This was our 6th cruise. 4-RCL, 1 Carnival, 1 NCL....and our daughter's first.

We began our vacation traveling to LAX from Denver. Delta dogged us by changing our nonstop flights to a short layover in Salt Lake (and a tiny little plane which freaked out the family) Upon arriving in LAX, we were surprised when our luggage was on the baggage claim carousel when we got there. BRAVO! Then we hopped onto a Super Shuttle with our pirate friends who were also sailing with us. Next stop, the mouse house and the Fairfield Inn in Anaheim. The hotel was clean and convenient. The mouse house was fun and we found it to be a very different experience than WDW in Orlando.

Sunday morning we were off to the port again by Super Shuttle. After having a car go flying out of control and coming a little too close for comfort, we arrived at the port. Quite different than the east coast ports we are used to. Embarkation was quick and painless. We found the ship to be very beautiful and in decent shape for its age. I was not accustomed to seeing the fingerprints and haze's on the chrome and brass (especially up high) as well as the large amount of light bulbs that were blown out in the public areas (I counted 13 blown bulbs in the solarium alone). This has not been my experience on other RCL ships. This was the only drawback to this beautiful ship. Read more