Prior to cruise: We flew into Orlando and rented a car from budget (35.00) and drove to port Canaveral to the radisson hotel. the hotel and budget are approx a 10 minute walk apart, very convenient and gas station across the road for fill up. extremely easy. The Radisson was a lovely hotel, pool area very nice, hot tub secluded. Breakfast in the morning was good, but the Saturday night buffet left a lot to be desired and was not worth the money. We were going to return the car in the evening as you could walk back and take the free shuttle radisson has to the port, however when we got to the hotel the line and amount of people was chaos even though you are to register and get a time to go. later we overheard the employee getting guests on the shuttle complaining to other guests at the front of the hotel about the shuttles and guests etc, we chose to take the car back in the morning and budget also takes you over for no charge (other than tip for your driver)which was not chaotic and we went right over, very easy and staff friendly and professional.

embarkation: from line up to ship was just under an hour. we were there at 10:30 and on the ship before 11:30am. Everything went very smoothly. No direction once you got on the ship. we decided since no bars etc were open we would go up to the buffet (main dining room closed also). we stood in line for over 1/2 hour and found out there was a surprise inspection which they passed, it would have been nice to know though. luggage seemed to take quite a long time to come to room, well after the muster drill.

Room: we decided on a promenade room on deck eight mid. it is a beautiful room, nice size, lots of storage, most comfortable bed i have slept on anywhere. bathroom nice with actual shower doors. sofa in front of window and we could sit and watch what was happening, no noise really, little bit if you were by the window when they had something big going one, that only lasted 30 to 45 minutes. nice dressing table and coffee table. room steward was Ingrid and she was very nice, gave us information, asked for anything special we would like etc. Read more