We are experienced cruisers, Carnival, Royal, Princess & Barefoot cruising with Norwegian. We are diamond members with Royal have done a bunch of ships.
Boarding: The ship actually left around 7pm, I believe you could board until like 5PM which is pretty late for a cruise ship. We had some flight issues and showed up at 4pm and still stood in a line for over an hour trying to get aboard.
Disembarkation: