First off, I gathered a lot of wonderful tips from these reviews before our trip, so I hope to provide a few tips too.

We booked through AAA web site - but didn't get any special perks or thank you gifts in our room (thinking about cancelling my membership).

Embarkation was easy, we flew into FLL arrived around 10:30 a.m. and took a taxi to the port (15.00). We don't like to take the RCCL transportation because we don't want to wait for a full bus, or "go with the crowd". At the port, we were directed to the RCCL entrance to tag and drop off our own luggage - no problem for us. There were RCCL porters and although a little hectic because cruisers from the previous cruise were departing, we found the right area and left our luggage. I didn't notice this before, but suites have their own entrance (nice! hope to have one someday!). We waited about 20 minutes in the Platinum holding area, then we were processed quickly and entered the Allure! The whole process was organized and we encountered pleasant staff all the way around. Read more