We are two adult women (lesbian couple) without children. We took the NCL bus from Boston to the port in NYC. Very easy. Bus driver (Frank from NJ) only let us stop for 20 minutes at a rest stop with only a soda machine...so we had wished we had packed a lunch. Movies were shown during the trip. He took time to do a bit of tour narration as we came into NYC. Upon arrival at the port, we went through the process and were in our stateroom within 45 minutes.

FOOD:The food was very good. There are three speciality restaurants that cost a bit more. We tried Teppanyaki which is a restaurant within another restaurant named Bamboo. At Teppanyaki, they cook food in front of you and have fun doing it. I highly recommend this. We ate at Bamboo one lunch and it wasn't our cup of tea. There is also a wonderful sushi bar which revolves in a circle in front of bar stools. Great deal for sushi lovers! All the sushi you can eat for $10! One night we ate at Cagney's, the steak restaurant and another night at Bistro which has wonderful steak and chocolate fondue for dessert. They had a fun chocolate buffet one afternoon. What magnificent statues made out of chocolate! Every afternoon by the pool they had a barbecue with ribs, hot dogs and hamburgers. The inside 24-hour buffet by the pool is nice for quick meals. Ice cream with the fixings are available pool side. I bought the soda card for $28 which was well worth it. I am a BIG ice tea drinker. Their ice tea is not good. I brought my own tea bags and made it in the room. Put it in our little refrigerator in the stateroom. Ice is provided daily by your room steward.

ENTERTAINMENT: The cruise director Paul Baya and his assistant Mike were very good. They worked well as a team and there were a multitude of activities. The evening shows were good with the exception of the stand up comedian Dave Heenan who took pleasure in finding humor around obesity. What bothered me most is children were present and his humor was giving kids permission to make fun of overweight people also. Ironically, Mr. Heenan weights about 400 pounds himself. We left during his act and did not go to any others. The Jean Ryan company puts on great shows including Bollywood and South Beach Rave. Don't miss them! We enjoyed the game shows of Family Feud and Jeopardy. We won a smaller amount at Bingo one day. We did adult Karaoke. Very fun! I played in a slot tournament in the casino. I was surprised that most times, the casino wasn't that busy. Read more