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  1. Correct . NCL and Oceania sail from Pier 66, while @Ferry_Watcher works at Pier 91, where the other cruise lines homeport.
  2. 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.
  3. 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:
  4. Their Instagram page confirms they are open for the 2024 season. https://www.instagram.com/calicojacksbermuda/?hl=en
  5. Yes, some of us might actually have some significant professional experience in the travel and cruise businesses.
  6. Although I have no specific knowledge of the situation in Seattle, typically they are employees of a shoreside port services company such as Intercruises.
  7. The OP posted the question here and on the NCL board
  8. 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.
  9. Uber fares have definitely gone up. The quote I gave in my reply was based on what the Uber app quoted just before I posted, and it was in the same ballpark I've seen at other times.
  10. I recommend Uber over a taxi because the taxis in that area of NJ tend to be pretty ratty. Figure about $35-$40 for an Uber. A taxi would likely be about the same price.
  11. I'm confused by your question because if the title of your thread. Halifax isn't on the Bay of Fundy, Saint John is. But if you're just interested in shopping at Pier 22 in Halifax, yes there are lots of small shopping outlets in Cruise Pavilion 22: https://www.porthalifax.ca/facilities/hpa-facilities/halifax-seaport/cruise-pavilion-22-dockside-shops/
  12. They use facial recognition technology, not Global Entry:
  13. I'm fixated on NY because it's a prime example of a major NCL embarkation port where it would be essentially impossible to move to another port that could serve its huge cruising market and where the operational Hydra makes it extraordinarily difficult...indeed next to impossible for NCL or any cruise line to do very much about improving conditions.
  14. Having done dozens of cruises from Manhattan on at least 6 different cruise lines, yes some were not problematic but some were total nightmares at embarkation, disembarkation, or both. To put it bluntly, your lone cruise is meaningless as a measure of the experience of cruising from the port. On another day your experience could have been completely different. NCL runs relatively few one way trips beginning or ending in NY. I recall one or two in the past being scheduled to depart Brooklyn, but the overwhelming percentage of NCL cruise passengers are on roundtrip voyages. Moving a few cruises doesn't address the core issues that affect probably 95% of NCL's NY passengers. Did you forget what I documented for you about NCL having to deal with the same service providers regardless of whether they sail from Manhattan, Brooklyn or Cape Liberty? Moving a few cruises is going to do nothing to address the problems caused by having to deal with that Hydra...and I need to add the Coast Guard and USCBP, which can delay any embarkation and disembarkation.
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