We had a pre cruise stay in the Miami are. We stayed at a beautiful 2 bedroom condo in Surfside, just 9 miles from south beach, called Solara Surfside, It is a timeshare unit that rents nightly also. It had floor to ceiling windows in all rooms and two balconies oceanfront.

We boarded the ship around 11:30am, It was not such a long line at this time, however within 30 minutes it was out the door. We were sent to the lido deck for lunch. It was really nice and not yet crowded. We were locked off the floors with cabins by closed doors with notes saying the cabins would not be ready until 1:30pm. You could walk around on deck.

We pulled out of port on a lovely Sunday to start our cruise. We met up with some fellow cruise critic members and chatted along the corridor out of Miami. Read more