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My son was 11 months when we cruised with him for the first time. I bought a blow up tub, I believe it was $15 from target. It fit in the shower to use as a tub but also during the day we had it on the sun deck with us to use as a mini pool and he loved it! Have fun!

We have stayed at Hampton Inn Ft Lauderdale Airport North Cruise Port before, and will be staying there again in May. They have a shuttle service that picks you up from the airport too, I'm not sure how late it goes so I would call and ask but we had no issues the last time we stayed there!

Our cabin, 3127, was a 4J, Interior with Picture Window (obstructed views), located on the Lobby Deck. I chose this cabin for a few reasons: 1) interior cabin price with a window, 2) cabin is 220 s.f. compared to the 185 s.f. interior and balcony cabins, 3) it was a newly added cabin and therefore had a mini fridge, 4) ability to place deck chairs outside of cabin window for a simulated "balcony", and 5) convenient location off the lobby. This cabin would have been perfect had we not heard occasional footsteps/rolling above. It wasn't really loud and we sleep with a fan running, so this was not a big deal for us. I would book this cabin area again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a small, unstocked, refrigerator in the lower cabinet:

 

 

 

Thermostat in cabin (by the way, we never had an issue with being either hot or cold on the ship).

 

 

Loved the review and your photos!!:) We will be sailing on the Sunshine in September and have booked a cabin like yours. How often were you hearing the footsteps/rolling above, every night and did it go late into the night? Also, did you request a fan or bring your own!? TIA

Love the curtain idea! Thanks for the review, FTM here and we will be cruising with our son Sept 15(he will be 11 months then) luckily both Grandma's are coming with :D

You may want to check out the Best Destination Wedding forum http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/. This is where I got ideas for contents for my Welcome Bags (for the cruisers). The things that were most used were the insulated mugs, the canvas bag itself, waterproof pouch to use on the beach, retractable lanyard/id holder for room card, concentrated room spray, and dramamine.

 

Pics of my welcome bag & contents…

 

There are also tons of ideas for passport invites on the best destination wedding forum. I considered doing the passport invites, but decided to go with the Pocketfold Invitations instead. Below are pics of my invites. I ordered the supplies from Cards and Pockets and printed/assembled the invites at home.

 

My invites

Loved your OOT and invites!! Where did you get your canvas bags from?!