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I live in St. John's, NL and the holiday is only affecting Government offices. All local shops and restaurants will be open.

What if you pre-pay your gratuities? Is it expected to leave extra?

You're most welcome! The Geo Centre is only about a 5 minute car ride from St. John's harbour so you should have tons of time to enjoy it and roam around the downtown area a bit. 🙂 I hope you have better weather this time!

Uber is not available in Newfoundland. There are taxis though. The Geo Centre is on a long stretch up hill towards Signal Hill. I would suggest hiring a taxi to drive you up to Signal Hill so you can experience the landscape from up there and the history and then either walk down the hill to the Geo Centre or ask the taxi driver to head back down the hill and drop you off there.

Whatever you decide, do NOT stay at a hotel near JFK. The city uses them to house some very dubious people.

Thanks for the tip.

Hello,

Myself and my mother will be sailing on the NLC Dawn in November 2019 and it departs from NYC. We have cruised before but never from New York and my mother has some mobility issues so we are a little concerned and were wondering what would be the best option hotel-wise for one night before the cruise.

We will be flying to NYC from Canada the day before the cruise and some ideas we had were staying near either JFK, LaGuardia or Newark for the one night before the cruise and hopefully get a shuttle from the airport to the hotel, preferably in a hotel with free breakfast (although this isn't a huge must in our books) and then get a taxi or car service from the hotel to the cruise port the morning of the cruise. Also, we don't have a huge budget so I was hoping to get a fairly nice hotel (3 to 4 star rating) for under $200 a night.

We are complete newbies to the NYC area so any suggestions or opinions on some good places to stay would be greatly appreciated, taking into account my mother's mobility issues so we won't be looking to enjoy Times Square or any other attractions (unfortunately!) this time.

Thank you!

I haven't been on a RC cruise before but a few Carnival cruises with my mom who needs assistance and we always call and tell them we need assistance and they put us down as priority so when we get to the terminal, we don't have to wait long for a wheelchair and someone to assist us on the ship. However, last time we asked if we could borrow the wheelchair for the remainder of the cruise and they said no problem and we took it every where we went. This time when we go on the Harmony, my mom is renting a scooter from Special Needs at Sea who will deliver the scooter directly to our room but we will still request wheelchair assistance for embarkation and disembarkation. I love the idea of my mom having freedom with the scooter and not having to worry about being with me all the time to push her around. Hope this helps!