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Now, we all know that beyond the Grey Havens is Valinor, where the immortals dwell. In my mind, I picture the Grey Havens as a very celestial, ethereal place, yet it seems to me that the Grey Havens are only the gate or so, or more like a boundry to mortals, saying, you can't go any further.
(....) What was the big deal about the Grey Havens, what was so great about it? Now, when I think of Valinor, I think of Heaven, its almost like a physical Heaven on Middle-Earth, but why was the Grey Havens so drawing? What happened here? What was this place like?
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As pointed out before, the Grey Haves were a departure point for Valinor; that's what drew people (Elves) to it. Like, when many people in the 19th century left for America, they would go through the ports in Europe to get on board. If for the whole of Europe there would have been just one port to embark for America, that port would be as drawing as the Grey Havens was for the Elves.