Also the room is visible as it overlooks the whole floor. I saw tons of empty tables with dealers waiting.

Despite being the opening, the lines were moving very fast (almost no waiting line). Since it was the opening it was packed and a bit hard to walk around but it won't be like this forever. The property is of course really good looking. Lined up about 40 minutes to get in, which didn't really bother me (I hear all the reader 'you lined up to get into a casino, hahhaa!'). When you don't want to use Uber because of rush hour and don't want to use the T because you hate it, the water shuttle is great.

The boat was going very slowly and I hope they will go faster in the future. It took a total of 30-40 minutes to get to Long Wharf then to reach the Encore.

I took the water shuttle at 11AM on the seaport.