Liberty of the Seas was better than we had expected. After having had a bad experience a few years ago on RCCL, I decided to give them another try. I am so glad I did. My husband and I needed an anniversary vacation so we picked Liberty being that it would be the largest ship we have sailed on so far.

We live in the Orlando area so we drove the same morning down to Fort Lauderdale, which is a 3 1/2 hour ride. We decided to check out off site parking and found Park N Go for $7.99 a day and they were only 5 mintues from the ship. They provided valet service where you leave your keys. That saved us more than half of what we would have paid if we parked at the port. Shuttle service is provided to and from the ship.

Check in was a bit long. We were graciously put in the Gold member line seeing that we have previously cruised with them before. Well the computers were down. It took about 45 minutes to check in. I didn't think it was too bad. We finally made it on the ship and went straight to the Windjammer for lunch. What a variety of selections. There were so many different stations to choose from. On some ships there are only 2 sections and lines out the door. With many more stations it made it less crowded and there were absolutely no lines whatsoever. They were also constantly replenishing the food as they were getting low. I was very impressed with the selection. Read more