We went on the 4 night Carnival Paradise out of Long Beach, CA R/T on Monday November 29, 2010.
Onboard were my daughter, age 4 1/2 and I, age 45, in a regular outside cabin E140.
We boarded fine since we are both platinum and went up to the Lido buffet since the cabins were not yet ready. We had fresh hot pizza and ice cream.