We just returned from a wonderful 10-day cruise on the lovely Summit. We live in the state of Florida and were able to obtain a bus (Cruise Connection) that came into our town to pick us up. This service is prompt and very comfortable. They made one stop to stretch our legs, get a snack or have a cigarette.

When we arrive at the port, all the buses were backed up at the terminal so we had about another half an hour wait to disembark. The procedures at the terminal had changed since the last time we cruised on the Century. We had to stay with our luggage and had to show the baggage attendant our tickets. After this check point, the baggage was then taken into the ship. We then proceed with our carry-ons to the terminal, where we were given a group number. We waited maybe another 15 minutes for this number to be called and we proceeded with our carry-ons to be x-rayed as we walked through the metal sensors. We then reached the area for our welcome aboard pictures to be taken. After this we went on to the counter to show our passports and tickets. We received our Summit card to be used for our cabin and for leaving and entering the ship. When we boarded our ship with this card, our picture was again taken to be reviewed each time we entered or left the ship with our cards.

Our room had been upgraded from the 9th deck inside to 2nd deck with a window. The only problem this presented was our luggage. If I had known before, we could have written this new number on the tags (there is an area on the tags for any changes). The room attendants did not have this change, so we went up to deck 9 to meet the people who had our old room and gave him our new room number. "Thank you Jerome, for looking out for our luggage". My last piece of luggage wasn't showing up, so we went looking for it and we found it sitting at the end of the hall on deck 9. Read more