8th cruise for me (41), 3rd with my husband (49), 1st for my 9 yo daughter. We also cruised with my mom (76) and my sister (56) who also have been on many cruises. We've previously sailed on NCL, RCCL and Carnival. We booked this cruise 10 months out and paid less than $500 pp for my mom's inside cabin.

I am originally from Miami. We stayed at the Fairfield Inn in the Doral area and were transported to the Port of Miami by family members. We always stay in the Doral area when we visit Miami, it is very centrally located, close to all the parkways and has many restaurant options.

Embarkation: We got to the port at 11AM. We had to wait for a while for passengers to debark, there was obviously a problem. Security and check in took less than 20 minutes but we waited for almost an hour for the ship to be cleared. We were on the ship by 12:30. A roll call friend told me that she happened to check under her seat in the waiting area and found priority check in passes and was one of the first on the ship. I had read about this and she was lucky enough to stumble across the passes! Read more