This was a family vacation, also first time cruisers. We are a family of 4, and my brother (21) and I (27) decided to treat our parents for their 30th anniversary (50s and 60s). Considering my parents are definitely not the party type we all had a fantastic time on the Escape. We arrived the night before our cruise and stayed at Fairfield Inn & Suites Miami Airport South (it was okay, wouldn't stay there again, close by the airport). The next morning we took uber XL to the Miami port (highly recommend this, it was only 20$).

As first time cruisers I didn't realise I needed to tag my luggage outside the port, I thought they would do it at customs for some reason. We ended up having to drag our luggage around, fortunately our rooms became available at 12. Although our scheduled time for embarking the ship was 1pm we were there around 11am, there was a slight wait but nothing too bad. Once we got on the ship there was so much to explore, the ship is enormous! The little fishes on the carpet was great as the flow of the fishes were indication to the front of the ship. Sailing out of Port of Miami was beautiful. I had reserved all our shows well in advance, which I recommend.

We had inside cabins and to be honest they suited us perfectly find, they were nice and roomie for two people, and we weren't inside our cabins majority of the time, only to sleep. Our steward kept our room clean at all times! He was great. The food on the ship is amazing, we didn't get a chance to do any of the paid restaurants, I only wanted to do one however the timings they had were all at 9pm, so definitely reserve these in advance if you want to go check them out. The Garden Cafe was great, it literally has everything you want and more. The Manhattan Room, Savor, Taste and O'Sheegans were also all great! I enjoyed everyone of them. Read more