We are a Scottish family who flew in to Orlando MCO a week before we were due to sail onboard the carnival dream. We stayed at the Rosen plaza on international drive, this was a perfect base for doing the theme parks. The hotel was very clean and tidy and all the staff were always welcoming.
On the morning of Saturday 24th September we drove from Orlando to the port and dropped of our hire car we were then shuttled to the port. Embarkation took approximately 40 minutes from joining the line, going through security to being onboard.
This was our sixth cruise our fourth carnival we have also sailed twice on Royal Caribbean.