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There is a difference between the Pearl Harbor museums/exhibits/Missouri vs the actual Arizona Memorial. The Memorial is run jointly by the Navy and National Park Service and those are the timed tickets that are made available 2 months in advance. It's possible that the tour you have scheduled does not include the Arizona Memorial or it might-- private tour operators are allotted timed tickets separately from the public. You should check with them. Overall its much more enjoyable to do Pearl Harbor without using an organized tour and very easy to do on your own.

I would just Uber/Lyft Traditional taxis aren't really a thing there anymore-- I spend a lot of time in LA and cant remember the last time I saw one. There are sometimes I visit family in Santa Monica for a few days and don't even rent a car from the airport anymore-- just Uber most places. When you factor in parking and gas it can actually be less expensive than renting. Uber from San Pedro to Santa Monica in an UberX is going to be somewhere around $45 each way.

I think what everyone here has inferred but not actually said is that no, there is no such hotel in the immediate vicinity that would be recommended. Its a slowly gentrifying, very industrial area with not a ton of tourism infrastructure. You will have to either stay closer to the Brooklyn Bridge area or as others have suggested lower Manhattan to be geographically "close". If its just a bed this isn't a terrible strategy but there are more enjoyable options in Brooklyn or lower Manhattan. If your ship is departing on a weekday there will be traffic between LGA and Red Hook so there would be that to consider-- leave LGA mid day to try and avoid the worst of it. Hotels at LGA are sort of lackluster. Closest to the terminals there is a full service Marriott that I can vouch for years ago and also a newer Aloft hotel nearby. An UberX is going to be about $60 from LGA to Red Hook Cruise Terminal. Taxi will be on the meter so will vary-- could be a lot more than an Uber if there is traffic.

I would shoot to arrive at or just before noon. This will make sure you avoid the morning rush hour around New York and entering Manhattan (although you should factor in some time on your departure to account for traffic in Connecticut etc depending where in New England you are coming from). 11am-noon arrival also gives you some buffer time in case you are unavoidably delayed for some reason. Any earlier and you will run into the previous cruise shuffling out of the parking garage and any later you could run the risk of missing the ship if you have a car issue or major traffic.

What day is your cruise? If its on a week day the traffic can be horrific in the morning and might be worth having a more leisurely morning by just ripping the bandaid off and taking an Uber to somewhere in New Jersey. If it leaves on a Sat/Sun less of an issue.

You are overthinking things. NCL's transfers will be much more expensive, and time consuming, than an Uber/Lyft unless you are 1 person. Uber/Lyft are plentiful all over Honolulu and relatively inexpensive. Once you get in range of being able to book airfare take a look at what options you have-- I will wager that booking it on your own will still be less expensive than NCL. As mentioned, there are a ton of great hotel options that are on or near Waikiki for all budgets and this will put you very close to the port itself (and not far from Pearl Harbor for a visit). You are still too far out to book hotels so it's sort of a moot point at the moment. Honolulu is like visiting any other large major US city-- no need to worry about transportation.

Bermuda doesn't derive its main sources of revenue from cruise passengers. They'll be just fine. As was said before, it was priced that way so that people wouldn't show up and they ones that did would be profitable. Not because they had a business problem that they needed to attract more day passes.

No, not usually the first hour but they can and do sell out. Especially for a day with a cruise ship in port I would make sure to wake up and get on the website so you will have your choice of time slot vs being left with whats left (which could be later in the afternoon beyond when you can stay with your ship's departure).

Pearl Harbor, the Arizona Memorial, and USS Missouri are better done on your own anyway-- organized tours are not needed and frankly detract from the experience. You can easily Uber/Lyft from the pier to Pearl Harbor and back. You'll need to get Arizona tickets through that website and then purchase tickets to USS Missouri through their own website (https://ussmissouri.org)-- they are completely separately run. The Missouri does offer what they call a "Passport to Pearl Harbor" bundle ticket but this does not include a timed ticket to the USS Arizona Memorial (just the museum). Tickets are available online 2 months to the day in advance. A limited number of walk up tickets are available each day as well but not something to rely on.

Now I agree with you on Monkeypod, but when Dale was slinging them at that little run down tiki hut at the Kaanapali Beach Hotel up until covid that would have been my favorite. What it lacked in fancy foam it made up for in its significant potency. And of course spending time with the character that was making it. Even though my heart is still with Dale and the little rundown shack he called an office back in the day, the new restaurant at Kaanapali Beach Hotel, Huihui, is quite good and well worth the OP taking a look at for lunch or at least a drink.

Uber is very prevalent in San Francisco-- they are founded and based out of the city. You will have zero issue getting an Uber on demand. Yes-- most likely no one wants to commit to a ride several days in advance. You will have no issue at all using Uber on demand in San Francisco. It's really designed for that and not to be scheduled in advance. If you want to use an app to schedule a car service further in advance you can use BlackLane. These will be true black cars and will be more expensive than even an UberBlack (let alone an UberX which will be more than adequate for 2 people from SFO to the cruise pier). Trust the system and just use the app to request a car once you arrive at the airport and collect your luggage in baggage claim. You'll be pleasantly surprised by how easy it is.

Yes-- especially if downtown/Waikiki is where you want to end up that night. It will save you the need to Uber to and from the airport on both ends.

Sounds like you have a pretty good idea of what you want to do. Have done this a couple times over the years. Head out of town along H1 to H2 north to Kamehameha Highway to Dole. Then continue north to Turtle Bay Resort for lunch which is a favorite of ours. Then I would go clockwise (make a left out of the resort) and head on 83 south along the coast back to Honolulu. You can extend by headed towards Waimanalo but we usually just take the more direct road home. We usually rent from Avis. There is a smaller location at the Sheraton and a larger location at the International Marketplace Mall which has better selection. Either are super convenient if staying in Waikiki and if you do it for a day you obviously have the benefit of avoiding expensive overnight parking. Traffic was always not great coming back to Honolulu at the end of the drive so plan for that. But it's really only as you are getting back to town. The drive itself can be done in less than 3 hours if you didn't stop so you'll have plenty of time to stop at Dole, Turtle Bay Resort, and then one or two other spontaneous ones if you choose.

Not really. The airport is surrounded by an industrial area that also includes Naval Station Pearl Harbor (not just the museum part but also the much larger working naval base part which is off limits). Also keep in mind that you usually cant check your luggage for a flight until 4 hours before your flight so really you would be looking at 6pm before you could do that. I would venture into Waikiki and book breakfast or brunch at a nice hotel and check your bags there for the day. Use it as a home base and then depart for the airport later in the afternoon/early evening.

You can certainly do it-- you'll most likely be able to get a minibus there. Coming back I would download and be prepared to use an app called Hitch which will call a taxi to where you are. You might be able to flag a taxi down there but as Horseman said public minibusses will be scarce. As long as you're cool with the chance of having to use a taxi to come back it will be very doable.

I think the downside here is really how inefficient the water taxi can be. It's a lot slower to get to Rowes Wharf (where they dock downtown) and then over to the airport later. Once they drop you off at the airport near the Hyatt you have a schlep to get to the terminal, where a taxi/Uber would drop you right off. The luggage storage at Rowes Wharf very possibly will be at the Boston Harbor Hotel there so basically the same thing we have been talking about. Don't get me wrong-- the water taxi is scenic and fun and if that's your thing it could be a good time (frankly I would be "boated out" after a week on a cruise). But it isn't the most efficient way to spend a day touring Boston. You'll save a lot of time using Uber/Lyft to a hotel for storage and then taking a car direct to the airport terminal later and it will cost less than the $100 for 2 people the water taxi people are charging.

Which I would agree with if they didn't have such limited time. I think the more centralized amenities at Kaanapali, especially Whaler's Village, will make things easier. Plus when you factor in the drive time and the fact an Uber will show up faster to Whaler's than along Napili they could potentially get 30ish minutes longer doing beach stuff. They are both great beaches.

Not really in Lahaina proper-- the city literally goes right up to the water in places. Take an Uber about 5 minutes north of town to a place called Whaler's Village. That will put you in the middle of the Kaanapali resort beach which is one of the nicest on the island. There are also plenty of options to eat/drink.

Not on an excursion but did the same thing once through a local provider (which I suspect runs your ship's tour). You wake up early and are fitted for the bike and safety equipment. You are then driven to the summit (which can be very cold so bring some layers) and given a short briefing. Then it's off to the races. Its virtually all downhill-- you can get quite a bit of speed behind you. You are on a two lane road with traffic going up and down (if you do it early in the morning there won't be as much downhill car/bus traffic but there still will be some from people leaving from sunset viewings). The road has switchbacks and sharp turns. There is no shoulder of bike lane so you do need to be a decent rider-- this is not for someone who is rarely on a bike. Someone we were on the bus with wiped out-- this is not a ride at Disneyland. It will go as fast or slow as you want-- you can stop along the way at overlooks. It takes about 2 hours if you don't stop all the time. You go through little areas with cafes you can stop at once you are outside of the park area. Frankly I'm glad we did it once but I wouldn't do it again. We spend several weeks a year on Maui so using a good portion of the day to do this wasn't a huge deal but if I was on a cruise with 1-2 days in port I wouldn't spend my time doing this-- there are more interesting things to do on Maui with a limited schedule.

Why wouldn't you have cell service? Most major US plans offer service in Bermuda for $10 a day which gets automatically billed when you connect to the island network. Super convenient.

Why would that matter though? Wouldn't your first concern be not putting your car in a spot that has a reasonable chance of it being vandalized to begin with? The goal here isn't to have your car be broken into but then know you have adequate legal recourse (which you typically don't in any parking contract anyway). I get that making sure the terms of parking are adequate but certainly not "more important..." than taking all the measures you can so your car doesn't get vandalized in the first place.

For what its worth I would not feel comfortable leaving my car in that part of town for 14 days in an open parking lot like that. It is fully exposed and there is no security fence.

You are sort of on an island and not really in the most glamorous part of town (which sounds like it doesn't much make a difference given how you plan to use it). You certainly are not in any sort of a pedestrian area for dinner and walking towards a place like Fells Point could be dangerous (not that it sounds like you are planning to do that, but worth saying because parts of Baltimore are frankly not at all safe). If you are driving in and not planning on leaving the hotel at all, why not consider one of the budget friendly hotels at BWI? It will be a little bit more of a drive in the next day but not much and you can head right to the port to park. It will be a much safer area for both you and your car and there are hotel options which are newer than the Best Western.

Take Uber/Lyft. Taxis in New Jersey are not that great and much harder to come by. UberX is about $24.

Just keep in mind that the threshold for them to do it might be more than just a nice tip-- typically we will have lunch or drinks there as the reason we are asking them to check our bags just like any restaurant would check your coat.