We arrived at the port in Tampa at 11:45am and were on board by 12:10pm after a very easy check-in with no lines. Upon entering the ship I noticed that the centrum had some cracked tiles. Once I saw how beautiful the rest of the ship was I quickly forgot about the cracked tiles.

It was just myself and my 6 year old son (my husband stayed home as he might get Norwalk virus, seasick, or claustrophobic). My son and I had a blast and really enjoyed the cruise. This was a 4 day cruise with stops in Key West and Cozumel. We did not do any shore excursions as I am a shopper and wanted to shop.

The cabins were not ready until 1pm so we went to the Windjammer for lunch. At 1pm we were allowed into our cabin and our luggage arrived a few minutes later. I saw the porters still delivering luggage at 5pm so we were lucky to get ours so early. Even though the cabin was small we had plenty of storage for our things. Read more