New York City, New York

We docked in New York about 7:00 a.m. and were greeting with a welcome sign pulled behind an airplane. The sun was rising between the skyscrapers.
About 200 people disembarked in this city and about the same number embarked for the trip to Ft. Lauderdale and then on to Alaska.

Everyone on the ship had to go through immigration and we were called alphabetically so it was about 10:30 a.m. before we left the ship. We walked to Central Park where we took a pedal cart with a guide who took us throughout the park and gave us some commentary. The trees were in bloom as were many flowers and the grass was green. The grass that has to be mowed covers around 283 acres, and the entire park is like 840 acres.

At 4:45, we went out on the deck to attend the sail away and commenced our voyage towards Fort Lauderdale.