Pre-cruise we stayed at the Marriott Springhill suites in Dania. We arrived early and the room wasn't ready, but they were accommodating and checked our luggage so we were able to explore the large shopping center directly across the street, which included a bj's liquor store and barnes and noble.

As we were upgraded to a suite, we had certain perks, including priority embarkation. we were in our room 10-15 minutes. (we arrived at the port at 12:00). We then went to make our dinner reservations at the Crown Grill for Caribbean night (when in Jamaica) We went to the beautiful and impressive gym to sign up for spin class and the thermo spa.

We ate lunch at the Horizon Grill, which was adequate nothing exciting. The entertainment night in the Princess theater was the princess dancers, who were excellent and a small bit by a comedian Phil Tag (whose been on the tonight show). He was very entertaining. Since it was valentine day there was a slight theme of this, including rose boutonnieres and corsage. Read more