Loved the Sky

We sailed the Sky on Feb. 2-6, 2009. It was our first cruise for both me and my DH. My husband didn't want to fly so we drove to Miami over two days. We arrived at the Port around 11:30 am. The workers at the Port were quick to help us with the luggage and then sent us to park. We walked back to the terminal with our carry-on luggage and got in line. The line looked pretty long but it never stopped. It took approximately 30 minutes from parking to getting on the ship. We thought that was pretty quick but since we had never done this before I guess others could disagree.

As we walked on the ship the cruise director (I found who he was later) was there to welcome everyone. They had video cameras filming everyone's arrival. They had us stop and use hand sanitizer, which I appreciated, before we walked inside. We were immediately greeted with free champagne and juice. My DH took the champagne, but since I don't drink I chose the juice. It was a nice treat. We walked out on the deck to enjoy the view of the Port of Miami and then decided to check the ship out a little. We had too much carry-on luggage to go far. They did have an area where you could check your carry-on luggage while you explored the ship but my DH didn't want to do that, so we just took a seat in Dazzles nightclub and enjoyed watching everyone come through. We were told our rooms wouldn't be ready until 2pm so we knew we had a little bit of a wait but we didn't mind. Read more