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Hi all, we are on Marella Discovery 10th September and we will be docked at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in New York for 2 nights and not at Manhattan Cruise Terminal which is about 8 miles away from the city, just our luck eh. We are the the only ones all summer not to dock in Manhattan. We do have a full day trip booked for our first day but will do our own thing on the second. We have seen the ferry service that takes you into the city but it involves 2 ferry rides. has anyone any info about taxi fares from Brooklyn to Central Park say or is there things in Brooklyn area to see/do. any info would be greatly appreciated.

thanks for that info, we agree it has to be some kind off a tour then.

Hi can anyone who has sailed into Miami tell us if there are shuttle buses into the city when you dock. So far we have not booked a Marella excursion in Miami but may have to as it looks quite a distance to the city or Miami south beach the other way. Thanks

Yes it is £15.95 pp but honestly it is well worth it. if you cant eat it all they will provide you with a nice box to take the rest away if you want to. Make sure you are hungry. there are U Tube videos of it to watch.

Hi Ladyjayneq. I have looked at that and i fear you are right, Manhattan has 3 cruise berths 88,90, and 92 and nycruise.com has 3ships docked on the 20th September. The P and O Aurora is docked there for 3 days the last being the 20th September, seems its just our luck. the next 2 days after no ship is in port at Manhattan. I can only assume worldshipny.com has not altered the dockings for discovery on our dates, an oversight on their part.

yes Ladyjayneq, I guess we may only find out where in New York when we sail up the Hudson river.😅

HI Ladyjayneq, have a look at your previous post Sunshine States And Sands no Key West you may have more cause to be pleased.

Hi Ladyjayneq, I have found this website www.worldshipny.com if you scroll down to see jan to july schedule and click that, it shows all ships for the whole year, it says their web page was updated 20th June 23 i looked at all the discovery calls into New York and it has them all at Manhattan Cruise Terminal. I hope this is true as we really wanted to see all of the iconic New York skyline sailing in and out of the city. Can anyone confirm this info.

Hi, I have just checked that as we go on the 10th September, we cant fathom either. The cruise berth in New York is even worse than Brooklyn because as far as I can make out we are docked on that sailing at Cape liberty Cruise port, which on google maps is even further out still. all the others seem to be Manhattan.

hiya, TOM179 took off from La Romana to Manchester at 11.50pm our time and that is the flight no that was due to fly from Melbourne to Manchester. Also just watched a tui flight from Punta Cana in DR take off at 12.16AM our time flying to Gatwick flight no TOM055.

will do Jim.

yes maybe so Jim, but as the flight TOM179P took off from Melbourne airport to DM i think maybe it has the land based customers on board who have been holidaying in Florida. i will look in a couple of hours to see where the plane is going next.

hope you get away ok Jim. I looked on flight radar just and the flight from Melbourne airport back to Manchester had a flight number TOM179 I am tracking one with flight number TOM179P going to La Romana in Dominican Republic landing in 25 mins. I think maybe to pick up some of Discovery Manchester passengers. If true they will have had a long coach journey from Amber cove of about 150 miles or so. will keep an eye on it.

Hiya Kenny, yes Marella Discovery is very good been on her 4 times. there is a variety of gluten free stuff and crew in dining areas will answer any concerns about that. we have used iglu a couple of times and they were ok with us. Enjoy and dont worry you will have a great time. Graham

hi NIX70, we go in September for the 2 week cruise and we have booked the Cape Canaveral space centre, it is a 7 hour long trip so we do it on the middle Sunday ( change over day ) as we will be in port all day long. I cant see Marella doing the space centre trip for departing passengers, also it is a very popular trip and it is most likely booked up when you looked. The ask the shorex team is if they have cancellations. Its no help i know. Enjoy the cruise and let us know how you get on.

Hi, I have just looked on cruise mapper and it has Marella Discovery docked at Cape Liberty Cruise Terminal all summer. SO we are planning to do a Ship tour of New York in September because google maps has the directions from the port to Central Park in Manhattan as 13.8 miles. The only good thing is we should have a good view of The Statue Of Liberty as we sail in and out. hope this helps.

hi, We sail on Discovery on the 9th March for 2 weeks. We found out by chance our second week itinerary has changed. we did a dummy booking for the 16th March and saw the first week changed from what our e ticket e mail said. We have not been told about it, maybe because we haven't booked any trips, we fully expect a note on the bed when we enter the cabin. lol

Hi Toxteth, there are 2 shows in the theatre at 8.30pm and then again at 10.30 pm to allow everyone who goes to the main dinning room (MDR) for dinner to see a show if they want to. The live room is a great place to watch live bands and you can party in there past 1AM or past 2AM if that's your thing. Bar 11 at the top of the ship is the night club, we have been known to stumble out of there after 3AM In the past, it's also another great place. Take US $ to spend ashore but get them from home the ship exchange rate is very poor. Have a nice cruise.

hi Howmuch. yes got back today off Marella Discovery. we had a big empty space where our settee should have been. letter on the bed said £100 refund and it was put on our account. it talked about supply issues. we were premium AI and quite a few drinks in bars were not available for same issue. alternatives were there but had we known about it we would have just booked standard AI.

hi PJ s we came back off discovery today from the Caribbean. yes you print off your boarding passes and luggage labels 2/3 days before you go. you can only do it then on Marella web site. The a 4 page for your luggage labels is folded in half then half again to give you a thin strip of paper it shows you where to fold on the label, dead easy and i am internet dinosaur. to make the labels more sturdy i covered both sides with sellotape. attach the labels to suitcases and carry on and put more sellotape to the ends. its like laminating them works a treat. cant print off your returning boarding passes they will do it at reception again 2 days before departure. your luggage labels will be provided and will be in your cabin 2 days before leaving. Ok thats it have nice trip.

Yep we see her now heading to the Cape Verde islands and then crossing the Atlantic. We will board her soon in Barbados.

Thanks for that Nokiaman, just waiting for the day now. Graham

hiya Howmuch, just looked and Discovery is still in Cadiz i wonder if the refit has got behind. will look tomorrow to see if it sails to Malaga to pick up passengers. We hope so we should be boarding it when it docks in Barbados.

Yes same problem when i tried to retrieve my booking today to book shore excursions. Can only hope they fix it soon.

Many thanks to you all, 3 hours should be ok. only 18 days till we are out of the cold, cant wait and we will have a great time. thanks again for the advice. Graham