Mariner of the Seas October 7-14 2007

We took our second cruise on the Mariner of the Seas and brought my wife's parents along this time. It was our fourth cruise with RCCL and my in-laws second. We sailed on the Mariner last October on the eastern caribbean itinerary and enjoyed it so much we decided to go again, this time on the western caribbean itinerary.

We arrived the day before and flew into Orlando from Albany, NY and rented a car from Budget at the airport to drive out to Cocoa Beach. My in-laws reside in North Carolina and drove down also arriving on Saturday. We stayed at the Resort on Cocoa Beach and really enjoyed it. We had a two bedroom ocean front unit and enjoyed a day at the beach prior to our cruise. We arrived at the port at about 11:15 A.M. and sat in a very long line to drop off our luggage with the porters. This took about 45 minutes. We then parked my father in-laws vehicle in the covered garage and got in another line to enter the port building. This took about another 15 to 20 minutes and once inside we were able to check in immediately and walk right on the ship. The whole process took about and hour and fifteen minutes. Read more