EMBARKATION
We live in Florida and drove down to the Miami Pier. If your ship is leaving on Sunday, do not arrive early! We arrived at 10:30 a.m. and waited on the road going into the terminal area for 1 hour since they were still debarking passengers. What mass confusion! My husband dropped me and the luggage off and had to go back on the road and around in the opposite direction to the outside dirt parking lot and had to pay cash upfront to get in, $10 per day. (No credit cards - you must have your itinerary with you.) However once inside the terminal everything ran very smooth and we were on the ship by 12:30, despite the fact we booked within a week and had to pick up our documents and fill them out, etc.
FIRST IMPRESSION