Hi, my name is Todd. My wife Rosemary, son Darren (8 yrs old) and I just returned from sailing on the Carnival Triumph January 10-18th. We sailed from Miami and visited Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Jamaica. This was my wife's second cruise, but the first for my son and I. We also traveled with our best friends and their three children. Our friends were renewing their vows on the ship and we decided since we were there the first time, we might as well be there the second time. My wife and I also have 19-month-old triplets and our family said that we looked like we could use a break. So our family all pitched in and helped look after the babies and off we went. We decided to take our 8 year old because we had not spent a lot of quality time with him since the babies were born and our friends were taking their children.
We flew down to Fort Lauderdale on the Friday with Spirit Airlines from Detroit. This was much cheaper than booking the air with the cruise line. Our friends drove down and took our 8 year old with them. They picked us up at the airport and we just stayed at a hotel between Fort Lauderdale and Miami. On Saturday morning we got up early and headed off to the Port of Miami.
Port of Miami: We had no problems finding the port, but it is going through a lot of construction right now and it was a little confusing getting to the right Terminal to drop off the luggage and find a place to park for the week. No a huge problem, but don't waste time driving around, just get out and ask someone.