This was our first cruise so we needed some help on deciding which cruise line to go on, what kind of room we should get,and what time of the year we should go at. Our TA answered all of our questions. Once we had talked to her we decided to go on The Navigator of the Seas at our Spring Break which was the first week of April. We were traveling with 2 Children (12 & 16) and they were so excited to go on a cruise for the first time. When Spring Break finally came we hopped on a flight from Atlanta to Miami. When we got to Miami we had a limo pick us up from the airport to take us to the Hyatt Hotel in Miami. Which was such a nice hotel. Amazing bathrooms, pool area, food was great and just right around the corner from the port.
When we woke up the next day we got ready and headed downstairs to eat breakfast. Then we got all of our suitcases ready and took a bus to the port where all the of the ships looked so amazing! My children were in "awe" when they saw all of the ships. Once we got off the bus we then went into the port building to check in with 3,000 other people. So the lines moved along fairly slowly but they kept us entertained with little acts some of the crew were putting on for us. As we finished checking in they told us our bags wouldn't be ready for us back at the room for a little while ( i think we waited 30 minutes) but the waiting wasn't bad at all. We went to the pool deck and my husband and I got amazing drinks and the service was so friendly and kind to everyone on board. There was caribbean music playing by a band it was just so nice. Everything on the ship was just so well decorated everyone was so kind and helpful.
Our cabin was so amazing. We got a Junior Suite with a Balcony and it was so spacious and so well decorated. Our room steward was so helpful! He always addressed us by name and made little towel guys for my children.And our captain Johney greeted us every morning by saying "Good morning, good morning good morning good morning" in his little Norwegian accent. It was the best wake up call to have in the morning Royal Caribbean has 3 dining times (four-six-and eight oclock) we took the eight oclock dining. The food was amazing and never had to send back a meal. But we didn't have too great of people to sit with. They were a quiet couple with two not so nice kids. We didn't know we were able to get our table changed so we had to deal with them all 7 nights of our cruise. But if anyone wants to know you CAN change your table with no problem. But overall the food was amazing. Every night there is a different theme to dinner. There are themes like dressy and casual and caribbean nights. Everyone gets pretty into the whole dressing up thing. But after dinner there are absolutely AMAZING shows! My family and I went to them every night. I would recommend them to anyone and everyone. Also after dinner you can go to the casino (only open to people over 21 years of age) and a midnight buffet. This buffet was the longest buffet i have ever seen. Different nights were for different foods like chocolate and cheese.