Standard small interior stateroom, very quiet, 8 drawers, four closet shelves, 2 vanity cabinets in the room and one in the bathroom, ample closet space, clothes line in the shower to dry swim suits.   Small but had everything we needed for the minimal amount of time we spent in the room.

Easiest and quickest embarkation/disembarkation we've ever experienced.  We arrived at about 1pm for a 4pm sailing, and didn't wait at all at the counter.  We parked off site with a park and cruise lot, and it was "smooth sailing" to port, absolutely seamless operation, very well organized. 

For disembarking, our luggage was easily located, and we used a porter, which got us access to a priority customs line with ZERO wait and carried us right to our shuttle back to our car.  Best $10 I spent all week was for that porter.

Port Canaveral (Orlando)

Nice beach, ample chairs/hammocks, mostly in the sun, but some in the shade, too.  Access to water sports, volley ball, water slide/inflatables, kids' club, and some typical port souvenir shopping.  Nice to have the cruise lunch available on the beach while in port.  Water stations and restrooms all over the place.

Perfect Day at CocoCay

We got to port late, but were thankfully still able to take this excursion as planned.  Finding the location was chaos due to the late arrival, as the whole ship was trying to get to port at the same time. The was about a thirty minute wait on the dock for our boat to arrive once we found our group, standing in the sun, so be sure your sunblock is on before you head out that day. It was a rough ride going over (no one actually got sick, but I think several of us were pretty close).  The boat ride took a long time, maybe because of the sea conditions, but still, 40-ish minutes each way seemed like a long time for about 30 minutes of snorkeling.  Perhaps it felt like it took longer because the ride was so rough.  We did sea tons of turtles though, which was amazing. The water was cloudy, probably, again, just because the sea was rough, and also because it rained a bit on and off that afternoon during our excursion.  If you're prone to sea sickness, take a dramamine or have your patch on, because I felt pretty horrible and didn't get as much of the (delicious, well mixed, highly potent) rum punch as i would have liked out of self preservation.  The crew on the excursion, Gabriel, Chris, and Captain Mark, were all great.  We had a really nice time, and would definitely do it again (but next time well dosed with dramamine).

Well organized.  Easy to find our group at the pier, left and arrived on time, amazing tour guide (Oscar the Grouch), the van was a late model, well appointed, comfortable, air conditioned, and stocked with rum punch, beer, pop and water. When we ran out of beer, our operator got more for the ride back to port.  The beaches were wonderful, I'm glad we experienced them.  Felt safe the entire time we were with our guide.  We did have to pay to rent beach chairs during our stops ($5 each at Orient-- included a drink though!, and $20/each at Maho, which felt like a rip off, but what can you do).  Oscar gave us some great island history during our drives across the island, and he was very good natured and personable,we enjoyed meeting him and having him as our guide.  If nudity bothers you, this trip might be something you would reconsider.  Orient Beach, even on the "non nude" side, had some topless beach goers. Didn't bother us, but worth noting in case others are curious. And if you cross over to the nude side and are clothed, you'll be among a very small minority.

Thomas:  We arrived late due to rough seas slowing us down, so you can imagine the crowds in the hallways waiting to disembark for port, and getting to our tour meeting point was a bit chaotic due to the crowds all getting off the ship at once, but once we found them, it was smooth sailing.The excursion itself was really nice, although the snorkeling time was only about 30 minutes, perhaps due to the rough ride in taking a bit more time (took about 40 minutes by boat).

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