OVERVIEW This sailing was on the Liberty of the Seas on April 12, 2008 for 7 nights. The ports included San Juan, St. Maarten and Labadee. This was my 8th cruise and I traveled with an old college friend (our 3rd together).

PRE-CRUISE As an active member of the Cruise Critic roll call, I had the chance to be introduced to some amazing people for the months preceding the trip. It was fantastic to arrive in Miami and spend the morning before the cruise with several of the roll call members.

EMBARKATION My flight arrived at about 8 a.m. from Atlanta. I waited about 30 minutes after getting my luggage and took at taxi to the cruiseport in the hopes of checking in my luggage so that I wouldn't have it with me the rest of the day. I arrived at the cruise port at about 9:15 a.m. and even though it was a bit chaotic as the previous cruise group were departing, a porter took my luggage without a problem. Read more