1st time cruisers

We are sailing on independence of the seas October 2016 from Southampton to Caribbean with a 4 day stay at cabana bay universal studios. Me hubby & 18 year old daughter. Any hints tips advice would be appreciated.

Welcome to Cruise Critic.

You can ask questions about RCI at this link:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=83

Family cruises at this link:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=49

You may be interested in joining your Roll Call at this link -- just scroll down until you find the date of your cruise -- you don't see a Roll call -- you can start one of your own:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=457

You have been given good advice on the boards to check out.

I also wanted to welcome you to Cruise Critic.

Keith

My advice.

Kick back.

Enjoy.

Don't try and over-plan.

Well, don't OVER plan, but some planning can make the trip more enjoyable. When you research the ports, if you don't want to make reservations, at least have a couple of ideas on what to do in each port and what to do in case of bad weather.

We were on the Independence for the transatlantic last Nov 1st. I think we ported at FLL. Enjoy your cruise.