This was our first cruise and we decided to go on the Canada/New England out of the Brooklyn Terminal in New York. The average age on this cruise was probably early to mid 50's. We are in our mid 30's and the age difference did not bother us. We flew to NY early in the AM on our departure date, despite doing circles over Penn, everything went as expected.

We had the dreaded cabin B751 with the beam. I say dreaded due to all the write ups regarding this balcony and room. We paid for a BG class and were upgraded to the BB class and this room. I would have to say it is no big deal. It offers protection and privacy from the elements and people while in port. If my choice was this room on the aft of the ship or with a room on the side. Take this room as the sites are wonderful as you sail away from the ports and while on the open ocean. Due to the time of year (October) at night it would be cold on main deck and very windy. We could sit out there drinking a glass of wine and eating without any issues. (On second thought take the room on the side and leave this one for us.)

At all ports we did things on our own VS a tour. We should have probably taken one or two but we were happy to just walk on our own. The only time rush was to get back to the ship in time which usually was not a problem. Read more