Love cruising!!! Been on 2 so far this year with one more scheduled in August, a destination wedding with a stop in Key West where my daughter is getting married
My wife and I did a cruise in late January and just for the heck of it, looked at the Royal Caribbean web site in April and saw a 4 day cruise out of Miami for $149 per person. Yes, it was on an older ship, but it was in beautiful shape and for $149 per person and the potential of eating 37 times per day HA HA HA, no brainer!! 8 days after we saw the ad, we were on the ship.
Living in Florida has its advantages that you are at most, 5 hours by car away from cruising and can get real good last minute rates.