2005, Jan29th-feb 5th. We are a family of 4, traveled with a 6yo boy & 4yo girl. Was our second cruise (first RCCL), first for the kids. We flew from Montreal to Miami and took our own cab (21$US) from the airport to the pier (much much faster). We had received at home the wrong tags for our luggage but someone quickly change it for the good ones at our arrival at the pier. Had to wait in a pushy line an hour or so. Wait for the famous picture of departure. Kids were a bit cranky. Finally passed the gate. Wow! We had not enough eyes to see everything. We took the elevator to go to our room. The kids were delighted to learn that they were sleeping in bunk beds up in the air. The room was nice and roomy. Everything fitted.

We went on deck 12 to watch the departure and waved goodbye to whomever waved at us. The scenery of the Miami port is gorgeous and the warmth was very nice for us northern people. Then was the evacuation drill then we headed back to eat. The sea became rougher by suppertime. I had an empty stomach for quite a while so what had to happen, happened and they saw me run for bathrooms. I wasn't alone, we were almost pushing one another to enter bathroom. The sea stayed that way until the next afternoon. During the evening, we could walk 3 steps on one side then 3 more on the other side. So we paid a visit in the doctor station when we learned much about dramamine and co. With pills everything grew normal. It was even nice to sleep. My daughter went sick too mainly because of the orange flavored pill that she hated. (Next time I'll bring cherry!) The day after, it was history.

First stop: Porto Rico. We arrived in the afternoon so no beaching. We decided to walk around and found Senor Frogs, a genuine restaurant! It was amazing! The kids had hard time to understand why adults were all on their chairs dancing. Our side of the place even win a drinking contest and were greeted with a yummy drink right in our mouth. I took a Yard daiquiri and was quite surprised that I could drink all that. The food was great. (Don't order one meal each. It's WAY too much. Even kid's one.) It was delicious. They took our picture with sombreros and framed it for us for a decent price. It's now one of my greatest souvenir. Read more