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Sorry we missed the meet n greet. The Diamond Captains lunch was at same time 😞 I didn't have service till today so couldn't reach out to anyone. We have service today and then again at St Thomas. Hope everyone is having a great time.

All loaded on a greyhound bus here at hotel. (No AC working 🥵) not sure what we are waiting for (few missing ppl over sleep 🤔) so far it says 42 minute ride the 12 miles to cruise port 😲

Hawaiian is my favorite but hubby doesn't like it lol! It was meatball pizza.

Raining and very foggy here right now. Prayers going out for uneventful safe flight into Newark 😍

Hey all, hubby and I arrived safely at Hampton Inn Ridgefield. Almost 90 of us here for shuttles in the morning. Took us almost 4hrs to drive here due to traffic. Didn't hit traffic till we were 10 miles from hotel. 🫣 pizza is ordered and we are chilling in our room.

Hello SnorkelGal, sadly there is no priority lines for this cruise 😢 a lot of Diamond and Platinum perks are not due to the high volume of those tiers on this trip. It is happening a lot on cruises over 10 days. Hopefully you get to see and experience some perks for your 1st Platinum sailing but definitely won't be like a true experience. I am 1 cruise away from Diamond but my husband already is. Besides the priority boarding one of our perks we really appreciate is the unlimited same day laundry. After receiving our email for limited benefits this cruise, I popped a few more things in my luggage 🤪

Hi, I checked us in at 4am and got 11:00-11:30. Boarding group C 😞 I figured there must be many diamond and platinum members who set alarms for midnight lol! Packing finally started today. Woohoo

My husband and I are a yes for meet and greet. Sorry a bit behind on messages. We have been camping. I hope all is ok with fire issue. We got checked in today. (Diamond members) 11:00-11:30 check in time. Printed luggage tags and boarding passes. Now to start packing.

Hi John, sorry we have been camping, (almost a month now) and I am a bit behind and trying catch up on posts. The 11am Sept 30 meet and greet at heroes bar works fine for Scott and I.

We got the email about itinerary change. Nothing specific except that there is a change they will announce soon.

Thank you destiny0315 for reply to my post. (I haven't figured out how to reply to a post within a post.) I ended up booking at Hampton Inn Ridgefield. $385.60 for 1 night before cruise and 14 days free parking. ($10 any night over 14) In response to Boston Pier parking, I love how easy it is to cruise from there. Cost is very reasonable. We drive to Baltimore Port a lot and rates are reasonable there as well. So ready for this cruise after this wet summer. 😀

Hello fellow cruisers. My husband and I will be on this cruise as well. (Scott 62 Thomasina 56) We are also on the ship for 15 days Sept 29-Oct 14. We are from Keene NH. Thank you mleng for parking info. Prices sure have gone up since our last time cruising from NY. Going to check out your link to yankeetrails. We tried to find friends or family to go to share parking costs but 10-15 cruises are not a big hit in our circle 😞 we however love cruising, the longer the better. We will also be hiding ducks 😀

Hello from Keene NH. (Scott and Thomasina) Just found this forum for our cruise. So excited to be going on Venezia. We are going on the 10 day Nov 30th also 😀 I was trying to find affordable parking near cruise port when I came across this forum. Any help or ideas welcome from others going on thus cruise. We have cruised many times from Manhattan, but it's been over 6 yrs since cruising from this port. Wow have prices soured. Tried to get family or friends to book and car pool to share expenses cruise was to long to get any takers 🙃 we will be hiding ducks as well this cruise.