First time back on a cruise ship after a few year hiatus. Last cruise we went on out of Miami, I got Norovirus which cured my cruise ambitions (different cruise line)
Embarked at Brooklyn, cruise terminal nice, nieghborhood less so. Embarkation was a breeze, had a mini suite which was a definite nice upgrade. We did not have the elevator experience that most seem to complain about, we are in mid-50's and took stairs more often than not. Having said that, demographic on this cruise was more than 60+ in age.
We did the specialty dining at Sabatini's, and the Crown Grill several nights, both in my estimation well worth it. Also did the seafood (crab-shack)? which was less than worth it. Did anytime dining, typically after 1900, zero issues being seated. Wheelhouse bar was our hang out, did not do the drink package, overall I found our bar bill reasonable, between the two of use, one or two pre-dinner and perhaps three after dinner drinks. I would have had to have far more more to equal the drink package, ie. you really got to want to drink more than that to have some value to it.
Had mini suite, nice size bath. Not overly tight, room size fine,