ladyjane

We just used SAS this past week and they were great. Our flight was delayed 2 hours arriving in FLL and they were there to pick us up within 5 minutes. On the return from the port back to FLL they arrived within 5 minutes again. I highly recommend them.

We stayed at the Holiday Inn POM. It was a great location for the night before as there are lots of places to eat across the street in Bayside as well as free entertainment, shopping and just viewing the water. There is a CVS a block away as well to pick up any last minute items.

"I'm sure many will disagree, but I feel like I need to post our experience for any other families who may be like ours. First, let me say our Carnival Conquest staff were excellent. This is just from our point of view -- our perspective.

After cruising for a week on the Conquest, we realized, for our family, we'll prefer flying to an island and staying there in a resort or condo next time. Our favorite parts of the cruise were the stops at the islands. But, we felt rushed (with two boys) to squeeze in everything we wanted to see/do. Also, we were surprised that much of the cruise activities are catered to adults, unless your children participate in the kids' clubs. We, however, wanted to stay together for much of the time. The shows at night were not kid-friendly (due to the attire of the dancers -- which Carnival makes very clear in the daily itineraries so no one's surprised) and the family comedians were not quite as conservative with their jokes as we'd have preferred. It seemed like every time we turned around, we were being offered liqour. Also, we were unable to enjoy one another's company on the decks due to the loud music.

I totally realize this is absolutely appealing to many people & different people enjoy different vacations. There are no complaints on our end with any of it because we were never told it would be a conservative, family-friendly environment. Again, this is the opinion of one family."

This was our exact experience on our first cruise. I believe it was because it was a spring break cruise so it was a bit different. I was surprised to see all of the college students. And I agree - not a bad vacation, just different than what I was expecting.

When we were in Grand Cayman we had planned to do the stingray tour but the seas were too rough so we couldn't go. When we got on the island there were people there offering tours of the island. A local woman took us to "hell" and gave us a tour of the island. She then dropped us off at 7 mile beach and came back a few hours later to pick us up. It was one of the best day on the cruise. Very unplanned, but fun and relaxing. 7 mile beach is beautiful and the water is very clear and great for swimming.