I wanted to get away sometime this spring/summer so I had planned on either Amtrak or a cruise. My sister had always said she was scared to go on a ship and so I decided to take her on a cruise. We started at the Marriott Biscayne Bay hotel. It was ok. View from 30th floor was pretty cool, but it rained, no, downpoured most of the time we were there. Monday came and we grabbed a cab to the port.

Embarkation was a snap. But, I need to go backwards a bit first and explain why. We originally booked room 9260, a balcony. However, a very nice lady fom NCL called and offered an upgrade because I am a Lattitudes member. The upgrade was to the owners suite. Ha, I thought. No way i can afford that room. I listened to all the perks and amenities and then she said, and all that for only 250.00 each, a total of 500.00 for the upgrade. I started to say, no, can't afford th... Wait, how much?

So, we were in the Pegasus Suite, Room 8201, forward, right under the bridge. Now back to embarkation... We were escorted into a smaller anteroom in the hall to be met be a rep at a desk. The room was for VIPs and owners suite members. There was coffee, snacks, juice, and it was quiet. We waited there after getting processed and then they escorted us to the ship, past everyone waiting in the embarkation waiting room and right up to where we were greeted by our butler. Yes, my own butler. Bagus, from Bali, was our best friend the whole trip. Anything we wanted, Bagus would get. Very nice man and we never really used his services. The room, when we got there, blew us away. Read more