I will try to kep this short, but informative. This was my first RCCL cruise as was my husband's, so we have only other cruise lines to compare to. In my opinion....there is no comparison. This was my all time best cruise thus far. We did a pre-cruise stay at the Holiday Inn Port of Miami. We stayed there prior to our last cruise and were very satisfied. There are plenty of things to occupy you at Bayside Marketplace.

Day 1 Embarkation.

This went very smoothly, but we were one of the first to arrive at the port that morning. We arrived around 9:45 and had all our embarkation papers ready before we arrived. There was no line, so we went to the check in desk and were finished in less than 5 min. All we had to do then was wait for the other passengers to disembark and the ship to be readied for the next passengers. We were on board by 12:30. Read more