Background: My DH (Chris) and I (Jenn) are from Long Island, New York. We are a married couple in our late 20s. This was our 7th cruise, all on Royal Caribbean. We have been to the Western Caribbean before, but this was our first time in Labadee & Jamaica.

Day 1, Embarkation Miami, Florida:

We flew American Airlines from New York LaGuardia to Miami the day of the cruise. Yes, I know and I was totally stressed about it, but our flight went off without a hitch, and we landed early (YEY!!). We collected our luggage (was stressed that it wasn't going to make it) and headed to the taxi stand. Since we were flying in the day of the cruise, we asked the taxi driver to stop at a Publix to pick up a case of water and some Red Bull, since we didn't want to have to worry about the weight since we were flying. Read more