We went on a 9-day caribbean cruise with our family of 4. We had 2 rooms - balcony and an outside stateroom. I'll go through the entire cruise.
Embarkation
Shockingly simple. We set an 11-11:30AM time to board and it went perfectly. We parked at the cruise terminal, grabbed our luggage and walked across the street to drop off our luggage. From there it was a short stop to get our seapasses and get on board. Maybe 20 minutes in total.