We were looking for a cruise to take my 83 year old mother-in-law on that would be something that she would enjoy. We chose the Western Caribbean because we always enjoy those ports and we were hopeful that she would too. We like the Dream class ships since they offer a good variety of eating venues and entertainment. We ended up having a total of 7 people in 3 rooms.

First - embarkation was the easiest we have ever experienced. Normally we try to get FTTF, but it was not available this trip plus we didn't think those traveling with us would be willing to pay the extra fee. We arrived at the port around 10:30 and were on the ship by 11:45. We got to the port early thinking we would have to deal with traffic, but that was not the case so they sent us through the line for early arrivals. Once they started boarding it didn't take more than 20 minutes for our zone to be called. Lugging around our carry-on was a bit of a pain, but not too bad. We had lunch and walked around for a little while to explore the ship. By the time we were able to get to the room around 1:30 our luggage was there, very easy!

Our room was a Spa Balcony and very nice. Loved the layout and the amount of storage space. We unpacked and stored our luggage under the bed and went off to explore some more and catch up with the others that were arriving a little later. We had dinner in the main dining room and did some more exploring and visiting before heading to bed. Read more