My wife and two children just returned from the 8/19/06 sailing of the Norwegian Spirit to St. Thomas, Tortola, and Bermuda.
We arrived at the port terminal in NY City and were on the ship in exactly one hour. We had filled out the registration forms online prior to boarding. This helped tremendously. Embarkation was crowded but organized.
The ship was spotless at all times. No need to say any more on that.