This is a review of our cruise on the Solstice from 4/25 - 5/2/10:
My wife and I are in our sixties and have sailed ten times on Celebrity, Princess, NCL, Azamara and Holland. (Mostly on Celebrity & Princess)
We arrived the night before the cruise and stayed at the Renaissance Fort Lauderdale At Port Everglades. Nice hotel (Priceline), not much else to say concerning we didn't there until 7pm. The next morning we got to the port around 10:45. We knew we were extra early, we had to wait a little, but we were still "on" the ship by 11:20am. Piece a cake!