I'd been reading the reviews on here and I have to say I was a little nervous about going on this cruise. I'm allergic to cigarette smoke, so I was also worried because they allow smoking in the cabins. Our room did NOT smell like smoke one bit, a huge relief.
This was our second cruise, my husband and I had cruised with Royal Caribbean in May, 2008. I have to say that I enjoyed NCL much more than RCCL.
Because I had read the reviews, I knew that our room wouldn't be ready until 2pm. So, my husband and I spent the night at the Radisson in Orlando (A great hotel, btw)and drove the four hours to Miami on Friday. We got to the pier at approximately 2:30pm. We were on the ship by 2:45pm. Embarkation was incredibly easy. The first thing we did when we got on the ship was went to the reservations desk so we could eat at Cagney's steakhouse.
Two pull-down beds...bad if it's just a couple. Noisy on tender days because it's above where the tenders are.