The cruise was wonderful, really beyond my expectations. Of course there were some glitches, but on the whole a marvelous experience. First a little background, we sailed as a party of 8 - my husband and myself- two 50ish professionals, our two sons- 18 and 14 year old, my in-laws - in their 70ies and my brother-in-law and his wife. The purpose of the cruise was to celebrate my in-laws 50th anniversary. My husband and I love to travel and we have cruised once on Princess - Regal Princess to Alaska. My brother and sister-in-law had done a long weekend cruise to the Bahamas on Carnival. My father-in law is a navy retiree, but never been on a cruise and it took some arm-twisting to get him to come. All of us had a great time, especially my in-laws!

There was a huge line at the pier when we got there, and we it took almost an hour from checking in our luggage with the porter to getting to our room. In hind site, I think I would pay for a taxi and arrive a little earlier. We meet the rest of our party in line - they live in Florida and had driven to the port. Lunch at the Horizon Court was very hectic and it was hard to find a table. There were only a few times that I felt the cruise was too crowded and this was one of them.

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