We arrived in Tampa a day early and visited Busch Gardens and went to a baseball game that night. I made arrangements for a private shuttle to pick us up at the hotel @ 10:30 and they were right on time. We were at the terminal in 15 minutes. Gave our luggage to the porters, took our carry ons with us to check in. Check in line was short and only took a few minutes. It really helps if you do your Fun Pass online and fill out your Sign & Sail information ahead of time. Within minutes were were all checked in and sat down to wait for our group to be called to board. At 11:45 we boarded and went to the Lido deck to eat lunch.
Our room was ready by 1:00 so we unpacked our carry on luggage and left to explore. The ship was extremely clean with some over the top decorations. We checked our room again around 3:00 and more of our luggage had arrive, so we unpacked it and I took what clothes I had that needed to be ironed to the laundry room and did my ironing for the week. This was a great idea as no one else was around and I would not have to worry about ironing for the rest of the week.
Our room stayed spotless the entire week and we had ice everyday without asking. Our teenage sons stayed across the hall and our room attendants had great fun teasing them about coming in so late. The layout of the room was perfect, plenty of storage and even though the bathroom was small it was extremely well thought out and we had room for everything. the bed was very comfortable and we loved having the Balcony.