I've taken cruises before, but I've never experienced anything like this. I'm not sure if Royal Caribbean has just gone to total crap, or it was this one ship. But to sum it up, I would need to be drugged and forcefully taken back in order to sail with them again.
I'll start from the beginning. Boarding the ship was uneventful, and they got us through pretty quickly and handled our bags with no issue. They of course had a "photo moment" where you could pose with your family with a printed ship background in the back before boarding (which I can't stand to pay for a horrible posed picture, but if that's your thing, that's cool). They let us skip by it with no issue.
It was lunchtime when we boarded the ship, so we went to the Windjammer (their buffet) which was open for lunch. The food was pretty horrible. It was on par with school cafeteria food. We ate a light lunch and decided to save room for a big dinner.
Miami is beautiful, and when we got to the port, the porters were very helpful
The port is beautiful, and it was nice to walk around and enjoy the sights.