My husband (38) and I (35) took our first cruise on the Glory and set sail March 4, 2012. We were celebrating our 10 year anniversary and left the kids at home with their grandparents! Overall we had a wonderful experience though we have nothing to compare this cruise to as this was our first. I had been planning this cruise for almost a year and did a ton of research on Cruise Critic to educate myself on ports, cruise etiquette, excursions, and hotels and found that all of the research really paid off.

To begin our vacation we flew Southwest from Manchester, NH to Fort Lauderdale, FL the day before embarkation. We took the free airport shuttle to the Hyatt House in FLL. We had a one bedroom suite with a full kitchen which, by the way, was the same price if not cheaper than many of the other regular hotel rooms in the area. It was modern and clean, had the free airport shuttle, and free breakfast the next morning. We booked transportation from FLL to the Port of Miami through Quality Limo Service (QLS). We had a pick up time of 10am. At 10:10 I called them to make sure they were coming and they informed me that pick up was between 10-10:30. This was fine, I just wish they had indeed told me that prior so I didn't get worried they weren't coming.

We got the last 2 seats on the shuttle as they had picked up passengers from the airport prior to getting us. The drive was a little scary at first but we got to POM safe and sound and fast! Within minutes of arriving at the port, we had unloaded our bags and they were whisked away by the porter in seconds. Read more