I just returned from my cruise on 1/27/08. The overall experience was Fabulous! Here are the details:
I traveled with my sister, her husband & her 3 boys. We traveled from MN so we went out a day early. We stayed at the Red Carpet Inn in Fort Lauderdale which was not very nice. I would not recommend this hotel and would not stay there in the future.
We arrived at the cruise ship around 11:45 am and were on board by 1:00pm. The overall embarkation went very smoothly.