This is my 3rd cruise on NCL - the previous 2 were on the Dawn and Jewel. My husband and I (both in our early 30's) booked this cruise as a last minute vacation. Silly us, we thought the fact that it left on Easter would mean the end of the Spring Break crowd...

We flew into Fort Lauderdale a couple of days in advance of the April 8th departure. We decided to go back to the airport on the 8th to get NCL's transfers down to Miami for $20/pp. This was fair considering a "shared" van service would have cost us just as much but, this way we did not have to deal with our luggage when we arrived at the port.

Since we arrived at 1:30 and boarding did not begin until 2, we had a short 30 minute wait. However, the terminal was air conditioned and NCL put out cookies, juice and water. As soon as it was 2pm, the doors opened and we were in our cabin within minutes. Read more