My wife and I are in our 50's and have Cruised together 23 times prior to this Cruise on the Veendam. We have sailed with pretty much all of the major lines and this was only our second Cruise with HAL having booked while on the Noordam last November. This was our third Cruise to Bermuda, sailing the first two times on Celebrity Horizon; first time was in 2000 out of NYC and the second was in 2004 out of Philly. Horizon being a little smaller was able to dock in St George and in Hamilton.
We stayed two nights prior at the Crown Plaza at Times Square. This gave us easy access to restaurants, etc and Subway stations. We went to Ground Zero on Saturday and toured Central Park and some other areas of New York. Pier was only a very short taxi ride away from our hotel.
We picked this Cruise over the other lines because it did dock in Hamilton instead of out at the Dockyard and wanted the more centrally located 'Homeport' for the three days we were there. Downside was the tendering into St George which took about three hours out of your day for the round trip. Nice to hear they are doing away with that next year and docking the whole time in Hamilton. They should change, and I hope they do.
Cabin 203 on Deck Nine Starboard Side just aft of Midship. Lots of storage space and you face downtown Hamilton while docked there. Easy access to Lido Deck and MDR.