The Embarkation was quick and painless. Arrived at the port about 11:00 they opened the doors at about 20 minutes later and away we went. Only problem was they did not have signage directing anyone to the second floor check in. After getting a Group number we waited no longer than 5 minutes to get to the counter and 10 minutes later we were on board and at the Lido having lunch.
Since the Miracle is essentially the same layout as the Spirit we already knew where most things were but still spent the rest of the afternoon exploring.
4:00 PM was Sailaway and we left about 15 minutes late. Unfortunately there was no organized sailaway party (noticed this on the Spirit last Year too) Where was the cruise staff. But we did meet most of the people in our Roll Call at sailaway.