We drove to New Orleans and stayed the night before at the Hilton across from the airport. We were able to leave our car parked there while we were on the cruise. They brought us to the airport for 4:30am as our flight was at 6:00am. We asked for a wheelchair and they were really accommodating and took very good care of us. We arrived in Miami there was suppose to be a wheelchair waiting and there was not, so we walked to meet our RCI cruise transfer as we claimed our luggage. We were put on the bus to the Port of Miami for around 10:30am. It did not take very long to get on the ship.

When we arrived on the ship we were told the room would not be ready until 1:00pm so we did not go to Windjammers, I decided to avoid the crowds and went to Sorrento's Pizza, we were the first ones there as they opened and it was delicious. We each had a slice of pizza and a little chocolate mousse that was outstanding. It was nice sitting there and watching the people as they came in and they were amazed at the beauty of this ship.

We then went to Vintage Wine Bar and made friends with Mariyanna. She was wonderful and took care of us the whole trip! My sister is a smoker and there are not many places to smoke, but she could smoke just on one side of the bar in Vintages. Read more