This was my 26th cruise and my third time on the Breeze. I live 30 minutes away from the Port of Miami. I'm a teacher and this was my spring break vacation. It was also my nephew's 17th birthday. I have been taking him on all my cruises since he was 8 years old since we have the same vacation time.

I drove to the Port of Miami. We got there at 11:00. The previous cruise hadn't debarked yet, so the parking lot was full. They sent us to one that was further. The time that I had chosen to check in was 11:30. They allowed us to check in at that time, but we had to wait 30 minutes to go on the ship because Customs hadn't cleared the previous cruise.

As soon as we entered the ship, we checked out our cabin. We chose an inside since we don't spend a lot of time in the cabin. When my mother sails with us, we book a balcony since she loves it. She didn't join us on this cruise because she was having a lot of back pain. Read more