First of all I have to say I was very apprehensive about going on a cruise with the kids. I was worried about Norovirus, kids falling overboard, kids drowning, flight cancellations, someone getting hurt, sea sickness etc. But we had an AMAZING time. I can’t wait til we do this again. I've sailed Carnival and Royal Caribbean without children before.
We sailed Holland America Cruise line for 14 days from Feb. 16-March 2nd. We flew to Miami airport and rented a car to Fort Lauderdale. We probably won’t fly into Miami ever again. It’s huge and chaotic. We’ll fly into Fort Lauderdale next time.
We went on the Nieuw Amsterdam ship. She was a beautiful ship. Very classy and mid-size ship newer ship. We really enjoyed the ship. Here’s the highlights: