Some background info on me. I'm 36 and booked with a singles group. This was my third cruise on Carnival and fifth cruise.

I flew out of Newark, NJ. Check-in was easy, but my gate could not have been any further from the ticket counter. Also I didn't have an assigned seat so I was freaking out a bit. I was able to get a seat and was happy to be on the plane. I suppose one passenger on the plane felt as though people were not finding their seats quickly enough. This guy said very loudly, "Tighten up people, there are people waiting to get seated. If you are talking in the aisle, take your seat." I cracked up because he was with a large group and I thought he was joking. But then he again in a very loud, angry voice said, "Again people, there are people waiting to be seated. Tighten up, tighten up!" At this point I was beginning to think that this guy was going to delay our plane. He piped up one more time but then was quiet the rest of the trip. Although he was loud, I was thinking that there was no way a terrorist was going to mess with us. Clearly that loud guy would have kicked their terrorist butts.

I found a little old man from Carnival near the Miami airport luggage claim that was selling vouchers to the port. After a bit of a wait we were off to the port. The driver was actually really funny. He gave us a bit of a tour and I saw the place where they filmed one of the scenes from Scarface. Read more