We are seasoned cruisers with RCI and Celebrity, cruised once with NCL in Febuary 2014, and we use this as a benchmark for quality and VFM.

Flew to NYC early to have a couple of days doing “touristy” things, walking the High Line, MOMA and a show on Broadway .

On Saturday morning we took a shuttle car to Bayonne/Cape Liberty, this trip was a little hint of things to come. On emerging from the Holland Tunnel it became obvious the driver had only the vaguest idea of the way. He wanted the Zip Code of Cape Liberty as if I could produce this out of a hat. With me, a visitor to his fine country, navigating from the back of his cab, reading out the basic directions from our Guest Ticket Booklet we eventually made it taking a scenic route through New Jerseys fairytale landscape. Many horns were honked at us but we assumed it was the local way to make visitors feel welcome. Read more