My wife and I are avid cruisers. Every time we go we have a great time (who doesn't right?). We booked this trip (March 9, 2008) in early February as the snow kept piling up here in Toronto. We booked a category D2, balcony cabin on Deck 9. We had no problems whatsoever getting a great price and we loved the new online ticket system. Our biggest pre-cruise issue was the flight down to Florida as the entire northeast was getting hit by a huge storm (not RCCL's fault). In any event, we flew down one day early (a big must during the winter season) and took our time the morning of the cruise.

We got to the port at around 130-2pm and to our surprise we found it empty. We were instantly greeted by the bag guys, walked through reservation, found perhaps 10 people ahead of us in line to check in and literally within 30 minutes we were in our room dropping our handbags.

The D2 cabin was very nice, clean and spacious, like other balcony cabins we have had on Rccl (voyageur and mariner the last 2). There was lots of room to move around, a great looking flat screen tv, a mini bar, nice sitting area and the standard bathroom. Our room attendant came by right after we were in, introduced himself showed us the hairdryer and left us be. Read more