An introduction - My husband and I are both 28 and went on the Dawn for our 1 year anniversary. I am a licensed clinical social worker and my husband works in finance. We have both lived in Manhattan for 5 years. My DH has been on 2 RCCL cruises and I have been on 1 RCCL cruise. We decided to do NCL b/c we didn't want to fly to FL to get on a boat and could only take a week off of work.
We arrived at the port in NYC around 11:30am - after a 10 minute cab ride from our apartment. We waited maybe 45 minutes and started boarding the ship. Took no time at all.
The Dawn is a beautiful ship, well maintained and very clean.