Myself 34, husband 33, daughter 9 and daughter 5. We drove from Philadelphia.

We arrived at the port around 11:30. There was a short line for drop off/parking that took about 15 minutes. We got into the line on the right which took us to the parking lot. We walked our luggage over to the terminal and dropped it off with the porters. Once in the terminal we waited in line for 5 minutes. The check in was a breeze. We had printed out the docs from the website. We walked right up to get our sea pass pictures taken and then onto the shuttle. After getting off the shuttle we walked over to a table to get the kids their wrist bands and then onto the ship. From the car to the ship took about 20 minutes with a bathroom break in there somewhere.

Once we were on the ship we headed straight to our stateroom 8214. The room was ready so we dropped off our bags and headed up to the Windjammer. I bought the soda card for myself at the entrance of the Windjammer. There was also a table for the wine package. I got my money's worth out of the card. I was able to get a diet sprite at most of the bars. After lunch we wondered around the ship. We had never sailed on a ship of this size. We absolutely loved the promenade. We returned to our cabin at about 3 and soon after our luggage arrived. We unpacked and set aside some clothes for pressing. We noticed the extra pillows smelled musty so we left a note and a tip for the stateroom attendant requesting new pillows and an egg crate mattress. We had a new bed frame but not a new mattress. The sheets were all new but the comforter was the old one. We wandered around some more and then attended the muster drill. After the drill we went up to the front of the ship to watch the sail away. Read more