Hi All! We were on the Gem the week before Memorial Day. The following is my review of the Gem and our experience:
Travel from PA to NY with no issues; parking coupon still works and saved us $70 - whoo hoo!!
Check in was a breeze but I felt like they just kept shuffling us around to different waiting areas (and, yes, I have been on many cruises before, but it seems like the NYC pier lacks organization with embarkation). A few comments about the NYC cruise terminal facility that I hadn't seen mentioned on CC before: