Background information: We were a family of 6 - my parents and their 4 40-something children. It had been at least 28 years since the six of us had been together without spouses/children.
Flights: 4 of us flew to Newark and used Princess transfers to the ship ($58 pp R/T). One came by train and another by bus.
New York: An interesting place to drive through on 9/10/11, one day before the 10th anniversary of that horrible day. There were policemen everywhere, police helicopters flying overhead, Coast Guard boats constantly surveying the ship and a large Navy vessel in the harbor (my husband says it was an amphibious transport vessel from the pictures I took). So we felt well protected.
Typical stateroom with ample closet space. Desk and chair. Narrow storage closet with safe. Fairly aft but never encountered ship vibrations and no one in our group got seasick.