Liberty of the Seas January 24, 2010

Pre-cruise - Stayed at Sofitel in Miami. I enjoyed my stay there. Fast food restaurants, CVS, Walgreens and Publix are within walking distance. Since the hotel is an Accor hotel and based out of France they have a nice touch of greeting you with bon jour.

Embarkation day - Had a transport through the hotel arranged and when the transport came there was not enough room for my husband and I, we were told another transport was on the way, so when that transport got to the hotel we were again shoved off for a larger party, again told another was on the way. I looked down the road saw some taxi's and decided to take a taxi to the pier. Only cost extra was $5 and it was just husband and I. Got to the pier around one pm and the line to get into the building was extremely long and stretch in an L shape by about a block. Line moved very fast and within a half-hour we were in the terminal. There we waited for 15 minutes to get to the escalators and from there it was another 15 minutes to get to the security area. After passing through security it only took a 10 minute wait to get our sea pass cards and go to our room. The RC crew did an awesome job of walking around and talking to people as we waited in line and we figured we were on vacation, no worries. Read more