First, a little background on myself. I am in my early 20's, and this was my first cruise. It was also my boyfriend's first cruise. We were looking for something short, and a great price when we stumbled upon the Norwegian Sky. After reading some of the reviews, I was a bit nervous that my first cruise experience was going to fall short, but the Sky proved me wrong. We enjoyed it so much, we already put down a deposit on our next cruise!

We stayed at the La Quinta Miami Airport East for the convenience aspect of things. The hotel rate included a shuttle from the airport as well as a shuttle to the port of Miami the next morning, which was very convenient. We arrived at the port at approximately 1:45 PM. We had carry on bags only, so we immediately proceeded to the cruise terminal.

Everyone there was very kind, and greeted us with a smile. We waited in line to check in for approximately 7 minutes. The line moved fairly quickly. Check in was a breeze. We handed the agent our cruise tickets printed from our edocs package, she checked our passports, took our pictures, we received key cards, and off to the ship we went. Read more