This cruise was a very positive experience overall.
It was my second cruise on Royal Caribbean, the with first being on Vision of the Seas in 2003. I've also been on two Princess cruise ships.
Both embarkation and disembarkation went very smoothly. My friends (I was with a family of two adults and 4 children, aged 5 to 14) and I virtually breezed right onto the ship at about 2:30pm. This was a much easier than I expected.