Background: My husband and I traveled with a group of 8 people (six adults and two children - 16 and 10 years old). This was my third cruise, my husband's second. We cruised together last year on the Norwegian Dawn.
Travel to port of embarkation: We chose to leave out of New York because my husband's parents don't like to fly (they live 30 minutes from the port). We hired a limo/van to take us Sunday morning. My husband and I chose to fill out all our paperwork online because we thought it would expedite the check-in process.
We arrived at the port about noon. A porter immediately took our bags and directed us inside. Once inside I didn't see any special signage for those who filled out their FunPass ahead of time nor did I see a line for previous cruisers of Carnival. There were very few staff members inside the terminal directing. Essentially there were four waiting areas. One waiting area would fill up and they would rope it off. Second one would fill up, etc. They didn't move anyone into the next waiting area until it was completely cleared. Each waiting area was very large and once the staff moved people it became like moving cattle - hundreds of people trying to get out an opening in the ropes that was set for two people to walk side-by-side. My father-in-law uses a cane and as my husband was moving the stanchions apart so his dad could move more freely he got reprimanded by the terminal staff. It was only then that we found out about handicapped check-in.