We flew from Nashville to Ft. Lauderdale the night before the cruise and stayed at the Days Inn, Hollywood/Ft. Lauderdale. The hotel is old but, very clean and had a nice staff. They had a free shuttle from FLL airport and, although we were told the shuttle to the port was $8 per person, they did not charge us.
We arrived at the port at about 11am and were on-board by 11:45am. We were told our cabin would be ready by 1:30pm. We headed to Lido and grabbed lunch from the buffet. I had Mongolian, which was really good - and spicy.
Our cabin was ready sometime before 1pm and our luggage was there before we left port. We didn't meet our room steward until late on day 2. But, our room was always impeccable. We had to go to Guest Services to request that the partition between our two balconies be opened. It was done within an hour.
We stayed in cabin 9293, a balcony cabin on the Lido deck. It was large. We had a king bed and a sofa sleeper. This is the first cabin starboard when leaving the pool area. It was quiet. Although, you can hear other balcony doors slam occasionally and there was something clanging against the ship above us. We were able to tune all of this out after the first day. Plenty of storage space, closets, drawers, and under sofa. There were six small shelves in the bathroom for personal items and the vanity space was large. Small corner shower but, large enough for a large man. Plenty of privacy on the balcony. Nothing to the right and an extended partition to the left.