that sent us there didn't mention how many occupants would be in the room...but it didn't matter anyways, since these were the only 2 rooms available. Hubby and I stayed with our son in the big conference room, and the five others stayed in room with bed and pull out couch.

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