We were a group of three couples meeting for the cruise. Four of us left from Dulles Internation Airport in Washington, DC. The other couple took the train from Greensboro, NC to Ft. Lauderdale. We all arrived the evening before sailing and stayed at the Cambria Suites. We signed up for the hotel shuttle to the cruise port and this worked out very well. We arrived at the port around 11:00 a.m., dropped our luggage and walked right through to check in. We were seated about 20 minutes and we were on the ship by about 11:30 a.m.

The first order of business for us was to visit the dining room to see about changing one couple from Blu to the main dining so we could all sit together. We were the 2nd people in line to request a change. Four of us were in conceige class and two were in aqua class in order to get a handicap accessible room to accommodate his scooter rental. We were all asigned to a new table in early seating. However, when we arrived that night two people were already at the table for six. After about 15 to 20 minutes they were relocated to a different table and all was well.

After that it was on to the buffet lunch and and the rooms were all ready as promised at 1:00 p.m. Everyone had received their luggage before the muster drill which was fairly painless and we were not required to take the life jackets. Read more