We arrived in Miami from AZ on Saturday, May 31st. Stayed at Hilton Downtown Miami. Got the room on priceline for $55/nite. Our room was amazing as it was on the 17th floor and looked out to the Miami skyline and the port. First thing Sunday morning I opened the curtains and saw the ship where I would be spending the next 7 days. The excitement level reached its extreme.

Returned our rental car and got to the port early, around 1045am. Lines were fairly short and we were quickly checked-in for the cruise. We were able to board around 1145ish. After getting on board we made our way to our room, which was not ready yet, however, we were able to drop off our carry-ons. When we were at the room, I left a note for our room steward letting him know that we needed the beds to be separated as there were 3 of us in the room and I certainly was not sleeping next to my mom, who decided to come on the trip. Our room steward happily made this arrangement for us. Went upstairs for the first drink of the day and to see the huge smile on my son's face and his remarks, "This is really cool." Slowly the other 30 people in our group made it onboard to begin the celebration of our kids HS graduation.

Not having anything to base a "good" ship from a "bad" ship on other than my own opinions and reviews from CruiseCritic.com, I found the Triumph to be quite nice. There was nothing specifically in appearance that made me think that this ship was not in tip top shape. There were always people around cleaning and making things look good. Read more