We were excited about being on a new ship and wanted to be on the inagural cruise, but, couldn't make that happen. Luck was with us though as the first sailing had some blips as the staff were all getting settled, the boat was moored at one pier and checkin was at another 2 miles away. There was a bus that took people back and forth.
We were also advised that is what we were going to be doing on our cruise, but, we ended up checking in at the same pier the ship was at. WIN WIN!
We were unable to use the app and could not do the checkins they emailed us about a week or so out. We were a bit stressed as the emails said something around the lines of checking in prior to getting to the pier was mandatory and of course we could not!
We loved the new look of the interior. Very bright and airy. Balcony was compact as expected, but, we sat our there a few times. The obstruction was the Emergency boat, but, we were right in the middle of the boat and looking straight out, had a nice view, looking down... well, we just looked at the emergency boat!