We are getting to be serious cruisers. We know what we like and what ports we like the best. We selected Explorer and Bayonne because according to the loyalty ambassador on a previous sailing, we would get double points. He laid out all the cruises and we picked two.

We arrived at Bayonne on Black Friday and did a park and sail from Carlson's Country Inn.

Bayonne absolutely sucks as an embarkation port. We had to wait 2 hours in a transfer from the hotel on the port to drive up. We checked in and had to board a crammed bus to go a quarter mile to the ship. Read more