Book mid-ship cabins for the best sleep quality
Book a mid-ship cabin when sleep is the thing you care about most.
First-cruise planning editor
Hannah Reed is a travel planner in Savannah who writes for first-time cruisers balancing excitement with the fear of wasting a long-awaited trip.
A good first cruise needs room for surprise, not a perfect minute-by-minute plan.
Book a mid-ship cabin when sleep is the thing you care about most.
Norwegian Escape is a big ship with room to breathe.
Norwegian Cruise Line offers Freestyle Dining, which means no fixed dinner time and no pre-assigned table for the whole cruise.
Norwegian Cruise Line ships offer freestyle dining and casual luxury: you can eat when you like, choose from several kinds of restaurants, and dress.
Some cruise names keep showing up when people ask which lines are rated highest, and Royal Caribbean and Carnival are two of them.
A downtown Miami hotel can arrange a shuttle to PortMiami. Some hotels sell seats on a one-way ride.