My wife and I took Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas 4 night Bahamian cruise on 4/25/11 from Miami. This was our first cruise and we honestly didn't know what to expect. We had a free flight on Southwest so we flew from Chicago to Ft. Lauderdale in the morning. We had booked our transfers with Royal Caribbean and we had no issues with the trip from Ft. Lauderdale to Miami. However, it did seem like the drive from the airport to the port took forever. I would recommend flying into Miami if your ship leaves from there.

The boarding process wasn't too awful. We waited about 15 minutes before getting to the check-in desk. The process was smooth, but the gentleman working our counter did not give us a Cruise Compass or a map of the ship. I noticed that people who had gone to other counters received these. It would have been nice reading while waiting in line to get on the ship.

After we got on we went to our cabin #2069. The cabin is an interior cabin and it was very tiny. We had the beds pushed together and they were pushed up against one of the walls. I drew the short straw and slept on the wall side. It was rather difficult to get out of the bed while my wife was still sleeping. The bathroom was very tiny, to the point where I would think a larger person would have some difficulty maneuvering. There was a closet that provided enough room for us to hang our clothes and we shoved the suitcases under the bed. There were a few bottles of water that we could purchase on the counter. We should have had our stateroom remove them because they ate up valuable space. The bed was very comfortable. We never noticed any exterior noise while we were in the cabin and we never felt any unexpected motion from the seas. Read more