We cruised the Carnival Liberty from 6/3-6/9 out of Fort Lauderdale going to Freeport, Bahamas and Grand Cayman. We were also supposed to go to Costa Maya, but it was canceled due to very rough seas and several unsuccessful attempts to dock there.

It was my family DH and 2 DD's, ages14 and 11. This was our second cruise; we cruised EnOS last summer and loved it. Also, a friend that I work with and her DH also went, they are in there mid 20's and this was their first cruise. We all live in central FL so we drove down the morning of the cruise and parked our car off site at Quality Airport Parking and Van Rental, I found this online at unitedairportparking.com. It was much cheaper than the port and they had a free shuttle that took us to the port and dropped us off with assistance with our bags. Easy. Once at the port, it was the usual lines for embarkation, took about 45 minutes to get on the ship.

It was around 1:30 at this time, so we dropped carryon luggage off at our rooms and strolled around checking out the ship. It is absolutely beautiful, very clean and new looking. No complaints here. We found our table assignment; we got a table near the doors for just the 6 of us. At 3 it was time for our informal cruisecritic meet and greet we had arranged on our roll call. We had lots show up, probably at least 20. It was very nice to meet everyone we had been talking to on the roll call and one in the group was going to propose to his GF while aboard and we all knew and she didn't, so we had a good time keeping the secret. (She said yes on Monday night to thunderous applause in the dining room). Read more