About us: Me (30), DH (34) and the little guy (20 months). DH and I have previously cruised DCL, RCL, and NCL. Little guy's first cruise.

Embarkation: We drove to the port, dropped our luggage off, found a spot in the deck, and walked over. There is a restroom in the parking deck if you cannot wait until after you go through security. Chose a later boarding time as we were driving the same day. Everything was super fast and DCL made me feel special by opening up the queue line since we are CC members (even though the lines were short already).

Cabin: Navigator's Veranda. Generally speaking it was a nice room - I wouldn't hesitate to get the Nav. Veranda again if I wanted a balcony - but I'm not sure a balcony was the best fit for us. The Pack-N-Play ate up most of the space in our stateroom. We took it down if we were going to be in the room long, but since the kiddo naps, it was a pain to put up and down all the time. Everything I read said to get a veranda if you have a small one, so you can use it while they sleep, but we barely sat on ours. It was almost impossible to get to it with the PNP up. I do love the curtain so that we can close off the little guy's area after bed and watch TV, etc. The TV is on the other side of the curtain, but has an arm so that you can pull it over to the side with the bed and close the curtain around it. There is a ton of storage room and we were able to fit all of our stuff into one closet, a few drawers, and under the bed. Our stroller folded up and fit under the bed as well. Read more