To start out- we heard we were docked at Pier 29 - famous for being a bad pier. We took the hotel shuttle over around 12:15pm and there was a small line. We might have waited about 20 minutes before we got to the point where line split off for the Crown & Anchor members. From there, we only had to wait for the next available agent. Not bad at all.

We were able to go right to our room, which was the center, hump room Junior Suite. It was a very nice, clean, spacious and good smelling room! Elroy Greene was our stateroom attendant- he was wonderful! It took us a few days to finally meet him- but he did a very nice job. He even made some towel creatures that we haven't seen before!

Rumor had it that there were over 700 Diamond members aboard - I believe it because every single night the Diamond Lounge and spill over location were packed tight. Diago was our waiter - he did a wonderful job of seeking us out every night and making sure we were never thirsty. Read more