This was my boy friend and I first cruise so we don't have anything to compare to, but here I go. We were a little disappointed with our fly/transfer package. We booked it through the cruise line, so really didn't have much choice. We flew into Ft. Lauderdale, but were transferred to Miami for the night, then transferred back to Ft Laud. in the am. We really don't know why they did it that way. We had to wait forever for the bus to pick us up at the hotel, and when they finally came, they took a bunch of people to Miami port first. We finally got to the pier at around 2:30. It worked out good though, since there were no lines and it was a very smooth check in.

We went to our cabin right away. It smelled of stale smoke, but I brought along a plug in air freshener and plugged that in right away. Our cabin steward Rodney was wonderful and introduced himself right away. The cabin was a little smaller than I thought, but alot of hidden nooks and cranny's to put all our stuff. We had to go to the life boat drill which took about 35 min. but was very organized. Our first place to eat was Windjammer Cafe. This turned out to be our favorite place. There was always alot of variety and all the food was tasty. I think they should include pop with each meal.

The Seaview Cafe was my boyfriends favorite with cheeseburgers and wonderful clam chowder. I liked the brownies and onion rings. It's open until 2 am. Latte Tudes had some good coffee drinks if you like that sort of thing. Cascades dining room was pretty and we looked forward to sitting with our table mates and re hashing the day. We made some good friends there and had a good variety of ages. Our waiter Scott was not the greatest. He did his waiting duties fine, but didn't really have much fun with us. The assistant Paolo was just okay. The food was mixed. We had some wonderful dishes, and we had some not so wonderful. It all even out in the end and overall the food was pretty good. We had 2 formal nights and had alot of fun dressing up. Read more