Arrived at 7 am to JFK, took a cab to the port, dropped off the luggage with the porters and walked across the street to get coffee and a donut which we ate near the water and was able to skip the line (already had voucher from museum on line), got into the sub, ship, and space shuttle and had a great time. Spent several hours at the Intrepid then walked to the Jade for embarkation. Was able to ...
So much to see and so much to do. If you like hustle and bustle, give NY a try. Go up a tower or two. Go to Broadway. Go to Times Square. Expensive in NY ($7/US for a slice of pizza - gulp!) but worth it. ...
It's New York, what's not to like. Saw a Broadway show, had dinner. Took Uber back to the ship which was docked in Brooklyn rather than Manhattan. Viking had a bus to go into Manhattan but it only ran until 10:00 pm and our show didn't let out until later. ...
It took almost 2 hours for the Embarkation process. NCL and/or the port authority need more workers there. Second worst embarkation we have ever had after 60 cruises. ...