I should tell you first off that this is not my first cruise although we haven’t cruised in a few years. I was traveling with my two boys, ages 13 & 15. I should also mention that my older son was on crutches due to an unfortunate knee injury right before our cruise that required surgery which he had yesterday.
Our ports were Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Kitts and St. Maarten. I’m not going to go thru every single thing we did on the cruise and in port but will try to hit the highlights. If you have any specific questions, please ask.
We stayed in Port Canaveral for 2 nights after flying into Orlando. We stayed at the La Quinta Oceanfront which was a GREAT location. We had dinner one night at Coconuts on the Beach (food was OK, atmosphere was great!) and one night at FishLips upstairs on the open deck which was really pretty. We rented a car from Budget and returned it to the Cocoa Beach/Port Canaveral location. That was kind of a pain because we waited in line for about 45 minutes and then had to wait for the shuttle too because they were full.
We had a 4J cabin on deck 3 – 3143 so after we basically went thru the lobby and directly to our cabin which was ready due to FTTF. This was an awesome cabin location and possibly one of the best kept secrets on the ship. Absolutely convenient to everything and dead quiet except in the late afternoon/early evenings when there was music playing in the Atrium bar. We had a sofa and a refrigerator. This cabin is known as an inside obstructed view. I can count the number of people that we saw walk by our window during the entire week on less than 1 hand. Keep in mind we were on the starboard (right) side of the ship. The port (left) side is a smoking area so there may be more people on that side.