Background: My wife and I are in our mid 50's. This was our 5th Carnival cruise. Our son and daughter in-law also traveled with us. It was their 1st cruise. We booked an 8A guar. and were upgraded to 8F. We flew down a day early from Wisconsin just to be safe with the weather. We stayed at the "Sleep Inn" in Dania. The Motel offered shuttle pick-up at the airport, breakfast and shuttle to the cruise port included in the price. The Motel wasn't anything special but well worth it for what was included. We would stay there again. We walked to the boardwalk downtown. It was on the water with lots of shops and restaurants. Also close to the Motel were a Publix, Walgreens and several Restaurants.

Embarkation: We took the 11AM shuttle from the Motel to the port. There was a short line outside and after entering the building breezed right through to the ship. We were on the lido deck eating by 12:30PM. We also had no trouble carrying on our allowed 4 bottles of wine. This was the fastest and easiest embarkation we have ever had.

Cabin: after lunch we went to find our cabins. We had 7329 and son and daughter in-law had 7325. We met our room steward on arrival. His name was Felix and he was EXCELLENT. The rooms were kept spotless, ice refilled twice a day and fresh clean towels. Towel animal each night. Read more