Hello all! This was our first cruise ever, my boyfriend and mine so we really didn't know what to expect. We flew into the Orlando airport from Cleveland on the same day the ship was leaving. Since taking a taxi would be too much we opted to rent a car for the drive down to the port. The drive was very easy and nicer than probably taking the shuttle (you have to pay for the shuttle) because you can stop before you get on the ship and grab water or pop to take on the ship with you.
EMBARKATION- Embarkation was very easy. It took about 25 minutes to get on the ship but just make sure you fill out all your documentation online beforehand or it could take you longer to get on. There was a good mixture of people on board from ages newborn to probably 100 years old. We are in our early 20's and never felt out of place.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS- We didn't have too much time in Nassau (8am-2pm). We didn't do an excursion there because of the limited time. We took a taxi to the Atlantis ($4 each way) walked around a little bit and then went to the public beach that is right outside the Atlantis. We had to ask 3 different Atlantis employees how to get to the public beach because the atlantis is so huge that we thought we were lost because we just kept walking and walking.