Embarkation: I would say, not too bad. We arrived at the port at 10:30 am, my DH dropped our DSs and myself off and parked. We stood in a line to check in, which moved rather quickly. The lady who checked us in, she was the one doing the boarding as well. She advised us she would begin boarding within the next 20 minutes. I would say within 30 min, we were onboard.

Our first stop, the excursion desk for our cabana at HMC. We were one of the first 250 to board, and by the time we got to the desk, we only had 3 cabana's left to choose from, no worries, we got # 14, which was what we wanted.

Lido buffet, 3/4 of the buffet is outside, ALWAYS long lines, no matter when you went to it. Inside, one each side-starboard & port-was two small buffets. The salad bar and dessert bar were inside. Even that buffet was packed. Read more