We are in our mid 40's, have no kids and have been on more than 20 previous cruises on 5 different cruise lines, most of which to the Caribbean. This was the second week of our first back to back of two consecutive cruises on the same ship. While doing this back to back cruise it became very apparent how the passenger population can change the atmosphere of the cruise. The Super Bowl was during the first week of our two cruises and there was a large Super Bowl group on board that were mostly adults. The second week was Presidents Day week and there was school vacation in several northeastern states, so there were over 1000 kids onboard. I have found that I much prefer a cruise with fewer kids.
We flew nonstop from Minneapolis to Orlando the day prior to the cruise. We had to wait in the deicing line for about an hour before take off so our flight was delayed. We stayed at the Radisson Port Canaveral for our one night precruise. The pool area is really nice and the rooms were clean and included a fridge, microwave and coffee maker. Although our room was only provided decaf coffee and body wash but no shampoo. This property is very large and it is difficult to drag suitcases all the way back to the rooms in the back. This was our first time cruising out of Port Canaveral. Other years cruising out of Port Canaveral are likely to be more enjoyable, but this year it seems that central Florida is having a cool winter. The weather was cold and rainy most of the time we were in Florida. We arranged shuttle service from the airport and the hotel and the hotel and the port with Cocoa Beach Shuttle. The shuttle service was monitoring our flight status so they knew we were a little late landing at the airport, and then Saturday morning they were running late and picked us up about half an hour later than our booked 10AM pickup. For dinner on Friday evening we took a short cab ride to Grills at the port area. Everyone enjoyed their meals and they were willing to split the checks. It would have been much more enjoyable if it wasn't chilly and raining.
Saturday February 13, inbetween day