We made a decision, many months ago, to brave the warmer weather and open waters with three children this year and it turned out to be a great time!    We flew to Orlando on June 29th for the week long vaation and it was a complete surprise for the kids until the morning we boarded the ship on June 30th.   Prior to the cruise we even had time to check out The Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.  We were able to to visit  The Bahamas,  St. Thomas USVI and Sint Maarten during the cruise and even had time to swim with some pigs on an island and go on a snorkeling cruise on a catamaran while visiting St. Thomas.