I just returned from my very first cruise with my husband of 3 years and another couple. We went on Enchantment of the Seas by RCCL for a five day cruise to Key West and Cozumel and I have to say I am more than impressed! Here is an overview of each part of our cruise: Port Lauderdale, Florida: The port was very efficient and clean. There was a man waiting to take our luggage and we arrived at ...

With all critiques I shall attempt to shed the positive and negative features of this cruise with the reader.  First let me share that I have only sailed once before with Carnival in 2007 and this trip too was as a single parent with my four boys.  Let me also share that I work in Finance and maintaining a constant vigile on our travel account does tend to sometimes get in the way of me totally ...

Jay and I started out the day before the cruise to stay in Fort Lauderdale at the Hampton Inn North. The cost of the room, plus leaving the car at the hotel, and being shuttled more than paid for itself. Went to the beach and Bubba Gumps for dinner. Thursday morning after a nice breakfast at the hotel, took the shuttle to the pier at 11:30, Sea Passes in hand, Photo's done and in the Windjammer ...

So, this was my first cruise with my girlfriend, who has been on many cruises. She prefers RCI to the other cruise lines. As an R.N., I was paranoid about Norovirus (yes, I know - there's nothing that I can do about it, and I can pick it up anywhere) so I drove her crazy buying little bottles of hand sanitizer that I insisted that we keep everywhere. LOL! She had a travel agent book this entire ...