Verydelight

Thanks for sharing.

Have you ever seen Tracy Arm before? It was the most beautiful part of my Alaska trips (I have taken Alaska cruise 4x.).

If not, I encourage you to go there again since you miss it this time.

Also, this tragedy reminds me that every cruiser should consider to by a travel insurance. You never know what might happen on your vacation

You have no idea what could have happened in a ship cabin or hotel room prior to your stay, so why would it matter. You might not even know what had happened in your house prior to you buying it.

What you said makes sense to me. And I think it's personal preference. Since I have read the cabin# from the Affidavit, I just don't feel comfortable staying in the same one. However, I do believe "anger management" is very important. This is the biggest lesson we should learn from the tragedy. Also, respect is the key for a good relationship.

The Affidavit by a special agent gave us enough details of this tragedy. Some people may not care but I would not stay in the same cabin in any possible future cruise of Emerald Princess.

http://heavy.com/news/2017/07/kristy-manzanares-kenneth-ken-cruise-ship-death-murder-alaska-emerald-princess-photos/

Hi, We arrive at JFK at about 5.00 pm after 24 hours of flying from Australia. The next day we fly out again at around 2.00 pm.

 

We come back to NYC a couple of weeks later 2 days before our cruise from Cape Liberty and then after the cruise we stay in NYC for another 5 days. For these we are staying in Manhattan (Cambria Inn and Suites, Chelsea, near the Path train to NJ). We have previously stayed for a week each in Greenwich Village and Chelsea near the Highline. We are comfortable with catching the metro around NYC and quite enjoy catching public transport.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions for the short layover (5.00pm to 2.00pm next day) for a nice place to stay that is easy to get to (preferably via the JFK Airtrain/metro or hotel shuttle), in a nice neighborhood with stores/restaurants for casual dinner for tired flyers, perhaps shopping or interesting sights before we return to JFK to fly out again? For example, any suggestions for Queens?

 

Thanks for any ideas.

JFK is currently under runway construction 2017. https://thepointsguy.com/2017/03/jfk-runway-construction-2017/

If you arrive JFK at 5 pm, you may have some delay to get out the airport. After 24 hours of flying from Australia, you must be tired and want to take easy. Also, in order to fly out the next day @2 pm, you probably need to check in at airport by noon. I would suggest that you try Courtyard @ JFK (check Marriott.com). They allow 15% senior discount (if over 62 yo) and provide complimentary shuttle between airport and hotel. I just booked one night stay for my pre-cruise so I got the information from their website. If you can settle down at Courtyard by 7 pm the day you fly in, you can have a good dinner and consider to go out to enjoy the NYC night life (can ask hotel front desk to reserve a cab for you). If you plan to do something next day morning, you can check out, and ask if you can leave your baggage with them until you are ready to go to airport again by noon.