This was my 25th cruise, and second on Solstice. I am a 50-year-old woman, and I traveled with my husband (24th cruise), 2 daughters (age 12, 20th cruise & age 16, 22nd cruise) and my mom (35th cruise). We were on the Solstice in March/April for the Easter break. We have traveled on Carnival, Celebrity, Norwegian, RCCL and Holland America, and we enjoy Holland America and Celebrity the best.

We are from Long Island, NY and we flew to Ft. Lauderdale on Southwest Airlines from Islip MacArthur Airport. It's a great airport and I recommend anyone from NYC and Long Island to use it because it's a breeze to get on a plane there.

At the Fort Lauderdale Airport, it was easy to hail a cab (a minivan for 5) and we were at the pier in 5 minutes. I love the way you can see the ships at the pier from the airport window -- for those of you who don't know, it's that close! Read more