This was the first cruise for my family, and it will not be the last.
Our children are ages 5, 7, 11 and 12, and we all had a blast.
We flew into Tampa the morning of our departure and took the Super Shuttle directly to the Port. We were informed that you could board early so we headed straight to the ship. It took about 20 minutes to board. It really was a piece of cake. We went straight to the Lido deck for lunch. We had two rooms, one with a balcony and one interior room directly across the hall. The interior room had bunk beads to accommodate the 4 children. The rooms were ready after lunch. The luggage arrived safely shortly after 2:00 or so.