My companion and I live locally so we drove to Port Everglades, parked at Park-n-Fly and took the shuttle to the cruise dock. Being a suite guest we waited briefly to go through security and then embarked almost immediately.

We paid for a guaranteed suite and were upgraded to the highest suite (SA) other than the penthouse so that was quite nice. When we boarded our suite was ready so we dropped off our carry-on luggage and went to the lido deck for lunch and to await departure.

Before departure, as we did on a past Holland cruise we signed up for the thermal suites which was a charge of $125 per person for use of the thermal suite which included a sauna, steam rooms, thermal chairs and a therapeutic pool along with lockers, robes, access to showers, etc. Being as this was our relaxation cruise--what better way than to have use of such amenities. Read more