Background: I am in my mid 30's and work as an office manager. This is my second cruise, both have been with Carnival. This one was with my sister and her 8 year old daughter and 5 year old son.
Arrival: There was a Carnival employee at the airport to arrange transportation shuttles. When I asked about pricing she told me a cab was about $17 and the shuttle $16. Since there were four of us it was obvious we should take the cab.. and that was actually less than $10.
Embarkation: We had to walk back and forth quite a bit but it all went quickly and smoothly. Much better than the one in Miami where I had to wait over 3 hours. We were dropped off and on the ship within about 40 minutes or less. I didn't see a duty free shop to buy liquor before getting on the ship here.