We chose to travel with our daughter and son-in law and their 15 month old litle boy.We had traveled on NCL Star before and it is a great ship.

WE stayed at the Embassy Suites Downtown Convention Area in Tampa before departure. There is a trolley to ride for easy tranportation. WE took in the Aquarium, and Ybor City nightlife before we boarded ship. No need for rental car!

NCL does a great job with organinzing boarding -especially being a Latitudes Member-so cruising with them before has its perks! Our son-in-law having a suite also helps! My only comment is that because the ship had gotten into port late our rooms were not ready to use and it took a while longer than our other cruises to get our luggage-all in all,a minor inconvenience! Disembarking was also very smooth-and going thru customs you just need to have your passport and declaration papers ready to go! BE Sure to have your color coded luggage tags on. NCL is very well organized just read your daily Free Style Newsletter!! Read more