Travelling/Embarkation:
We got up at 3:30am to travel to the airport for a 7:25 flight. Got to the airport at 5:00am and customs was slammed. We got to the gate right on time to board. We flew Air Transat from Toronto to Fort Lauderdale. I enrolled my son in their "Kids Club" which allows priority check in, boarding, luggage claim, seat selection & free snacks. For any parents out there that are bringing strollers/car seats to gate check, these items are not delivered at the gate upon landing. It goes to the baggage claim. They say they have "limo strollers" to borrow from the gate to baggage claim but there are only a few of them, we saw many parents struggling with their child/baby and carry on luggage. TIP Make sure you ask for priority tags for your stroller and car seat as well! When we got to FLL, our luggage was one of the first ones on the belt but we had to practically wait til all the luggage was on the belt before we even saw our stroller and car seat come out which made the whole priority luggage claim pointless.
We took a cab to the pier which the meter displayed $16 but we ended up giving $25 since we made the cabbie wait while we installed the car seat (the driver told us to just forego the car seat, but we didn't feel comfortable doing so) and arrived to a very busy terminal around noon. This is where I got the first encounter of RCCL staff being inconsistent with information. Once we checked in and made our way to the ship, I was stopped and told to go back and get a bracelet for my son identifying his evacuation station. I go to the station and they said he didn't need one, we walked back over and they said yes he does as he's 3 so we walked back over and they said oh. No apologies or anything, just handed it to me. By the time we boarded it was 1pm.
Great location, great views, bed comfy.. bathroom tiny
Beach very rocky, trains too crowded and lines to buffet too long
Not much to do there. Can go to margaritaville
Very busy port