RCCL LIBERTY OF THE SEAS March 21, 2010 out of Miami, FL 7-Night Western Caribbean
PRE CRUISE We arrived in Miami the evening before embarkation and stayed at the Staybridge Suites Airport West hotel which we booked thru Priceline for $55+ tax. Decent hotel (3star) in a safe neighborhood. Their shuttle service is worthless, told us it would be at least 45 minutes before they could pick us up from the airport when we arrived so we just took a taxi for $25. There are a few restaurants nearby to eat at and a Walmart & Sams within walking distance if you need anything the next morning before heading to the port. Cost for taxi from hotel to cruise port next day was $40. Not sure our priceline deal was that great considering the taxi fees we ended up having.
EMBARKATION We arrived at the port at noon, porters took our bags immediately and we were inside the terminal in seconds. We are Platinum Crown and Anchor members so had a special line at the far end of the terminal to check-in. There was not a line at all, we breezed thru check-in and were on the ship in under 10 minutes. From what we could tell, the other lines for check-in were not very long either and people were moving thru quite quickly everywhere. This was by far the simplest and fastest embarkation we have ever experienced. Bravo Miami!!
No hallway noise, good use of storage space, loud in the Promenade area when events taking place there, bed was huge!