This was our first cruise and we booked it to celebrate my husband's 50th birthday. There were 55 people in our group, ages ranged from 7 to 70. We traveled from The DC, Maryland, Ohio and NC areas.

Prior to booking this cruise, we didn't know but 2 other couples in this group. Our group was a combination of family & friends. This group cruises every 2 years together. We were the only ones in our group that had never cruised before. We attended several parties & meetings prior to the cruise so we got to meet most of the people before we left. I would cruise with this awesome family again in a heartbeat. We had a blast! We booked thru a local travel agent. The group selects ship and itinerary over a year in advance. We chose to fly in a day early (most of our group did so) The travel agent booked for most of them but we chose to book our own airfare & hotel. I got better deals on both and even though I spent a lot of time doing the research it was worth it.

We flew from Dulles on an 8am flight to Ft Lauderdale and arrived around 10:30am. While waiting to board at Dulles, we met another group of family that was on the Liberty too. We flew JetBlue. I love this airline! It took us about 45 minutes to get our luggage due to the amount of flights landing around the same time. We took a cab to our hotel. The cab ride took about 10 minutes & cost approx Read more