We were two couples traveling together ages from 57 to 63. This was our first cruise on Princess. We have been on 4 previous cruises - Celebrity to Alaska, RCI to Caribbean two times, and HAL to the Mexican Riviera. I only saw about 6 children on this cruise, and we thought the average age seemed to be about 70. I was very impressed with the workers on the ship - everyone seemed helpful and tried their best to help you. We did not go to any of the shows in the theater. The casino was very busy every night and lots of smokers. There seemed to be only a few places on the ship that people were allowed to smoke so we were not bothered by the smoke. On our last HAL cruise, there seemed to be smoking in many more places.

We flew into LaGuardia on Friday and took a cab to the Marriott Brooklyn Bridge for about $30. There were minivan cabs outside the airport so there was no problem with all of our luggage. I was worried about not being able to get all of our luggage into a cab, but they will get a mini van for you if you need one. I would stay at the Marriott again. We requested a quiet upper level room and paid $195 with taxes.

After checking in to the hotel, we took the subway to Times Square. The subway station is a couple of blocks away. Ask at the desk at the hotel and they will give you good directions to the closest subway station. There is an attendant at the station who will answer your questions and tell you where to get off. We have used the subways in many cities and have been to New York several times. But this is easy even if you haven't taken subways before. There was a man on the subway who told us that there was a campaign in New York to be tourist friendly. He told us how many stops before we got off. We took a cab back to the hotel with a terrible driver so I would much rather ride the subway. We had tickets to MaMa Mia which we had purchased earlier on Playbill.com for $69 each. After the play, we had a mixture of hot appetizers at Carmines Restaurant just a short walk from the theater. Read more