This was my first cruise. The night before we left, I took one Bonine pill. I then took a Bonine each night before I went to bed and NEVER felt sea sick at all.

I went with 2 friends and one 14 year old teenager. We took a bus called Entertainment Tours from Massachusetts (with additional pick ups in CT) for $75 round trip. Not a bad price, but we didn't get to the ship until about 1:15pm (after most other guests had arrived.) Check in was crazy and somewhat unorganized. There were long lines. When we got on the ship at about 2:15pm, we went straight to our room and dropped off our carryon's and small cooler. The cabin seemed small, but we got used to it. We requested a fridge through our travel agent and it was placed under the desk. We had 2 lower beds, one upper bunk that pulled down and one trundle bed that pulled out from a lower bed (was only pulled out at night). The bathroom was a good size but it did NOT have an outlet plug in it. The only outlet (1 plug) was above the desk. The shower had a hand held showerhead which was a nice feature. We went to Raffles for lunch. It was very crowded but the variety of food was very good. The Salad bar was very good. The Muster Drill was at 3:30, so we went up to the room to get our life jackets and then to our designated floor. It lasted about 30 minutes. We watched our ship depart from NY from deck 13-front. It was very windy but we had a great view and got great pictures of the skyline and Statue of Liberty. We then went back to our cabin to wait for the suitcases to arrive. They didn't arrive until 6pm and then it was tough for 4 people in one cabin to unpack. The suitcases did all fit under the single bed. The beds were comfortable, we asked for eggcrates but never got them, which was ok, because we found the beds very comfortable. We went to Windows for dinner. My complaint there was that our waiter barely spoke English which was a challenge for my friend with a wheat allergy. My other comment is that the food came out separately. My friends dinner would arrive and another dinner would come out 5 minutes later.

Sunday - Day at Sea - up at 8am, but we thought it was much earlier because we had an inside cabin with no windows. After this morning, we set our cell phone alarm clocks for when we wanted to get up. We went to the pool to get lounge chairs. All chairs on deck 12 near the pool were taken with people or saved with pool towels. We found chairs on deck 13. This deck was very windy. We went to Raffles at 9am for breakfast. I found the selection to be very good and the food very tasty. It was very cloudy this day and it rained off and on. We had lunch at Raffles as well. The stir fry was open but had long lines. the lunch selection and food was very good. We were told there were 15 foot seas today. But I never felt sick. The hot tubs were always full and the only time we got to use was them after they cleared out because of a downpour of rain. NOTE: Buy a bottle of water at any bar for $5.50 then keep that bottle and refill it at the buffet each day. I didn't do this until the last day and spent a crazy amount of money on bottled water. Tonight was Captains night in the dining room. We never saw or met the Captain this night. Every did dress up and wore dresses and suits. When we arrived at Windows, they said it was a 30 minute wait, it ended up being a 70 minute wait in a crowd of other frustrated people. I had the beef wellington and it was very good. Portions in the dining room were small, but sufficient since there were 4 courses (appetizer, soup or salad, meal and dessert). Again, our waiter barely spoke English and our meals came out at different times which was very frustrating. We then attended the Newlywed Game and it was funny. After that we headed to the Stardust Lounge for Standing Room Only. It was good entertainment and good vocals. Read more