OUR WEEK ON THE VALOR Eastern Caribbean 2/12/06 through 2/19/06 Room #9287 on Lido deck Captain-Giovanni Cutugno Cruise Director-Steve Cassel

SUNDAY-2/13 Miami -- We got to the port around noon and the taxi took us right to the guys that took our luggage. We then walked to the terminal and got in line. The lines were not bad as they were moving fast. We were probably on the ship in 45 minutes or less. You first go through security/metal detector, then to a line where someone checks your ID.. your passport or birth certificate and photo ID with your cruise tickets. Then you get in line to get your sail and sign card which is also your room key. Then on to the ship. It really was painless. They did hand us a slip that said we could not go to our rooms until 1:30 p.m. but, we decided to at least take our carry on to the room. When we did we noticed they were done with our room so that was good and met our room steward....Leroy from Guyana. he was really nice.

Then we headed out to check out the ship. It is beautiful! Not as patriotic as I expected really though. At first it was hard to get around to everything but then we figured out to go to deck 5 for pretty much everything and it goes the length of the ship. Read more