After months of choosing and planning this cruise, checking out other people's reviews on this board, I thought I'd "give back".
We were flying down to Ft. Lauderdale on Sunday morning from Michigan, and the only thing I'd do differently next time is leave the night before to avoid the added stress of unknown weather delays, etc. The reason we didn't leave the night before is because hotels in Miami area were price gouging due to the Super Bowl. For example, a Days Inn wanted $900 for a room for the night. Anyway, we arrived in Ft. Lauderdale, and having purchased the transfers from Royal Caribbean, found the representatives at baggage claim, who were easily identifiable. We did have to wait about 30 to 40 minutes for the bus to come, but we were excited so it didn't matter, and we were on our way to the port and got there around 2:30.
With our Set Sail passes in hand, check in was a breeze. From bus to ship was about 15 minutes. We headed up to Windjammer for a quick late lunch, along with 3,000 other pushy and apparently hungry people. Wouldn't do that again on the first day.