neilkear

From the area of Jersey City where the Hyatt is I am sorry to say that I don't believe you can see the Cruise Port. The Statue Of Liberty and Ellis Island will be in the way together with the fact that the cruiseport is not directly on the Hudson River but rather in a man made cove or canal.

On boarding go directly to the Internet Cafe area and see the internet manager for the upgrade. I was on an eleven day cruise and got a credit of $125 toward the 24/7 online without streaming. My cost then was $135 out of pocket. They will give you credit for whatever it would cost you to purchase the 250 plan for your particular cruise. That figure can be found online at NCL's web site.

That is a question with an almost impossible answer. Too many different factors are involved, which ship, how many people accessing, time of day, position of ship in relation to satellite. The larger the ship the slower the connection just because of the sheer number of people using it. All traffic goes through a satellite which sends it to NCL in Florida and into the mainstream of conventional internet from there. I was on the Breakaway in October and I had a usable signal most of the time, but never fast. It did cut in and out and went half a day with no connection at all. I had the 250 plan and used it as a credit to upgrade to the top tier, after all it's only 5 hours and 10 minutes. In researching your question I did come across one NCL paper that said any 250 plan was locked at 1000mb in the best of conditions. Bottom line, good luck, it's not at all like sitting down to your computer at home!

You cannot buy liquor on board a NCL ship to consume in your cabin! Any liquor you buy onboard with be in the duty free shop and that is held for you until the day you disembark. I have heard of buying at a bar, but it's held at the bar for you, like a bottle club at a casino. You have to pre-purchase by calling the NCL number and asking for a 'bar set up', and it will be in your cabin on the first day, and they are expensive! A liter of Grey Goose is $130 and include choice of 3 mixers and 3 garnishes. This is not an advertised NCL offering and you only get it by asking!

One month ago on Oct 16th, the Breakaway 11 night to Eastern Caribbean with return to NYC. I arrived at terminal rooftop parking at 11am, and was waved on by New York's finest, parking was full and the rooftops were closed! Everything I had read said there was always parking, a ship comes in and passengers get in their cars and leave thus opening up parking spaces, right, wrong!!!! What I failed to take into account was that The Breakaway had not left from NYC, it was arriving on a trip that started in Copenhagen! Not one of the disembarking passengers had a car on the rooftop parking, but the Gem and Escape that used the same pier within the previous week did, resulting in a full and closed condition. I was lucky and found a lot on the corner of 12th and 51st that charged the same as I would have paid on the rooftop, I just had to lug my bags a couple of blocks.

Tried this on Breakaway, 10/16/2018, didn't work. The internet manager showed me the page online that says you can upgrade the 250 minutes perk to only the basic online or the unlimited online at an additional cost of a couple of hundred dollars, with $125 credit for the 250 minute perk, (on my 11 day trip). I, like you, wanted just to move up to Social Media at about $35, they won't do it!

Same on the Breakaway 3 weeks ago. I recommend the Filetto De Manzo Al Pepe Verde, it was better than Cagney's, of course it could be due to the chef.

51 minutes ago, LinnieRed said:

Same logic applies. When price went down I simply called and they moved me into the better cabin. 

 

Maybe the the problem is that in a single studio cabin he paid for himself only. In any other cabin if you are sailing single you still need to pay for the whole cabin (double), minus any taxes and port fees for the second guest. 

There's your answer right there! Studio's are single payment whereas interior's are PP for 2.

Good luck to you pelicanbill!! I hope you have a great cruise and a welcome to NOLA unlike our experience getting off on the 27TH.

9 hours ago, jenn_m said:

My parents are onboard and texted me that they're helping search for a man overboard.

Sandy Hook Pilot station suspended harbor entrance and had all ships including breakaway  search for a man overboard from a commercial ship. We had Coast Guard helicopters also searching and the word is that he was rescued.

16 minutes ago, newone17 said:

Thank you, Neilkear for your posts!!  My parents are on this cruise there is no much information about what's going on and when is the arrival time. I expect them to call once they will get service - that was the agreement)).  As of right now, you are passing by Berkeley Township, NJ.  I hope despite all this all of you had a good time and welcome home!

Your most welcome newone17. I believe the purpose of CC is to help and inform and that's all I tried to do.

43 minutes ago, Bambi_Smiley said:

 

I have the same question : your arrival time is still 6 PM  ?

 

I'm onboard! Arrival time I assume has not changed, haven't heard any different. Norwegian has been very good as far as helping folks to rebook travel arrangements. They have set up a comm center in one of the meeting rooms and opened the internet and phone lines to all who need to make contact. Present weather has mounting seas at 15 feet, on and off heavy rain and winds at 26kts. Speed between 18/19kts. Cabin TV shows us off the state of Delaware. Quite a bit of rock and roll, if you have to move about best to have a hand on a solid surface. Any change, I'll post!

Just now, neilkear said:

I am on board and I am the OP. We are not enroute to Miami! We are traveling north and may be met by a Jayhawk out of Jacksonville. The crew is tightlipped and just says that the Captain will update!

No evac!! According to onboard ship's navigation channel arrival at pier now is to be 6pm tomorrow.

20 hours ago, shof515 said:

On a facebook group, the ship set a course towards Miami for the medevac

20 hours ago, shof515 said:

On a facebook group, the ship set a course towards Miami for the medevac

I am on board and I am the OP. We are not enroute to Miami! We are traveling north and may be met by a Jayhawk out of Jacksonville. The crew is tightlipped and just says that the Captain will update!

They also put up the disembarkation times, self assist first off starting at 7 and going through the rest with last off at 9:15.

21 minutes ago, JIMESOPUS said:

OK, So with the recent history with NCL changing schedules or missing ports ( Escape - Bermuda cruise and Breakaway - Baltic cruise ), I have to ask this to anyone aboard the ship now. Was there an actual medical emergency? I know this seems harsh to ask but I really don't believe everything they say. I have been searching the USCG site and there is no mention of a rescue off the BA.    

JIMESOPUS, I am onboard and I started this thread. To answer your question, I don’t know! Some time during the night the course changed from NW to W, straight toward the lower Bahamas. At around 9 this morning the course changed again to N, in my guesstimate we where about 100 miles west of Bahamas. All this was taken from the ships information channel on the cabin TV. We are now heading on a direct line to NYC and doing 22.4 Kts. We are beyond the distance of any chopper that I know of and are north of Miami, and according to the shown projected line we are going to move slightly east probably to clear Hatteras. The word among a lot of pax is that the patient has stabilized and is going to remain on to NYC. So again, I don’t know and are just as confused as you!

1 hour ago, shof515 said:

On a facebook group, the ship set a course towards Miami for the medevac

1 hour ago, shof515 said:

On a facebook group, the ship set a course towards Miami for the medevac

I am on board and I am the OP. We are not enroute to Miami! We are traveling north and may be met by a Jayhawk out of Jacksonville. The crew is tightlipped and just says that the Captain will update!

The Captain just announced that we will not arrive in NYC until between 5 and 7:30 Saturday evening. He said it was due to a medical emergency, which at this point I can't understand. How could an emergency today effect docking on Saturday. Mking8288 if you have a way to notify pelicanbill do so, I can only imagine what the repercussions will be to boarding.

24 minutes ago, mking8288 said:

Here's a little more from the AccuWeather's updated forecast -

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/powerful-winterlike-storm-to-unload-soaking-rain-snow-in-northeastern-us/70006427

 

Windy has an App, I have it pre-installed in both iOS & Android.  Looked like ships heading toward NY this weekend are going to face strong wind & gust, diagonal across the ship's heading.  Not seeing huge or large waves in the region, yet but expect plenty of "movement" as I'm sure ship will navigate the best course to minimize discomfort for the passengers.

 

Those prone to motion sickness, probably should consider starting their OTC meds or alternate remedy of choice.  

 

 

Mking8288 you are one of the people I do listen to on these boards. This quoted post and your previous one are good examples of the ‘information’ you give as opposed to smart remarks and guesses, thank you! At a little after 9 this morning we made a turn back to a northerly heading, approx. a hundred miles or so west of the Bahamas. I think you are right in that things will start to get a little rocky tomorrow. I did get a chance to ask the Hotel Director About our NYC arrival and he said that they are waiting on the Captain’s decision on that but it’s possible we could be ‘delayed’. We’ll see!!!

16 minutes ago, ColeThornton said:

Seems like the best informed people to ask that question to would be one of the ships officers or guest services.

They claim not to know, at this time.

Sorry, we are heading due west right now, not east.

We left Tortola an hour early yesterday and according to the ship information we are heading due east as opposed to northwest. I understand a tropical depression is forming and the ship is taking evasive actions to get closer to the East Coast and stay clear of the storm. My question to the more nautically informed members of CC: does this detour along with the predicted storm for NYC on Saturday mean an even later arrival time back to NYC? Our published arrival was already late at 10am.

Is that true? Why would they have prices on the drink menus onboard the ship then? I thought you only had to pre-order if you want to have the bottle in your room on embarkation.

The way I understand it, a bottle bought at the bar is then your bottle and it stays at the bar and is brought to you whenever you arrive. It's like a bottle club in some areas of the south or some casinos in Atlantic City, more of a prestige thing.

Do we have any options? He would be fine with not flying it during the cruise portion of our trip.

I think you shouldn't even consider trying to fly it during the cruise portion, keep in mind the ship will be traveling at about 20/25 miles an hour it would be at full power just trying to catch up.

You have to order pre-cruise by calling NCL. Every bottle you order will have 3 mixers and 3 garnishes, the bottle will be in your cabin on embarkation day and the mixers and garnishes will arrive soon after. I don't have a list but depending on what spirits you order prices will start at about $80 for a 1 liter. I have a 1 liter of Grey Goose ordered for $130, what the hell, I'm on vacation.