navybankerteacher

The Marriott Brooklyn Bridge is not close to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, being a bit over two miles away — while there are a number of hotels in lower Manhattan, up to a quarter mile from Pier 11 where you can get the ferry to right next to the cruise terminal.

Are you suggesting booking a flight scheduled to arrive EWR at 2 pm to join a cruise sailing from Brooklyn that day?????????????????

There is no such thing anywhere near the Brooklyn cruise terminal.

The odds are it will be Brooklyn - and I would suggest you stay at a lower Manhattan hotel, just across the river from Brooklyn via easy ferry right to the terminal. Safe neighborhood, inexpensive hotels for Manhattan, lots of great restaurants, some interesting sites, and an easy taxi ride to Manhattan Cruise Terminal just in case.

If flying, the largest size acceptable as carry-on by the line I am flying; holding a change of underwear and as much change of clothes as will fit after all meds, valuables and documents- essentially those items I really do not want to risk losing or having delayed.

The old adage in consumer pricing applies to cruises as to virtually everything else: “You may - or may not - always get what you pay for, but you surely will never get more than you pay for”. As long as price, not product, is the governing factor, the cruise lines will continue to hold down prices by trimming the quality of the product—- such trimming is effected by reducing service, quality of food served, itineraries (including ports), and even space per passenger. The continuing willingness of mass market cruisers to accept such trimming guarantees the continued degradation of the experience. Perhaps the ultimate seagoing bargain is that offered by the Staten Island ferry: it costs nothing. Of course, it does not really go anywhere, or offer good food or entertainment - but it does give you a ride over water on a metal vessel.

That’s a very limited set of options - short cruise, just about a two week window. There is little likelihood of significant price change on an inexpensive itinerary like that, so I would recommend you just decide on the cabin you like/can afford and book it now.

Hotel Ste. Anne, in old city, on Rue Ste. Anne, reasonable price, near everything, good restaurant on premises, great flavor of the old city.

Yes — good catch.

Consider the Hyatt Regency right at the airport; easy to get to upon arrival at Logan, close to cruise terminal, good restaurant on premises, reasonable price for a Boston hotel. p.s. Our Oceania Insignia sailing NY to Bermuda in September 2024 wound up going to Nassau due to hurricane - the worst downgrading of cruise port imaginable.

It makes no difference if it’s the same day or a day or two early - it is easier and cheaper to get from JFK or LGA to any place near Red Hook than it is from EWR. I agree with staying in lower Manhattan the night before sailing - but a short walk to the pier for the ferry across to right next to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal would be cheaper, probably quicker and more certainly more interesting than a Uber.

It’s easier and cheaper to get to Red Hook from JFK than from EWR.

Just one more small way in which HAL is downgrading.

Because there are no cruises sailing from Boston between very early in November until early May (just about six months), there is very little incentive to spend much on improving the facility - so it can sit idle for half the year,

1. Agreed - a good rain jacket is far more effective (even just plain workable) than an umbrella. 2. The Irish Sea and the Western Approaches, especially on a small ship/large boat, can be challenging.