We live in the Tampa area do we drove and parked at the garage by the pier. It's $12/day to park. We drove around a bit before figuring out how to enter the garage.

Embarkation was a breeze. We all have passports and had filled out our Fun Passes. We were on board about 11:45am. We had a few carryons we carried around since halls to rooms were closed. Another Cruise Critic member we met just opened the door, went to his room and asked the steward if it was okay just to drop backs and they did.

We strolled around trying to get the lay of the land. I must say I stayed fairly lost for the whole cruise! Read more