Day one Saturday, 10/25/03: I rented a minivan from Dollar and drove to Miami from the Orlando area. The trip to Miami took about 4 hours or so. Wow what a drive. Had to make a stop in Ft. Lauderdale to pick up my friend Sandra, who was my cruise mate. What a great person. Found Sandra off of the cruise critic message board when I needed to find a cruise mate to go with me! We arrived at the ...