My wife & I recently enjoyed your dinner cruise this past Saturday. The food was excellent, the service superb and the overall experience was positive.
The musical choices of the DJ was another story altogether. I would say that 75% of his selections had a Latin theme with songs that not many patrons knew. There was about 15 minutes of ""rock"" music when the dance floor was full. There was even at least 1 contemporary song that was sung by a Spanish performer with Latin lyrics. At the very end of the cruise (about 15 minutes from port) he played several recognizable songs typically used to kick off a celebratory event, not end one. The Black Eyed Peas (Tonight's Going to be a Good Night), LMFAO (Party Rock) and several others. But by this time the dance floor was empty as everyone was anticipating their own departure.
There was a fairly large group of teenagers on the cruise, we assume celebrating a Prom event or something similar. Several of them were observed listening to their i-Pods outside while the DJ was playing his own music. Apparently we weren't the only ones not pleased with the musical selections of your DJ. Several couples around us also expressed their displeasure.
Again, the music was a major disappointment on the cruise.
There were two instances where the boat rocked severely nearly making my wife ill and certainly put a damper on her activity for a good 30 - 45 minutes. We were informed it always happened as the vessel approached the VZ bridge heading out to the Statue of Liberty and again upon our return.
The cruise was also much too long. Your web site indicates the return is at 11:30 PM but we didn't dock until 1:30 AM. I overheard several patrons complain that they had hired sitters for their children and were very unhappy at the time difference from what was advertised and the actual landing. This is clearly within your control and needs to be addressed.
Overall our experience was ""Fair"" and I doubt we would do it again. To be honest, I even doubt I would recommend it to our friends. All of this is due to the DJ - nothing else.
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