This was an INCREDIBLE ship. There was very little that I didn't really enjoy about it. We traveled in a group of 14 and there was always something fun to do.

We drove to Orlando the Saturday morning prior to our cruise and spent the night time exploring. Sunday morning we left to embark in Port Canaveral.

The embarkation and debarkation process were by far the worst parts of the cruise. In an unfortunate instance--the Mariner returned late to the port from its last sailing which GREATLY delayed our embarkation. We had to wait in a holding area for hours until we could drive back to the port only to wait in traffic for nearly 3 hours just to get to the ship. They even cancelled the dining room dinners because everyone didn't get a chance to get on the ship in time. Read more