This was our 4the cruise, all on NCL and all out of Boston. We love the convenience of being able to drive to the port and being "instantly" on vacation for a full week. The overall cost is reduced with no airfare/hotel fees and we find it to be a great value vacation overall.

Embarkation

This was the most organized embarkation so far. I was dropped with the luggage while my husband went to park in the garage ($105 for the week) at 11:30. When he returned we got into the line to drop off luggage (we had 2 bags each). You must have NCL tags on your luggage. After this, we got in the security line which used to be upstairs at Black Falcon Pier after check in. I found this much better. After security it was into the check in line - blue for regular passengers, pink for Latitudes. Latitudes Gold members were all the way to the end with virtually no line. We got in the Latitudes line which was equally as long as the regular line and reached the ticket agent at roughly the same time. We did have the computer go down as they were getting ready to take our pictures. The manager came over was completely apologetic and we had to wait a bit longer until the computer came back up. I felt they handled the situation very professionally. Once we had our card keys we went upstairs. They had the photo package ($119 for the week) being offered and the photographer waiting just as you went on board. Once on board at the Atrium the Champagne or juice was ready to greet you. The dining reservation desk was to your right so you can immediately make your Specialty Restaurant reservations, which is convenient. We were on board at 12:30. NOTE: In the past we have been called to our luggage as we generally bring a dozen bottles of water with us. This time we did not get called. Read more