Ok first of all my wife and I are avid cruisers we are on our late 30s and was our 17th cruise.
It is very important if this is youre first cruise you will find everything very nice, as for a frequent cruiser here is our story.
We arrived at the port at 11.30 am from that point till we entered the ship 1 hour 50 46 minutes exactly, the longest we have had to wait.