Embarkation day
Suite guests board first. Your bags arrive first. Lunch is in the private restaurant, not the buffet. By the time general boarding is still queuing, you are on the sundeck.
Tell your butler your dinner times and any show you want that first hour. It sets up the week.
Sea days
The private pool deck is the whole point. Loungers are never all taken. The bar is open. On a Yacht Club or Haven ship you can go down to the main pools for the noise and come back up for the quiet.
Port days
Priority tenders when the ship anchors. On MSC's Ocean Cay, Yacht Club guests have a reserved beach with a bar. Get back on board a little early and the pool is empty.
Last morning
Your butler walks you off ahead of the crowd. Cars from the port to Naples get you home by lunch on a Miami sailing.