7 nights - Cruising; Labadee, Haiti; Georgetown, Grand Cayman; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Cozumel, Mexico; Cruising

We booked this last minute through our travel agent and we were able to get a nice ocean view room on deck 2. We left for Miami (daughter, girlfriend and I) from Tampa around 6:30am and arrived in Miami around 11:30am. We followed the signs at the port (Dodge Island) for Royal Caribbean and quickly dropped off our bags by the porters and parked our car. The porter immediately hinted that he was in need of tips...I hate that.

Embarkation: After parking we went upstairs to the check in and security. All went pretty smooth considering there were thousands of people around. The Royal Caribbean staff directed traffic really well. One thing to note is that they asked for a picture ID for my daughter who is 6. They just asked her a few questions and after check in continued on to the ship. I never saw or heard anywhere before that a picture ID was recommended for children. Total embarkation time was about 45 minutes. Once on the ship we immediately got my daughter a bracelet that showed her emergency assembly station. We went to the Windjammer to eat and it was slammed, but we managed to find a seat. After we ate we walked around the ship for a while and our room was ready at 1pm. Read more