We went with friends and had a great time! The embarkation went very well. We flew in from California on red eye. Got into New York at 8am. JFK was better than expected. Took a cab to the Manhattan cruise terminal. Smooth check on. Room was as expected. Not as good as Marina, but it was still very nice. The ships crew was great. The meals were great. The ship was very well maintained. This was the smallest cruise I have been on. 680 passengers. We usually go on larger ships, but this was very nice. The bed was so comfortable I thought I went to heaven!! I thought being a small ship it would be a little rough sailing but much better than I had anticipated. The port of calls were great. Weather was great. Disembarkation went very well. The whole cruise exceeded my expectations. I would do it again.