Background: My wife and I are both 29 yrs old. We have been married for 5 great years. My wife had never been on a cruise. She is a private accountant (CPA); I work for a data company.
We booked 8 cabins in our group and our TA got us a $150 on board credit per room. Traffic (because of construction) at the terminal was terrible. We had 17 people and everyone took the trolley down to the port, while my friend and I brought all the luggage in a van. It took about an hour to drop off all the luggage. Once this was done, I was on the ship in about 30 minutes. There were 2 rooms with yellow chairs, but they were only using one of them. My friend who went to park the car took a lot longer. She followed later with her family while my wife and I headed on. Later she told me that once she got passed the yellow chairs, you could skip the next line (taking photos) and head straight to security. The line moved pretty good and my wife and I went ahead and got our picture taken.
Once on the ship, you enter on level three, the atrium was quite a sight. My wife was very pleased to see Christmas decorations already hanging from the different decks. There was a woman playing the piano and all the passengers were gazing around the atrium with a very pleased look on their faces.