This was my 7th Princess (4th Grand Class) and 12 overall cruise. I have sailed with RCL, Celebrity and Disney as well as Princess over the past several years.
We arrived in New York on Friday and meet the Princess rep (Debbie). She was fantastic, fun, friendly full of life, just great. Since NW changed our flight she thought we were not coming, but made arrangements for us once we got there. We had a slight wait at LGA, but we were on our way to the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott soon enough.
The transfers and precruise package was great. The hotel was very nice and near the port, but I would have rather stayed in Manhattan.