There was a blackout the day of embarkation and we had to take the stairs with the heavy luggage.. Other than that, the check-in process was pretty simple and didn't take too long ...
Princess is very disorganized in their boarding process. We supposedly had "priority" boarding because of our room being in their Club Class. We were directed by cruise line personnel to the regular boarding area check in. The cruise line personnel said that this would give us a faster check in. This resulted in us not having the appropriate boarding card for priority boarding and had I not spoken ...
Stayed at the Courtyard in Westen. Clean and close to sawgrass mall. Rented a car from Alamo and they provide a shuttle to the port for free. Embarkation was quick and we were on the ship by 11:30 AM. ...
We stayed at Quality Inn on Strickland Road. Nice clean place with lovely continental breakfast. Waite staff were incredible considering the volume of people that attended.
Convenient to port and airport with free shuttle service. ...