Drove over to port day before and spent the night at Hampton Inn with the two other couples we were cruising with so we started our party one day early poolside. It was a great idea as hotel stored our cars and did pier transfers before and after. It was a breeze and plan to do that from now on. No stress and also rested for first day of cruise.

Pier Check in and Debarkation - The hotel dropped us off out front of ship about 1130a so that was the last of seeing our bags till in the room. It took us just minutes to check in and were on the boat in no time. At end of cruise we got off boat at our scheduled time got a porter and got our luggage and he took us right out front where the bus back to the hotel was waiting. The bus did not wait for a full load so we were back at hotel and picked up our car. It as a breeze. We had heard checking in and debarking was easy and I am here to confirm. Hard to believe with almost 6000 passengers aboard, but RCCL has this down to a science.

In one word, the ship was AWESOME! We had a outside cabin with balcony, which was a little smaller than some I have been in, but plenty of room for clothes and luggage. Not a lot of drawer space. IPOD docking station. Again, Ladies bring your own hairdryer not less you want to hold down the power button the whole time your drying. We brought along an extension cord, which we never used. Along with laptop again never used...to busy. Nice thing in bathroom is when you turn off light to go to bed in evening bathroom light turns into a night light. Great feature. I had heard if you open balcony door the A/C will stop and will not turn on till balcony door is locked. Well, if it did it did not bother us. The bed was very comfortable. Our cabin steward was OK we had ice in the bucket, but she was slow to make up room, so do put your "make up room" sign on door. Read more