We booked our cruise through RCI and Danesh our cruise planner was wonderful in every aspect. Before we sailed ther was a price drop and Danesh reduced our fare with a simple phone call. We flew out of Minneapolis a day early and spent Saturday night at Country Inn and Suites in Cape Canaveral. The hotel was beautiful and provided a full breakfast on Sunday morning. My parents joined us on Sunday and the hotel only charged them $35 to park their car for the entire week.

Embarkation was easy and quick, just a note, at the terminal enter on the right side. All the buses and shuttles use the left side and only the passanger cars use the right side, we had no lines at all while there were long lines on the left to get through security.

This was our first cruise and we were amazed at the size of the ship. Our cabins were ready when we boarded so we dropped our carry-ons and explored. The entire ship was beautiful. We ate lunch in the Windjammer and then hit the pool. Read more