The comedian said it best on the first night: "If you don't have kids and are on this cruise, you should really check the calendar next time!" Including our 2 kids (16 & 11), there were 1400+ children/teens/college students on board for this trip - most of whom were (relatively) well-behaved. That said, the cruise was very enjoyable, as were the port visits.

Drove down to the Cape Canaveral Residence Inn the night before, which made going to the ship a piece of cake. After dropping off the big luggage, we drove to cruise parking of Port Canaveral - where they checked our reservation and got us back to the ship within 15 minutes. This parking arrangement saved us about eighty bucks compared to the port parking, and is something I would do again without hesitation.

Our embarkation was a breeze, probably in large part to the previous cruise being canceled (i.e., no disembarking passengers). As an added bonus, all the ship's crew had just had some unplanned down time, which made things even nicer. Total time, from arrival at the security area to our room, was about 15min. Read more