We sailed out of Port Liberty New Jersey. We were lucky to have a cabin with view towards New York City and this gave us a view of the new tower growing at 'Point Zero'. It's almost three quarters finished now. We could also peak at the Statue of Liberty from a good vantage point.
We arrived at the port directly from our same day Miami flight at about noon. Taxis at the airport were plentyful. There was only one person in front of us at the taxi line, so in a few minutes we doing 90 miles an hour towards the port and $60 later, we were walking towards the Royal Caribbean check-in agents which made us sign a self checked certificate of health, were we promissed to be free of diseases, or being recently sick. I wonder what they would do if anyone ever answers in the positive?
After check-in and the required welcome aboard picture, we sat for about 1 hour waiting for our group number to be called, for the five minute busride to the ship. No amenities while waiting here and no actual order in which the numbers were called as different agents had their own ideas as to which number had been called last.