We live near Tampa so did not book a hotel. We had previously left out of Pt Canaveral on a different cruise line and had a good experience dropping off luggage and parking. This time however we arrived a bit early and it was rough. Every level of the parking garage except ground was closed to accommodate the leaving passengers. While I can understand that, it made a real mess for those of us that had gotten there early.

Getting on the ship was pretty quick and smooth. The ship was huge and very clean but you would expect that as it was still very new. We had a while to wait for the rooms to be ready so we went to the buffet and had a decent meal. This ship had a dedicated Burrito bar which was awesome. My son really enjoyed the sandwich bar as well.

We had an interior stateroom and it was small, just as we expected but nice enough. The fridge is not a traditional type with a compressor but a low power type that just cools whatever is in it and takes forever. There is a switch hidden inside to set it to "High" but that didn't make much difference. The bathroom in our room had some major drainage issues in both the sink and shower. The stateroom attendant was excellent. Read more