I am a grandmother who always wanted to take a cruise. I finally got the chance. We drove from the mountains of NC to Port Canaveral-myself, DH, DS(1),DDIL, GD1(10), GS1(8), and GD2(6). 11 hrs in a van with a very nervous DH who wasn't exactly sure he wanted to go but wanted me to have my dream. From the time we crossed the bridge and saw the ship the van rocked until I was afraid it might overturn or explode from excitement.
When we got into the terminal,it was beautfully decorated for Christmas. After we registered DH started to relax a little. DDIL registered the kids for activities and we finally got called to go through "the ears"' Family picture taken we walked into the ship. When they announced us DH was ecstatic. We ate lunch walked the ship, went to our rooms, which connected, and so began the fun.
Our room host, Nonoy,wasfantastic.Until this day the family swears he slept under the bed and every time we left came out and cleaned the room. Our servers, Wayan and friends, were great and kept the kids entertained at mealtime. We saw the rest of the family at mealtime but everyone had a blast.The grandkids enjoyed the clubs and the pools, the kids enjoyed time for themselves and we enjoyed everything.
Great view,could hear some engine noiseand anchor noise only at docking.