My husband, daughter, 19, her boyfriend and myself started the cruise New Years day. I do a lot of research on Cruise critic and find it VERY helpful.

We drove to Tampa from Michigan and stayed in the Holiday Inn express, by the stadium, overnight and were allowed to park our car there all week and they shuttled us to the terminal. I would highly recommend this hotel. The shuttle was prompt and even picked us up after the cruise and returned us to our car.

I booked a balcony cabin for the first time and loved it. The bad thing was that it was on the top floor in the front of the ship and the first two days had very rough seas and we felt it more in this room. The service was good. The ship is kept clean. Read more