Grand Princess Western Caribbean April 11 - 18 2004 By Dave and Shirley VanBibber
Let me start by saying this was our first cruise and I felt we were well prepared for it. Our travel agent Dick Cooper gave us good advice and found us a good fare on the Grand Princess for a mini suite. It also helped to read some of these cruise ship reviews. We flew in to Fort Lauderdale on Saturday and stayed at the Holiday Inn Express using their free shuttle for pick-up from the airport. After check-in we walked about ten minutes to an Outback Steakhouse for an early dinner - the snacks from the plane had worn thin by then. After a good dinner we relaxed and decided on early bedtime in preparation of our trip in the morning.
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