We sailed on the Norwegian Jewel leaving on October 10th, 2009 out of New York City to Boston, Halifax, Quebec City, Charlottetown, and Sydney and returned on the 20th. It was our 10th NCL cruise (13th overall) for both DW and me and we are both 52. This 10-day cruise was longest cruise we had ever booked, but we were interested in the itinerary as we are getting tired of the Bahamas and the Caribbean.

Day 1 - Embarkation

We live in south central Connecticut, so we decided to drive to the New York cruise terminal. After an hour and a half drive, we arrived at the terminal at 12:30 pm. We had expected a madhouse of traffic as there were three cruise ships at the terminal (Saga Ruby, Carnival Triumph, and the Jewel). To our pleasant surprise, there was very little traffic and people at the curbside of the terminals. By 1:00 pm, we had parked our car at the terminal ($300 for the 10 days) and were in the terminal for the embarkation process. Read more