My wife and I celebrated our 40th anniversary by bringing our son and daughter and their families (total 9 of us) on this cruise. Our flight arrived at 6 a.m. December 18, the sailing date (and our anniversary). We took cabs to the port terminal and were happy when we stepped into the NCL reception area at about 7:30. We knew it could be awhile till check-in and we just hoped to be able to store our luggage till then while we explored the Time Square area.
Embarkation (NY cruiseship terminal): We were greeted by 4 dour, mostly middle-aged women (wearing NCL jackets) who were totally lacking in grace and courtesy. No smiles or welcomes at all. They just directed us to a row of metal chairs along a wall and told us to sit there and wait. We asked when we could check in and were told they didn't know yet, but we could check in our baggage at 8 a.m. After sitting a little while, some of us got up and stood near our seats. One of the four women yelled at us to sit down. No explanation why we had to sit. We were the only ones there and weren't in anyone's way. And we weren't being noisy.
At 8 a.m. we checked in our luggage as promised. By then we had decided to just stay at the terminal as we were tired and it was cold outside. While we waited, we watched other arriving passengers being directed to sit down in the same curt manner. No other information was given out.
comfortable bed, spacious shower with good water pressure and temperature, quiet, appreciated the safe and the fridge, could have more channels on tv