PortlandroseWL

Thank you Celebrity!  We appreciate your offer.  We did cancel our cruise today but will definitely be back on Celebrity again. 

https://www.celebritycruises.com/cruise-with-confidence

I always hang an old fashioned laundry bag over a hanger in the closet for easy centralization of dirty clothes.  No pile of laundry at the bottom of closet and leaves us space for shoe storage.  Also pack an air freshener for the bathroom and battery tea light to use as a night light.  Pack some plastic hangers in the bottom of luggage to use for drying dry fit shirts, work-out wear and swimwear  (many cruise line hangers are the slide out access kind that only the bottom portion comes out so there is no "hanger").  Use the clothes pins mentioned by others to attach hangers to the back of chair on the balcony and things dry quickly, stay secure and aren't visible from outside.  Magnetic clips others have mentioned are great too.  Pack a separate small medical/emergency bag with sea sickness pills (love Bonine as it doesn't make me drowsy), anti-acids, anti diarrhea, breath mints, Tylenol,  band-aids, tweezers, clippers, finger nail file, tape, stain removal pen, travel size container of Woolite for hand washing, small flashlight, corkscrew; anything that you think you might need so it's handy when you need it. Lightweight water bottle to take into port, or use around ship. Also before we unpack we do a quick wet wipe on door handles, light switches and TV remote.  Put "travel clothes" that we won't wear again until disembarkation in luggage and store under the bed until packing for disembarkation. Best advice is keep your cabin as clutter free as possible.  It's more enjoyable for you and your cabin attendant appreciates.  Explore your ship, find your favorite spots and enjoy!

Two weeks ago, we used Quality Limo Service from port to MIA. Wonderful experience. Need to make reservation, call them when you have luggage and are through customs and they meet you right outside. Driver had us on the schedule, knew we were coming, and was there in less than 3 minutes. Very easy and quick. Nice clean car, friendly driver and he'll drop you right at your airline. Cost $15 per person - $30 for two so pretty much same price as taxi, but no waiting in line.

We were on the Feb 22-March 3 cruise on Riviera. We had arrived in Miami a few days early and were at the marina and were surprised to see our ship in port as it wasn't expected until Sunday. I googled Oceania Riviera and found that they were experiencing a noro virus outbreak and had returned to port 2 days early. We were able to follow the outbreak for the next few days through the CDC - here's the link for our cruise - http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/surv/outbreak/2016/february12_oceania_riviera.htm

Right now there is no official outbreak, but if you're worried about future cruises, the Center for Disease Control website is great. Get answers to all your questions about what it is, how it's treated, when it has to be reported and the history of outbreaks.

If it helps, though we experience three days of hyper-cleaning on the ship, we had a wonderful cruise. Great crew and staff. It was our first Oceania cruise, and though I know we missed out on some of the elegance the first few days, I'd rather be healthy!