MidWestChill

19 minutes ago, ninjacat123 said:

Emeril's, Big Chicken, Street Eatz...there are more eateries but those stand out to me for Celebration.  And you have teens with you?  Tough call.  I would say Celebration. Either way you will have a wonderful cruise!

Traveling with another family and will be 4 between 18 to 20 years old.

Thanks for the thoughts.  Still having trouble deciding, but the opinions are helping.  I'm a little thrown by the balcony rooms available on the Horizon in Havana.  They seem far back from the water. 

14 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

Horizon sails from Miami not Port Canaveral, unless you mean the Vista. For us, Horizon/Vista with Havana cabins, otherwise the Celebration. 

My mistake, ty!

Both are ABC Islands, exact same itinerary, same month and all.  We have to fly in no matter what. 

Horizon in the Havana (balcony and and interior room)

Out of Port Canaveral

or

Celebration but no Havana (balcony and an interior room)

Out of Miami

We have been on the Horizon and really liked it.  Would be nice to do the Havana, which we never have. Yet, it's difficult to turn down the newness of Celebration and we have teens that would love the water slides and other fun.  Havana on the Celebration adds $1k to the trip and doesn't look as nice as Horizon but I could be convinced.

Thanks all.   I decided to call and get a price on upgrading both rooms to Haven, and Haven is sold out. So, that solved that issue.    

ty!

Can he trade keys with my son to have access, instead of my son?  I guess that's my question.  

Thank you.

Right now we have 2 non haven rooms booked.  One will have our 17/20 year old and the other us.   We were told we can go to guest services and have our keys granted access to each others rooms.  If we were to upgrade one room to Haven, would we still be allowed to do that?   Also, since my husband and I each have to have a name on a room, will that cause any issue with Haven access, since  technically it's my son's name on the room with me?

I am not speaking of any amenities,  just room access.

On 2/11/2019 at 9:26 AM, StrangeBrew said:

We have missed St. Marteen 3 times in row. First was after hurricane hit, other 2 were due to storms creating large swells, making it dangerous to dock. Oh Well, maybe next time.

oh no, that is one of our ports!

51 minutes ago, welldone60 said:

All were mid February.

 

Ugh, wrong answer!  😛

25 minutes ago, welldone60 said:

It took us 3 cruises to get to Grand Turk. Even though it;s not a tender, high winds kept us from docking. 

Do you recall what months?  Wondering if some are known to be windier then others.  We are there in less then 2 weeks!  (hopefully)

In your opinion and/or experience, which port(s) seem to have the highest chance of being missed, in regards to a Caribbean itinerary.  

For us it has been Grand Cayman.  

14 hours ago, newdestination said:

Just hop on an elevator.  Of course, it IS a lot of stairs from deck 2 if you choose to use them.  Ha, we swore at the beginning of the week we would use the stairs as much as possible.  By the end of the week we were....using the elevators.

Thanks!!  Wasn't sure how long waits were for elevators.  I've heard mixed reviews on the new ones.  We were on deck 9 last time and just loved being that close to the action. 🙂

We have an ocean view in the family horizon next month.  How is it getting to the rest of the ship from that deck?  We spend a lot of time at the buffet/food/waterslide areas.  

I have a 15 year old with autism that I was hoping we could put into circle c with his siblings.  Now I'm quite worried.   I had no idea it would be SUCH a big deal to others.    Circle C would be a much better fit for him.

I also agree that 18 in high school verses 18 and in college can have a big difference and that should be accounted for.

Loved the feedback!

18 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

Some research on the Florida Departures board, here:

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/386-florida-departures/

 

would be beneficial.

 

You will see your flight time is fine. And that virtually all the major car rental companies have shuttles from their airport locations to the Port.

I'm embarrassed to say I didn't know that board existed.  Thanks!

Disembarkation-

Miami Port at 8:00am.  Self Assist.  Will a 1:06 flight work out of FLL, most likely?

Embarkation-

I am flying in to Tampa to spend time with my parents before cruise.  I plan to rent a car and drive it down to Miami, returning the car there.  Any tips of which car company and how I can get my family and myself to Miami Port from there?

THANK YOU. 

Thanks!  Looks like the forts for us.  

The only show we would do is a comedy show or maybe a hasbro one.  We don't gamble.  The vast majority of our time will be spent reading on deck, hanging with our kids and eating.  

I got a family harbor ocean view.  I think my husband will like having easy access to snacks, ice cream, etc...We know we like the back of the boat location.  Also doing your time dining so that we don't have to adhere to a schedule.  

Another reason I switched is we can see a movie, tour brewery (he'd love that), and just sounded like more to do.  We have 3 sea days which is a lot for a guy that feels like a trapped animal on a cruise, doesn't gamble or do shows.  He WILL buck it up and have fun, don't get me wrong, but I decided these things will make it a little easier for him to do that.  

Wish I would have went with my gut instinct from the start on this, but the change is done and good or bad choice, there's no going back now.

You guys are amazing help and I loved all the opinions and insight!

We will be in port from 1-8.  Would love to see the forts/downtown and the rainforest.  Is this doable?

Thanks all.  I've decided to switch to the Horizon.  Seems like a better fit overall, for everyone.  

1 hour ago, jsglow said:

 

Just so you know, we did that exact same itinerary on that exact same ship in April 2017.  I've been to all those ports many, many times (save GT which once gives you a complete pic).  Ask me anything you like.  

I may take you up on that, thanks!

12 minutes ago, Bees29 said:

I am a person who doesn’t like crowds. We did the Sunshine 2 years ago and I thought it was great. We are actually doing the opposite of you in January and going on the Breeze

That's great to hear, thanks!

9 minutes ago, jsglow said:

Have you ever been to any of these ports?  It's a really good itinerary.

No, and that's why we picked it and hubby has agreed.  We can't afford to get there otherwise.  The airfare alone cost us the price of the entire cruise.  I choose the Sunshine over Horizon because of departure port and  it being cheaper to fly to Orlando, but am going to review that again.  Along with the other suggestions.