This dinner cruise was so much better than the one we'ed done on Lake Mead a week earlier. It was probably easier that you had to make your own way to the pier as this eliminates any issues with pick up. The organisation was superb, the staff attentive and the food great. We had booked the first class package which meant we had a fantastictable with excellent views of New York by a window on the Upper Deck, and the waiter kept our glasses full.
The three hours seemed to fly by and we also enjoyed the onboard disco. It was also a much better way of seeing the lights of Manhattan (and Lady Liberty) at night than the night bus tour.
We got upgraded to a great ship and the dinner cruise was off the chart. The food was very, very good
The description of New York by night with an open bar was totally inaccurate. This was floating disco with nothing that could be described as FIRST CLASS. There were two decks and we were led to a table on the 2nd deck. When asked why, we were told that the top seating deck was booked for a party. We were seated amoung all the other tables who clearly did not pay the first class fare. We along with all the other were served a poor quality sweet sparkling wine. Both ladies were appalled by the taste and so I went to the bar to get three glasses of a very standard sauvinua blanc to be told that I would have to pay for it. A discussion followed and it was a plonk or nothing. The food was poor and the disco followed quickly drowning out any conversation. In the end we put on jackets and up and down a small part of Manhatten islandent out on to a very cold and windy deck as we travelled