I grew up cruising with my family, when I was 11 years old I took my first cruise on the Rhapsody of the Seas to Alaska when it was then a brand new ship. About a year later we went on the Monarch of the Seas back in 1997 when it was also quite new. It was really nostalgic to sail on the Majesty because it is almost identical to Monarch and not that much different than the Vision class ships, which will always be my home base. I am platinum of Royal Caribbean, so I always tend to favor their cruises because of that. We decided to book a cruise out of Miami for February, and because of our baby who was just under 10 months at the time, we decided to do a shorter cruise as a trial with her. I was a little paranoid about being on a week-long cruise with so many sea days in case we needed something.

We flew on a direct red-eye flight from SFO on Virgin America, it was a really nice flight, and it was even empty enough for us to bring our car seat on board even though we didn't buy the baby a seat. We arrived at 8:05 am in FLL and almost immediately SAS Transportation called me and asked me to call them back after we've picked up our luggage and were waiting at the curb. They came promptly and we asked them if we could stop to pick up some water on the way to the port. He promptly took us and the other couple on the shuttle to 7-11 and my husband was able to pick up 6 large bottles of water. We were concerned about having water to make the baby's formula and I did not trust the cruise cabin room water.

We arrived at the Port of Miami around 9:30 and it was still really hectic from all the previous cruisers leaving. I do not recommend getting there so early, but since our flight came in so early we really did not have another choice. Royal Caribbean did let us go upstairs and sit in a waiting area outside the cruise terminal and my husband was able to nap for about an hour. Around 11:30 they let us go in and check in to the cruise. I got to stand in the Platinum line, which I really love, and they were really extra accommodating to us because of the baby. For example, everyone else was forming a line that would be allow people to board the boat, and they let us stay seated nearby with the baby and then let us go near the front of the line and directed us to the elevator. Read more