WE ARE: Seasoned cruisers Marla (51) and Jorge (51) along with my co-worker and her friend Rachael (20) & Freddy (23) first time cruisers.
EMBARKATION: arrived at the pier at 10:20 a.m from the Bronx (left the Boogie down Bronx at 9:55 a.m.) - easily parked RIGHT next to the ship (WE SAW OUR CAR FROM OUR CABIN WINDOW WOW) $30 for the night either cash or credit cards acceptable (we used NCL MC) Went straight through security to check in which took all of 5 minutes and we were in group 4 to board (Group 1 was a wedding party - Groups 2& 3 Villas/Suites)- Took our embarkation photos and then sat down - we chatted, people watched, and ate fresh cake/cookies and drank OJ while we waited to board - Boarding started at 11:30 - There were mimosas to enjoy as we entered on Deck 7 - A+
RESERVATIONS: As Jorge and I have been ont his ship before we knew exactly what to do - we went straight to the reservations desk and reserved Cagney's for 7:30 (for 4). All of the menus are out for review (one woman was getting crazy trying to get 10 people (at that moment) to decide where and when they wanted to eat) but we stepped aside from her and just did our thing (maybe NCL can have more than 2 people taking reservations) but we were quick so no problems there for us - A+