This from Mark Conroy who was on the end of the SA cruise. The concierge level early bookings apply BEFORE boarding, they will open up several days or weeks before the F, G & H catagory cabins. There will be no booking preference for concierge level once on board. Didn't ask about preferred boarding. Checking in and boarding needs to be improved for all categories. Last three times I boarded in Fort Lauderdale it took over an hour. We were forced to wait in a big room and they only let a few people thru security at a time to be processed by a hand full of people. In the past we could walk right up, register and board in a few minutes and there were never more than one or two people in line. It is MUCH easier and faster to board the Oasis or Allure of the Sea (6000 passengers) which makes no sense at all. It's kind of funny how much better everything works once onboard than when dealing with anything shore side.