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  1. Are there Visitor Center's near the ships in these ports to pick up maps, etc.? Trying to determine how much I need to have downloaded to our phones if there aren't. Saguenay Charlottetown Sydney Halifax Bar Harbor
  2. I was looking at the cabin options listed for bidding on under our cruise for comparison by looking at the cruise if I was booking it initially. It shows those same options are sold out - has anyone else ran into this? A glitch in the programming that makes you think there are cabins you can bid on, when they are all sold out?
  3. Anyone been to the New France Festival before? I have the calendar, etc., but wondering how you felt everything worked. Is it easy as an English only speaker to roam around and just discover - music, foods, etc.? The calendar lists things happening at certain times, but the items listed aren't that crystal clear to me what they are. I saw the entrance fee at one point, and can't seem to get back to it - does anyone know if this is per day? Thanks.
  4. The more I read about SOL, the more I get confused. Our ticket is for 10 am. I had read that was the time we needed to be there for the security line - is that correct? Then from what you shared it could actually be 11 for actual departure? From West 28th Street and Seventh Avenue, what time would we need to catch the subway? Thanks for the time for the car service!
  5. For my husband and myself, we would like to visit some time for just about everything you mentioned. It is much more about the history and atmosphere of being there. Our grand would not appreciate that though, and the rides would be fun for him (he has never been to the large parks), but I think we will save it for another time. Thanks for all of the history - I am saving this info!
  6. Thanks for confirming what I really new about the Matinee. I just hoped I was wrong. 😉 And also for laying out Lego/FAO/TOR/Plaza/Central Park/MoMa. I had some of the connection, but not that all of them were "close", that is super helpful.
  7. Thank your for the subway directions!! Lego Store would be a better word. I mis-spoke. I am not too sure about taking the subway and a bus at 4 or earlier in the morning that day. If it was later in the morning I might be up for it depending on how much luggage we end up toting.
  8. We will be in NYC in August around our Princess cruise. We plan to arrive around 1:30 pm on a Tuesday and head to our hotel, Cambria on W 28th in Chelsea. That night we will take the subway to Yankee Stadium. It is my understanding the subway is a few blocks away. The next morning we have 10:00 am tickets to the Statue of Liberty (to access the Island and the crown) and Ellis Island. We plan to take the subway. While in the area, visit the 911 Memorial (not the museum). I would like to do a Broadway show this day, will it be possible to do a matinee? We will also probably do Top of the Rock and maybe Empire State Building that day. Thursday we are still contemplating. Coney Island is a draw for our 7 yo grandson to enjoy. I think it would be fun, too, however, using a couple of hours for travel alone in a short stay may not be the best use of time and will keep for another time. I lean more toward fitting in some other places we are interested in, Central Park, Lego Land (I mentioned the grand who will be with us...), FAO Schwartz, HP Store (so a little shopping). If I could sneak into MoMA for a couple of hours, I would love that, but may not work with the husband and Grand. We will need to stop by The Plaza for our Grand and his obsession with Kevin and Home Alone. Really, this day would be very fluid and hitting a few things and anything in the area near where we are, Central Park is probably the key for the day. Friday morning we have a flight 6:30 AM flight at LGA. I am thinking car service (Dial 7 or Carmel). I am sure they will be able to help pick up time, but would appreciate your thoughts on what time we will need. The grand and I will have TSA Pre-check, but my husband does not. Any thoughts and tips appreciated. Subway navigation for our trip to Yankee Stadium and Statue of Liberty (NY Side) Ferry very welcome. We are from the mid-west and do not use public transit so this will be an adventure. 🙂 I have read Google Maps can be our friend.
  9. Do you know if you did use the HOHO for one loop to get an overview how long that takes?
  10. It will be a Saturday game against the Tigers.
  11. I think we booked in February and in early March there was a significant drop. I did not have to cancel and re-book. Although I think by the rules they could have made me. It did take me FOREVER to get through on the phone. Was hung up on after a long wait, and the second call later in the day had me on hold for a long time again and had to talk to a second person (their process, not my request) and they made the change no problem. Definitely worth the $400 savings. 5 years ago we did several price reductions and once did have to cancel and rebook. It was seemless.
  12. I think we are on a cruise later in the summer together? We applied for a passport for our Grand turning in the paperwork locally Feb. 25, marked as received March 6. Marked approved on a Sunday, April 2. We did do expedited (I wasn't going to because the instructions said our trip was too far out, but the person that accepted our paperwork said we could, so we went ahead as I was waiting to book flights, etc. to make sure there were no issues getting it. I have seen others call and change to expedited that had trips coming up quickly.). We received it the 6th. Like you, I was reading all of those having struggles and it made me nervous even though it was so far out.
  13. Any recommendations for local cuisine "Quebecoise"?
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