My husband and I are both 28 yrs old. This was my second cruise and his first.....

We left SC for Port Canaveral on Friday 5/9 at around 1 am. After making a few stops along the way, we arrived at the Radisson on the port around 10 am. (I suggest that if you are going to be staying at the Radisson and will be arriving before the normal 3pm check in time, you should do the online check in on their website and you can enter your arrival time and they will have your room ready). For the price ($129 which includes breakfast for 2, free parking for the length of the cruise, and a shuttle over to the port) this was one of the nicest hotel rooms I have ever stayed in.

We arrived at the port around 11:30 a.m., and were on the ship within 30 minutes...I was expecting at least an hour wait but...they rush you right through which was awesome!! We had lunch on the Lido deck and then went to our cabin (Upper Deck 6373) at 1:30 pm to put away our carry on's. We met our cabin steward Renato from the Philippines, who was great and took really good care of us all week. We then changed into our bathing suits and headed back up to the Lido deck to get some sun. We headed back to our cabin around 3:30 p.m. to get ready for the dreaded muster drill, and our luggage was already there. We had time to put a few things away and then the announcement was made to head to the muster stations. This wasn't so bad, but I was really mad that sail away started during the muster drill...I mean come on, you can't wait 5 more minutes!!!! Anyway, we pretty much ran through people with life jackets in hand and up the 5 flights of stairs to get back up to the Lido deck to be able to enjoy what was left of the sail away. Read more