Embarkation: I won't bore a lot on here with the details, but one thing tho.... Since you leave on a Sunday, as opposed to a Friday, you want to get there extra extra early being that on a weekend, there will be A LOT of people there VERY early as well. So I would suggest no later than 9:30am to ensure a zone 1 ticket.
Getting on board: I got on around 1pm, went to my room immediately to put away my small carry on, and put my important papers in the safe... My room was about 90% done. My room steward Warren saw me in there, and stopped by to introduce himself, very nice and pleasant guy, I still miss him a lot.
My Room: Since I was traveling solo again, I just booked the cheapest room, 1A. My room number was 1257 which I had expected to be the regular bunk beds.. But to my surprise, it wasn't.. It was like a regular inside room. I didn't get upgraded, that room, 1257 is a 1A, and thats what I paid for. So that was a nice surprise... I had asked Warren if he could put the two twin beds together to make a large bed for me, and he did it with no problems.