njhorseman

Having sailed on both the QM2 and Oceania, our opinion is quite different from some of the others posted here. To put it bluntly, we wouldn't cruise again on the QM2 if they were paying us to take the voyage. Too stuffy, too many dress code formalities, crew that could care less about you, food in the Britannia Restaurant that was no better than any mass market cruise that could be booked for considerably less money. Public venues closed to you on nights with more formal dress requirements . A class system that should have died when the British Empire died. Yes, they can have some very interesting lecturers, but that's not a big enough attraction to us to overcome the negatives. To each his own.

IIRC the QE2 was capable of transporting autombiles, but not the QM2.

You're addressing the wrong person. I'm not the one who asked the question.

One problem you often see in threads complaining about the embarkation process is that people mistakenly believe that they've been assigned an embarkation time when they do their on line check in. It simply isn't true. You get a check in time from NCL, NOT an embarkation time and there can be a couple of hours of difference between the two even if the process is proceeding smoothly at the cruise terminal. On a day when things go sideways for any number of reasons (most if not all of which are not in the cruise line's control)...the ship arriving late, an insufficient number of CBP officers working to process disembarking passengers, an insufficient number of longshoremen to unload baggage, the Coast Guard conducting an inspection, passengers who don't disembark in a timely fashion...and the check in and boarding processes become a complete cluster. Cruise terminals aren't large enough to hold the entire passenger capacity of a big ship at once. There's an assumption of an orderly normal disembarkation, check in and boarding processes taking place. Once that doesn't happen the cruise terminal gets like a highway that has all lanes closed by an accident...you are just not going to go anywhere anytime soon.

It couldn't be easier. This video shows literally every step of the trip from Pier 11 to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal:

Inside the building is the only place where's there's a security screening line, so yes, it's after you enter the building.

Correct . NCL and Oceania sail from Pier 66, while @Ferry_Watcher works at Pier 91, where the other cruise lines homeport.

I couldn't say if that's the case but I have no reason to doubt that you took it in the past. It doesn't change my mind about it not being a good choice for mobility impaired people, even more so given San Juan's heat and humidity.

Taxis and Uber are readily available in San Juan, but I'm not sure the forts are a wise choice of attraction to take anyone who is mobility impaired. Even if they could be magically transported there from the ship how would they be able to walk once there? Take a look at this:

Their Instagram page confirms they are open for the 2024 season. https://www.instagram.com/calicojacksbermuda/?hl=en

Yes, some of us might actually have some significant professional experience in the travel and cruise businesses.

Although I have no specific knowledge of the situation in Seattle, typically they are employees of a shoreside port services company such as Intercruises.

The OP posted the question here and on the NCL board

it hasn't run for several years.

In addition to what @Charles4515 has said, if you're going to go to the caves it's imperative that you reserve a time slot. During the cruise season the caves will have large numbers of visitors arriving via cruise line excursions and there is a limit on how many people can descend into the caves at any one time. You don't want to make a long and expensive trip to the caves only to find that you won't be able to see them. With the new taxi fares the trip may be just a touch more expensive than Charles has estimated. Per the Bermuda Tourism Authority for a 5 to 7 passenger taxi the new fare is $11.55 for the first mile and $4.25 for each additional mile. The trip from the Dockyard is approximately 20 to 21 miles, which would result in a fare of about $92-$95, but just as in the US a tip for the driver is customary, so figure a total cost each way of about $105 to $110 dollars. If you are making the trip on a Sunday or legal holiday, there will be a 50% (not a typo...50% !!!) fare surcharge for a 5-7 passenger taxi.