It all started January 24th at 02:00 AM Leaving our home town of Delphos, Ohio by bus to the Dayton International Airport with snow coming down. I had a group of 113 that joined me. We arrived in Dayton at 03:45 AM with the ticket counters of Delta not opening until 04:00 AM. All of our flights were on schedule and we boarded on time.

We left Dayton International and flew to Atlanta taking another flight from Atlanta to Orlando. We arrived in Orlando to find experienced Carnival help ready to get us from the airport to Port Canaveral using Carnival's shuttle service.(cost $38.00) The shuttle leaving when the bus was filled. Since I had two other people meeting us in Orlando we took two different shuttles. But since we were a group it was my choice as a group leader to split them up. We then had a 45-60 minute bus ride to Port Canaveral. Depending on the traffic.

The porters were waiting for the bus, you clamined your bag and by my choice gave them a tip. Our last cruise the porters demanded a tip (needless to say they did not get the max) Read more