We flew to Tampa from Salt Lake the day before and stay at the La Quinta near the airport for $63 and some change with tax. (I got a discount through work) The hotel had an airport shuttle that is ran through an independant company who we also booked transportation to and from the cruise port for $50 round trip for myself, husband and son. Breakfast was included at the hotel-not bad but not great. It is close to the mall we walked over there in about 10 minutes.We arrived at the port at little after 11am and we on the ship about 12pm. All in all very smooth boarding compared to our last cruise out of Long Beach.FoodBuffet-The food was good but tables were in shot supply at times especially after embarking. Later in week we always managed to find a table, sometimes it took a few minutes. We normally eat breakfast and lunch in the buffet and dinner in the MDR. We had anytime dinning for the first time and really enjoyed it we would go to dinner at various times that suited us, anywhere from 6pm to 8pm. Anytime dinning is on the 2nd floor of the dinning room. If you sit next to the railing it is a really good place to people watch. Most of the time service was fast, there was never a wait for a table even when it was only 2 for dinner. The one day it was slow we were there at 7:45pm, early dinner was just finishing up and they were setting up the lower dinner room for the next dinner service. The food was slow, but I was entertained by watching how much work goes into setting up tables. We had 3 different waiters and all were good.RoomWe had a balcony cabin and found it large enough for all 3 of us. Our room steward kept things nice and tidy. The only complaint was that the TV had some issues. I reported it the first day, but nothing was done about it. I was still watchable so we just didn't make a big deal as we didn't use it that much.Circle C was great, my son was a little nervous as we have always taken a cousin or sibling for him to hang out with, but he did fine and made friends quick. We hardly saw him other than dinner and port days.EntertainmentWe really enjoyed the Punchline Comedy Club, we spent most evenings there other than the Welcome Aboard Show and the Legends show.
There was some rumbling from I don't know where as we were on deck 4 in the center. Overall the cabin is good.