Well first off my wife and I flew out of Prov and had a early flight into Fll....I had read that they wouldnt let you get onto the ship till about 12pm but i was thinking about all my reservations and my sanctuary reservations i wanted to book....So when we got there we were set up in group 1 which was great...I have to say enter all your info on the computer before you get there as well as putting in your credit card....I was in line for 2 min then off to the gangway for our first picture then onto the ship..We then headed straight to our room to make our reservations over the phone but then decided to make a trip up to deck 16 and seeing the sanctuary in person....Great place and as we were walking around there were about 10 more people in line...Even though we had already booked excursions we still wanted to have the choice of going up there when we wanted to so we booked the whole week for $105 each....So our first stop was princess cays....We werent going to get off cuz it was cloudy and all but we had rented a sanctuary bungalow in the adult area....Very nice place and there might have been 2-3 more people around us but the weather was lousy and the water was cold...But it was nice to be away from all the music and kids in your own area..But about the emerald it was nice and everyone on the ship were really nice...We had anytime dining and ran into a wait only once but you have to remember you can go to any restaurant seeing that they are serving the same food on deck 6-7.....We booked a balcony dinner....All i gotta say is YUMMMY....Also booked a night at sabatini's and crown grill....SABATINIS took way too long but good but crown grill was the best..I had a nice porterhouse steak....Well im all done typing but if you have any questions please feel free to email me at MNTROSPORT@AOL.COM