njhorseman

Your response is irrelevant in the context of this thread. This thread and discussion is about documentation requirements for US citizens taking a closed loop cruise to Bermuda and I am 100% correct about a birth certificate serving as proof of citizenship for those circumstances. Further when a US citizen applies for their first passport their birth certificate provides the necessary proof of their citizenship and no other proof of citizenship is necessary. There are other ways of proving citizenship, for example a naturalization certificate for those who were not a US citizen at birth, but for those born in the US the birth certificate provides all the proof needed. Your response is

Here are the procedures from NCL's Sail Safe FAQs: https://www.ncl.com/sail-safe If I recently recovered from COVID-19, do I need to get tested prior to embarkation? Individuals that test positive within 90 days of their scheduled embarkation date are exempted from the pre-arrival testing. They must have one of the below acceptable forms of COVID-19 Recovery (dated no less than 10 days and no more than 90 days (US) & 180 days (EU) before the date of embarkation) available during check-in. For European Citizens, this would include an EU Green Pass or comparable certificate. For all others unable to present an EU Green Pass (i.e., US Citizens) a doctor’s note, plus a laboratory-confirmed PCR test result with the proper information (i.e., Name, Date, Date of Birth, Positive Result, etc.)

I don't know who told you NCL doesn't care about your ID or passport, but that is absolutely wrong. They have to verify that every embarking passenger holds the types of ID or passport and in some cases visa required by every country on the ship's itinerary.

Drew Estate cigars are Nicaraguan, not Cuban.

Your birth certificate isn't your ID, it's your proof of citizenship. In order take the cruise using a birth certificate you also need a government-issued photo ID, most commonly a drivers license. That is what you show if you're stopped by an official while ashore, not your birth certificate...and yes they will know what a drivers license is. You're not an undocumented alien because you entered the country legally using acceptable documentation for your mode of travel. The countries that accept a birth certificate and government ID in lieu of a passport are not places where it's very likely for something to "go south" quickly. They are nearby countries that have many thousands of American tourists visiting every year. Although I always travel with a passport, the reality is that in these countries the only situation making a passport is necessary occurs if you have to fly back to the US rather being able to take your ship back. While that certainly can happen it doesn't happen very often so the risk is very low. In a country that has a US embassy, or consulate such as Bermuda, the worst that can happen is that you're delayed returning home while you obtain a passport, and in some cases you may even be able to get emergency authorization to fly back to the US without a passport.

It's not going to be beach weather. Typically beach season starts in late May.

It's really hard to say because traffic is so unpredictable and "midtown" covers a lot of area. I'd allow an hour an fifteen minutes to an hour and a half, but it might only take 30 to 45 minutes.

There actually are some short commuter routes where airlines are replacing air service with bus service because of a shortage of pilots. So while NCL might book you on an airline you could end up on a bus. So far this has been announced in the Philadelphia and Denver areas by AA and UA but the same could happen elsewhere.

If you post there don't make the mistake of writing St. John rather than Saint John because there's a local resident trolling the forum who seems to have nothing better to do than skewer anyone committing what he apparently considers a mortal sin. Even worse, don't write St. John's ! Since that's a city in Newfoundland rather than New Brunswick I can only imagine what his reaction might be.

I'm going to guess that your ship won't be listed until at least July 1 and perhaps closer to July 12 . You're in a unique situation because your ship doesn't arrive in Bermuda for many weeks after embarkation. Most ships arrive in Bermuda a few days after embarkation. The other ships embarking July 24 arrive in Bermuda July 26. I think you're just going to have to be patient. Edit...I believe your ship has an embarkation port in Florida (August 9 ?) a few days before arriving in Bermuda and it's probably 30 days before that Florida embarkation date that the ship will be listed by Bermuda...so somewhere around July 9.

I'm not Chief mate and you don't owe me a beer so you get a free answer. ArriveCAN is a recent vintage (2020 ?) COVID-era smartphone app for travelers to Canada and is also accessible online . It didn't exist a few years ago. Read all about it here https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/services/arrivecan.html

What day of the week will you be going into Manhattan? If it's a weekday I'd suggest booking your tour for no earlier than 10 am so you can avoid the height of rush hour traffic. Traffic can be heavy and unpredictable at any time so you have to build a time cushion into your travel planning. What type of tour are you considering? You mentioned mobility issues, so is this a bus tour? Frankly, Manhattan is a place best seen on foot. On a bus you'll be spending lots of time sitting in traffic looking up at buildings.

Uber or Lyft . Or the car services Carmel LImo or Dial 7 . Very, very unlikely for any NY City tours to pick up at hotel in Elizabeth, NJ. I'd say absolutely not, but then someone will tell me there was such a tour in 2002 and insist there might still be one 20 years later. FYI, the name of the cruise port is Cape Liberty, not Port Liberty . The only reason I mention that there is an area of nearby Jersey City called Port Liberte so if you asked a taxi to take to you Port Liberty you might end up in the wrong place.

Yes, the Bermuda dollar is on par with the US dollar so there shouldn't be a conversion fee but many if not most credit cards charge a foreign transaction fee. When we use a credit card in Bermuda we always use one that doesn't have a foreign transaction fee.

It's so poorly written (using the singular "guest") it almost looks as if it was the work of someone whose native language definitely isn't English. Perhaps a Russian hacker at work. 🤣

It's not just about the postal service. What if the lab has a backlog of tests and takes an extra day to process the test? And dashing to an airport might not be an answer either because not all airports have testing facilities and even if they do who's to say they're going to be open at the hour you need them to.

NCL Joy and Celebrity Summit are "contract" ships. Those cruise lines have contracts with Bermuda giving them docking rights. The Carnival ship is an "occasional caller" so it will be anchored in Grassy Bay. I assume you mean you'll be in port of July 20, not May 20 and if you look at the port schedule you'll see that the Carnival Legend will be anchored. http://www.marops.bm/Documents/Shipping_schedules/2022 Cruise Ship Schedule.pdf

That test has to be shipped back to their lab for analysis...note the last graphic with the picture of a truck and the last instruction "Return Test" . There's no way you can guarantee getting the test result back in time for the cruise. You might...you might not. I wouldn't risk it.

It's better to post this on the Gulf Coast Departures board. This board is intended for questions about NOLA as a port of call, which is why you don't see questions of the type your asking getting a lot of answers on this board.

Not directly but if that was not the intent then what purpose does saying "Victoria didn't even ask to see my ArriveCAN" serve? I've seen numerous complaints about both Bermuda's and Canada's authorization forms along the lines of "Why did they make me do this when they didn't even check it when I got off the ship", hence my reaction to your post.

We always use the thermal suite and perhaps once or twice some facilities were closed for maintenance but we've never had multiple day closures. Was the thermal suite itself closed or "just" the pool and hot tubs? If the entire thermal was closed then you would have a case for getting a partial refund but if it was just some facilities probably not.

Under the rules in place at this time due to your spending 5 days at sea, yes, you will need a second test done on board two days or less prior to arriving in Bermuda. Based on what I've read about how this has been done on other cruises I expect you'll be asked to arrive at the on board testing location at a specific time so I don't think it will be terribly time consuming as long as people follow the instructions about when to arrive for their test. @princeton123211is correct that you have to be tested even if you don't disembark in Bermuda. You're in Bermuda when the ship enters the country's territorial waters and are subject to all its laws and regulations.

Best wishes on your move.

The passenger doesn't pay for the extra fuel consumed. Nor do you pay for helicopter evacuations carried out by government military operations such as the US Coast Guard.

They didn't ask to see it any more than they asked to see your passport . Your ArriveCAN was already approved and the cruise line verified it at check in so why would you expect them to ask to see it since it was already verified that you had it?