First let me say this is our 6th cruise on NCL, with 3 other cruises on different lines (RCCL 1, Carnival 2). By years end we will be "Gold" Latitude members. As you may guess we are NCL fans to the max! Even a bad cruise is better than no cruise.
We realized this was only the second cruise after the two month of refurbishing and hoped for the best. Well, some things didn't work as well as planned. I will get to that later.
As for embarkation/de-embarkation it was an absolute breeze! No problems at all! From getting to the port to our room, maybe 20 minutes. There was a staffer to assists us to our room and dragged all of the luggage for us. We over packed as usual! Formal attire is not necessary for this 3 day event.