We are a long time married couple in our early 50's. We live in S. Florida and, despite popular belief, we did not get any Florida residents breaks on ANY of our eight cruises.
This trip was to the W. Caribbean with stops in Key West, FL., Cozumel, Mexico, Georgetown, Grand Cayman and HAL's private island, Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas. We left our home by limo and arrived at Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale) at 11:30am on 5/29. Our luggage was taken at the curb and we entered the building. Since we splurged and got the Deluxe Verandah Suite we bypassed the lines and went right to the suite counter. Our cards, with pictures embedded on them, were issued, our picture taken by the ships photographer at the embarkation ramp, and we were on the ship all within 15 minutes.
We immediately went up to the Neptune Lounge, which is for S and PH guests. Our cabin steward, Budi, was kind enough to let us drop our carry on luggage in our suite and we headed down the hall to the Lounge. There we met Sheryll and Joena. Two lovely girls that were there for our every need. We booked the purple cabana on Half Moon Cay first. There are only eight cabanas and they are truly worth every penny. They are air-conditioned with a ceiling fan, refrigerator, table and 4 chairs and there is a lattice surrounded deck on the front with two lounge chairs and a shower. We found water, soda, cut up fruit, cut up veggies and dip in the fridge. They also had float mats there for us with some beach towels. We also reserved scuba in Cozumel, swimming with the stingrays in the Caymans and parasailing in the Bahamas. I'll go in to that later. All our luggage was delivered by 3:30.