SeaboyLovesSeagirl

Great review! Very detailed. That is a very time consuming process, and for that we are appreciative. We will be sailing on her Feb 21, 2016 on the 13 night southern caribbean. This will be helpful. Happy Cole, and Dana Tison are very entertaining. I noticed that they were on your sailing.

Thanks again,

J.D.& Pam

Carnival is going to Trinidad Feb 2016

We are going. Sea you on board.

Add'l info - it's a 9 block long walk from NY Waterway's W. 39th Street terminal/pier to the MCT, the gate pedestrian entrance at W. 48th Street is easily accessible. Google has the distance at .6 mile or a 10 minute walk, more like 15 to 20 minutes pulling luggages - so it's to all's advantage to pack light - using the Waterway ferries. Unless one is going for 2 weeks - best to, IMO, not use those 29" int'l suitcases as my suggestions. Exiting the ferry & facing 12th. Avenue, the free shuttle buses will be lined up - there are different routes & one will travel north on 12th Avenue toward 57th Street (ask, that's the one you wanted to be on ... another route will be marked Times Square or 42nd. Street and a 3rd. route south toward Macy's / Herald Square, etc. etc.)

 

Neither the ferries or the shuttle buses are designed for travelers with bigger pieces of luggage, backpacks & carry-on sizes can squeeze on - most of the buses have 2 sets of doors, some larger & some smaller (like those airbus rental car shuttles, except no racks). There should be a designated stop near 48th Street on 12th Avenue. Upon disembarkation, it's probably easiest to just walk back to the Waterway pier.

 

Or, turn left & just walk with the luggage along the bike/pedestrian path on the waterfront, there's no need to cross 12th. Avenue, you will walk toward Circle Lines & the Intrepid Museum and see Pier 88 directly in ahead.

Thank You All for your help with this.

Folks seem to have had a good experience wth the ferry. If you are two or more people, one person and the luggage can be dropped off at the ferry terminal entrance. The cost is $9/pp and the ferry is accessible. On the other side you can wak to the pier, hail a cab, or use one of the free buses to get closer to the terminal.

Thanks for the additional information! We are researching this option. Our problem in all of this is that we have two vehicles and 8 people we will have to convince to go this route. I'm all for it as it will save us some money.

Do you know how far the ferry is from the cruise port?

We will be cruising out of NY for the first time in September and need suggestions for parking. Everything we have found is around $25/day. Is this about what we can expect?

Nope, no limit. Enjoy!

 

*well, unless you consider the price point a limit. All drinks up to $11 and if you go over, only pay the difference.

Holy cow. Good news (and bad for some, I suppose). Thanks for the info! :cool:

Our upcoming cruise to Bermuda on the Breakaway will be the first time for the UBP for us. I know other lines have a limit as to the number of free drinks you are allowed per day but I don't see anything on the NCL website that show a limit. Thanks in advance for the info.