We have cruised Royal Caribbean 4 times prior to this cruise and have been very happy. We booked with Carnival this time because we were doing a double cruise wedding for our twin daughters and the Wedding packages were much better on Carnival. We had over 70 people attend the weddings and more than 40 of them sailed with us. I will say that we were not disappointed with the Weddings. The people that coordinated the wedding did a great job and the entire wedding experience was very good.

We had the entire wedding party arrive a couple days early and we all stayed at the Hyatt Regency Pier 66. This is a great hotel that is 5 minutes from the port. If you are looking for a hotel in Ft. Lauderdale prior to your cruise, I recommend the Hyatt.

We had priority boarding because of the wedding but the ship did a fantastic job with embarkation and debarkation. This by far the easiest debarkation we have experienced. Read more