Reflection-Feb 7-14, 2015

We drove from Tampa to Miami on Friday, 6 Feb, and stayed at the Red Roof Inn by the airport. You can leave your car there while on the cruise and they take you to the port, but you have to take a taxi back ($25). The hotel was ok, but not great. You do get a free continental breakfast, but it was not very good.

The traffic in Tampa is bad, but nowhere near as congested as Miami. The first night we spent in Miami we went out for dinner, and it took us 25 minutes to drive less than 2 miles! If you stay there and can find a good parking place, do not move your car again because it is highly unlikely you will get a good parking place again. We hope they move the Reflection to Ft. Lauderdale sometime in the future because Lauderdale traffic is considerably better than Miami's. Read more