Embarkation: This went surprising quickly I thought. We flew into Jacksonville and arrived at the airport at 10:20 and took a cab to the port and was at the port in less than 15 minutes. This also includes a stop by the liquor store to pick up two bottles of wine to take on the ship. Check in was very painless, and we were on board by 11:30. We were told our rooms were not ready yet so we headed up to Lido deck for lunch and a cocktail. After lunch we stopped by Camp Carnival to sign up our son.

Rooms: We had an oceanview room, and I would highly suggest this. It was great. My husband would get up in the mornings and take pictures of the sun coming up from our window. We had a room with a bunk bed that came down from the wall for our son which was great, it was his space in the room. There was plenty of room in the closets to put all your clothes, even mine when I took way too many. The rooms were very clean and were cleaned twice a day. We loved our steward we brought along a cooler to put the wine and water we had brought on in and he kept it full of ice for us so things were always cold. I would definitely suggest bringing along a power strip as there aren't many plugs.

Food: The food was great and endless. You can eat 24 hours a day. We ate all breakfasts and lunches on Lido, loves the omelets in the morning. We ate dinner in the dining room and loves all the food and desserts. Our waiter was very nice and quick and we were always the first ones to be done in the dining room. My son wanted to order room service one day and so we did for breakfast one day and really enjoyed it. Read more