We flew in the day before and stayed at Sheraton Yankee Clipper pre-cruise.
Simply a beautiful ship! I was honestly surprised how big she looked, but did not seem that large when walking around once on the ship. The perfect size with all the amenities. Did not notice many children onboard, but the ones who were seemed very well-behaved.
Had priority check-in with the junior suite, and we were onboard by 11:15 a.m. Relaxed on pool deck outside of Windjammer before lunch at noon. Cabins were ready by 1 p.m. I thought it would be a long walk from elevators to our cabin, but was not bad at all!