First time I've written a review for CC. Here goes...

This was a mother/daughter cruise - my 3rd time on NCL, DD's first, and about my 10th overall. I'm early 50's, DD is mid 20's. We drove from Queens and had a heckuva time getting to the pier due to a triathlon on the Henry Hudson Pkwy that morning - who knew?? After many detours, we finally arrived at the pier, about 11:15. With 3 ships in port it was very congested with cars arriving as well as picking up people who had just disembarked, so pulling the car over far enough to unload the bags wasn't easy, but once we managed to do that, it wasn't too hard to find a porter.

Once inside the terminal, I was thrilled to find NO line getting through security, and no need to mention Latitudes. We walked right through and were at a check-in station immediately. We were given #6 and headed back to wait for boarding. This was about 11:30. While we waited, we made reservations for Teppanyaki for that night. At noon they announced boarding for VIPs and #1s and 2s...and within about 10 minutes, they called our number. So easy! We headed straight to the Venetian for a nice, calm lunch. The DR was almost empty when we arrived. One note about the food: DD ordered the turkey club sandwich and asked if it were smoked turkey, which she doesn't like. The server said it was not, and sure enough, when the sandwich came, it was smoked. DD couldn't eat it and asked the server about ordering something else. She insisted (nicely) it wasn't smoked turkey, returned to the kitchen to get another turkey club sandwich, and came back a few moments later saying "it's smoked turkey." I guess it's good that now she knows for the next passenger who asks. So my DD ordered something different and it was fine. Read more