Embarkation: My family (Myself, 21year old male, my brother, 18, my sister, 11 and my parents) drove from right outside Philadelphia (West Chester, PA) to NYC in our own car. We got to the pier in NYC around 10:00am. There was a lot of traffic by the pier, mostly because the Norwegian Spirit and Dawn were still disembarking, and a lot of new people were trying to drop their bags off and park. No help came to our car to help us with our bags, so my father and I grabbed everything out ourselves and brought the bags inside the terminal, were we handed the bags to a porter who took them from there. Parking was very easy right above the pier ($30/day), and we quickly moved down to the check-in area. We embarked at pier 92, it was pretty dirty inside, and at the time there was no special Latitudes check-in area. We only had to wait about 5 minutes or so, and the most miserable woman I think I've ever met helped us. She was rude, and messed up our embarkation cards (my father and I have the same name.). We got seated in about the sixth row back in the embarkation hall. The "boarding time" in the hall said 1:00pm, but we were through security and on the ship by about 12:30pm. I was kind of disappointed that there was no food or drink being served by NCL. In the past, they have had free coffee, water, snacks, etc. I first noticed my card was messed up when we boarded the Dawn, and my father's picture showed up when they scanned my card instead of my own picture. We went to the front desk, and they were very nice in fixing everything. We went to Venetian for lunch, and then it was time to go to our staterooms. We had two very nice room stewards on Deck 9. They were great and always made sure to ask how we were doing. The sailaway party was great. It was very, very hot outside but the atmosphere and sights were amazing. You really can't beat sailing out from NYC. We went to Aqua for dinner, because there was a huge hold up in Venetian around 7:30pm. It seemed like everyone on the ship was trying to get to dinner at the same time.

Day 1 at Sea: A very relaxing day mostly sent poolside reading and getting the occasional drink. Great weather all day long. I attended to Cruise Critic M&G, which was very fun. Ate a delicious meal at Cagney's and went to the "Band on the Run" show at nighttime followed by some Casino and watching some karaoke.

Day 2 at Sea: Another awesome day outside with little to no wind. Since they really don't need two sea days to get from NYC to Bermuda, the ship only was averaging 11-12 knots. A slight breeze at times, but I don't think I felt the ship rock once during these two days at sea. I went to Salsa (no cover charge) for dinner and it was very good. I then attended Monte Carlo night, where I donated some money to the Casino, but at least I was getting free drinks with my Player's Card. Yes, the drinks are FREE (limited menu) when you are playing tables or slots. (Much easier to get a drink when playing tables though.) Be sure to bring some tipping money. I tipped the usual $1/drink. At night I went to the 70's party in the Spinnaker and I had a great time. Read more