This was our second cruise and having gotten some much enjoyment and valuable information from other peoples reviews I think its only fair that I now write mine. We flew into Orlando on the Friday, as we like to have a full day before the cruise in case the airline loses a bag (has happened in the past), so we spent Friday and Saturday night at the fantastic Rosen Shingle Creek hotel at a great last minute rate of $80 per night Really is a beautiful hotel. We had rented a car of Budget at the airport and drove down to Cape Canaveral Sunday morning and returned the car and got the free shuttle to the Port. I have to say the staff at Budget were very friendly, helpful and efficient in both the airport and in particular Cape Canaveral (we rented again after getting off the cruise. Embarkation Once we got to the port it took about 90 minutes to get through security, checked in, and sea cards issued. From our previous cruise and from talking to the staff this was much longer then usual but everybody seem to turn up at 1.30. It was fine, everybody was in high spirits and you could see steady progress. Once on the ship we went to our room and were delighted to see that our luggage had made it to the room before us.

Entertainment I have to say this is where there really is added value in a cruise holiday. The quality and the variety of the shows is very high. we both really enjoyed all shows that we saw but have to recommend that you do not miss the love and marriage, the quest and the battle of the sexes. these truly are laugh til you hurt funny. At this point I also have to mention our cruise director Alan Brooks and his team. Alan has a quick comic mind and timing that would do him very well if he every decided to go into stand up comedy.

Food and Service From reading some of the reviews you would think that you are going to be served gruel "please sir can I have some more". Listen the food is good, its not "wow this is the best thing I've ever had" but it is fresh and plenty full with a wide variety. The menu in the MDR is very good and if you make a bad decision which my DW did one night your server is more then happy to change it for something else. Jade and Windjammer are standard fair and I loved the nachos and guacamole that they put on in the afternoon. Chops was the only disappointment for me, the service was good but the quality of the steak was very disappointing both my rib eye and my DW's filet were very tough even though they were cooked medium rare. We could just have been unlucky as we did have steak in the MDR and this was lovely. Read more