Well, I have been home a week and am still trying to rejoin the land of the normal. We went on the Summit on June 6 and had a wonderful time. I have to thank everyone for all their help in answering my questions. I will post some of my thoughts below.

Background Information - We are a family of 5 going on our first cruise. 47,46,22,20,and 16. My husband spent many months on an aircraft carrier and wasn't really excited about going on a cruise. He finally agreed to celebrate our 25th anniversary and our oldest daughter's graduation from college. It was my one shot to get him to like cruising.

Travel To Port of Embarkation - We stayed in New York for 2 days before sailing and hired a private car to pick us up and take us to the port.... www.blackexecutivecars.com.... I used them per advise I rec'd here and would highly recommend them again. We asked for a suburban and it fit all 5 of us and our enormous amounts of luggage. It was so nice to not have to worry about cost of taxi's, etc. Read more