Liberty is a great ship for a 5 night cruise. We previously sailed on Freedom in Feb 2013, and it is almost a mirror copy (down to the dining room seating).

Embarkation: Port Everglades is very chaotic, at least compared to Port Canaveral, where Freedom sails from. We did "Air and Sea Parking" about a mile from the port. It was half the price of the port parking, and also saved a migraine, considering what navigating the port traffic would have been like. Great service with this company - highly recommend. Arrived at the terminal around 10:30. Took about a half hour to get through security and check in. Then had to wait in a holding area till about 11:30 or so. Straight on to the ship afterwards. Avoid Windjammer for lunch, and go straight to Sorrento's (unless you just hate pizza). No crowd, seat on the Promenade, and relaxed until around 1:00 when out room was ready.

Cabin: We had a balcony on the 7th deck (starboard towards the front - just rear of the fore elevators). Within 30 seconds of our neighbor occupying their room, they proceeded to smoke on the balcony. One quick call to customer service, had it addressed with them. Other than a few class-less comments (Amazing, given the number of passengers on the ship, that some people just feel the rules don't apply to them, and how dare anyone question them on it...oh well), no other problems from them, or with the cabin at all. Read more