We are a family of 4 from Oregon. We brought my mother-in-law. We booked back to back cruises starting with the Carnival Sensation 3 day to the Bahamas then climbed aboard The Freedom!

Pre-cruise we stayed at the Renaissance Orlando Hotel at Sea world. It was great. We went to Sea world one day and used our Southwest Airline membership # to receive 20% off the tickets. Its free to have the membership just sign up online at their website.

I found a limo service from the hotel to the port for $130 with payless transportation. They were on time (early) and it was a nice limo. I wont review the Carnival Sensation on this review but we had a blast. When we were getting off the Sensation at around 9:30 am the porter (Lester) offered to drive us over in his truck to the Freedom as we had tons of luggage! We tipped him very well! Read more