We were a casualty of the ATA airline closing. Planned our trip to Hawaii for a year and found ourselves without a means to the islands. BUT... called NCL on Thursday a.m. and were booked on a cruise leaving on Saturday. The agent we spoke to was excellent, confirming everything for us and giving us her direct phone number in case of a snafu.
So Saturday found us on the Sun. The embarkation process was simple, although we were told we had to get there very early because of not having paperwork submitted. The paperwork took all of 1 minute to complete!
Overall impression of the cruise - excellent. Relaxing, fun, good ports of call.