We were on the 3/31 - 4/8 sailing out of NYC. Drove down the night before and stayed in Secaucus NJ at the Hampton Inn. Cheap, clean and close to the port. Drove into the port the next morning and had the car parked at the pier by 1045 and was on the ship at 1145. Went straight to our room as VIFP guests to drop off our carry ons then headed to the Lido deck to have our standard deli sandwiches for lunch.

My wife liked the pink decor while I was neutral on it as the color decor of any ship doesn't matter to me. Layout was one where you couldn't go from one end to the other on deck 3 due to the kitchen. But you get used to it pretty quickly.

We had a room on the upper deck mid-ship near the elevators/stairs which was real convenient for us since it was easy to get to deck 4 where the casino, coffee shop, Club O2 and shops were. Also easy to go right up to the lido where the food was. Read more