Westbound crossing in 2014 was great and we wanted to experience the remastering and a Princess Grill Suite this year, 2016, round-trip for 16 days.

We flew into LGA the night before our voyage, stayed at a hotel, and took an Uber from LGA to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in RedHook. Embarkation was quick, didn't take more than 10 minutes. Once onboard we found our suite. Oh, my! It was not as big as a suite on HAL but champagne and chocolates on the coffee table win me over every time. The suite had everything we needed. The walkin closet immediately became mine. Hubby got to use the 4 closets lined up against the entry wall. The glassed-in cabinets above the mini bar had all sizes of Waterford Crystal. There was a Keurig type coffee pot, as well as, a pot to heat water for tea and Waterford China in the cabinet next to the frig. Bottled water in the suite was free. There is a charge for the frig supplies. There were no Coke products the upon embarkation, only Pepsi. "Pepsi, no Coke." The shipped boarded Coke in Halifax but it did not taste like USA Coke products. Soda package is Pepsi products only out of the tap. Since I am a Coke person, I drank water, beer, or rum and Diet Pepsi, not to say my wine and after dinner drinks. The bed was comfortable, pillows fluffy, and the balcony ran the width of the suite. We sat outside drinking our champagne before going to lunch.

In the Pincess Grill Restaurant We had table one. Wow, we thought we were special. Think the reverse. It was the first table upon entering. We were moved that evening to a table-for-two, close enough to talk to the other passengers on either side but still private. On our return voyage we sat closer to a bank of aft windows. Read more