This was our families first cruise. I travelled with my husband Cam and our two children - our 16 year old daughter and our 13 year old son. There is so much to tell, but it was just the best vacation, both kids have said it was "their best vacation ever" and we plan on cruising again.
I had read the cruise reviews prior to sailing and really picked up alot of helpful tips and information which we used for our cruise. We flew out of Toronto in a snow/ice storm and were lucky the plane was not cancelled. Luckily we had flown down the day before just in case, so we would not miss our ship.
We arrived at the pier around noon and everything went smoothly. I had heard horror stories about the long line ups and we were prepared for them. But we just walked along pretty quickly and were processed and onto the ship. We were all so excited! We got our room cards/keys and were up in our room right away. Our luggage started to arrive outside our door during the next hour or two. We explored the ship, had lunch and just watched what was happening from the upper decks.