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I use taxis exceedingly rarely, so my perceptions are based largely on personal observations. DUMBO is not an area that taxi drivers will typically cruise seeking fares. You're most likely to find a taxi on the main street here, which is Fulton Street (formally marked "Old Fulton Street"); its intersection with Water Street might be a good place to wait. Since you would be in Brooklyn you can seek out either a yellow or a green taxi (both are metered). I will also note that this location is home to two of New York City's best pizza places, both next door to each other. Very good is Grimaldi's, 1 Front Street, corner of Fulton Street; better still is Juliana's, 19 Fulton Street, between Front Street and Water Street. There may be taxis waiting at the port in Red Hook, though it does not have the same draw for drivers as compared to other transportation terminals throughout New York City. If you do visit DUMBO, you might want to take advantage of other proximate places. As noted, the main street is Fulton Street, and if you walk up Fulton Street you will approach present-day downtown Brooklyn. First you will pass by the courts, including the federal district court and the federal bankruptcy court (in the beautiful old post office), both for the Eastern District of New York, and the state supreme court. Next is borough hall (here, Fulton Street is pedestrianized, passing to the left of borough hall), and beyond is the main shopping street (including Macy's in the former A&S department store building). I will also note the presence of the New York Transit Museum (disclosure: I am a member), located in a former subway station at the intersection of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street . . . in addition to typical museum exhibits on the mezzanine level, there is a fleet of actual historic cars that can be entered and explored on the lower level. Brooklyn Heights is a gorgeous and mostly residential community, with the main street being Montague Street (it is perpendicular to Fulton Street, and begins opposite the state supreme court building). At the end of Montague Street is the Brooklyn Heights promenade, atop the cantilevered Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, and providing an iconic view of lower Manhattan across the East River. The promenade can also be accessed directly from the DUMBO area by walking from Fulton Street up Everitt Street (a very narrow way), which becomes Columbia Heights, parallel to the promenade. In the opposite direction, you have a most pleasant stroll over one of the bridges crossing the East River into Manhattan (or make it a round-trip, using one bridge there and the other bridge to return). The Brooklyn Bridge has a pedestrian entrance on Washington Street, a.k.a. Cadman Plaza East, immediately south of Prospect Street. Clearly the most iconic bridge in New York City, its elevated pedestrian walkway provide a magnificent view of the two boroughs it connects and the busy river below. The bridge leads to City Hall in lower Manhattan. The Manhattan Bridge has two walkways, one on each side of the bridge. The south walkway is reserved for pedestrians, while the north walkway is nominally designed for bicycle use. The entrance to the south walkway is on Jay Street south of Sands Street; the entrance to the north walkway is on Sands Street, east of Jay Street. The views from this bridge are less expansive, and you'll be walking right next to the subway tracks that also use the bridge (providing a distinct view of the passing trains!). The bridge leads to Chinatown in lower Manhattan. Hopefully these tips will provide some more ideas.

Part of my planning for extended travel always includes scheduling days for laundry and finding places for it to be done. Information like this is of tremendous use. Sept-îles is an important city not only for the cruise vessels that come to visit, but also because it is an interchange between the Intercar bus from Québec, the Ferroviaire Tshiuetin passenger train north to Labrador and Schefferville, and the Relais Nordik coastal vessel downriver to the Labrador border at Blanc-Sablon, all of which I have utilized on multiple occasions. The last time I did laundry in Sept-îles I had stayed overnight at the Hôtel Sept-Îles, located just steps from the quai at which vessel tenders deliver passengers in Sept-Îles. The hotel has a guest laundry. Outside the hotel, the closest laundromat is located seven blocks inland from the waterfront, at 380, avenue Gamache, just off of rue Napoléon, marked simply as "buanderie," and open from 8h00 until 21h00. The noted laudromat at 303, boulevard Laure, corner of rue Maltais, marked at "Nettoyeurs Sept-Iles Valet Service Ltée," is slightly more distant, open weekdays 8h00 until 17h00, Saturdays until 12h00, and closed Sundays. This latter location had been most convenient when using the Intercar bus service to or from Sept-îles because the former bus station was just a block away, on boulevard Laure, corner of rue Monseigneur Blanche (alas, Intercar has since relocated to the Ultramar service station, on rue Comeau, further away from everything!). I don't know if either or both offer drop-off service (which I prefer . . . leave the vessel, drop off-laundry, spend day sightseeing, then return to pick-up just before returning to the vessel).

DUMBO--an acronym for "Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass"--is historically the center of downtown Brooklyn, when it was located on the waterfront and before moving to higher ground further along Fulton Street. It is an interesting area architecturally, and for many years it had a fascinating combination of warehouses and other industrial uses, with streets paved with Belgian blocks. Today it has become more trendy, with a bit of shopping taking hold (the noted chocolatier Jacques Torres has his main store here), something that might not be what you're seeking, but if you have an interest in old urban industrial, it can be great walking around these streets. Red Hook is much like SoHo used to be many years ago, and Williamsburg in more recent years: an older industrial area that had long had less affluent and ignored populations, including some housing projects, but invaded by young pioneers seeking a gritty area to gentrify. Like DUMBO, its history revolves around the waterfront, but unlike DUMBO--which had been in the heart of then-downtown Brooklyn--Red Hook was developed specifically around shipping (and in particular, around the Atlantic Basin and Erie Basin) without there ever having been a substantial commercial element. It has never had the taller buildings that exist now in DUMBO. The main commercial street is Van Brunt Street, where you may find a few eclectic businesses and restaurants, and you won't fell like just another tourist here. More recent newcomers to the area include the Food Bazaar supermarket (originally, Fairway) at the foot of Van Brunt Street, where you might check out the old Boston PCC-type streetcar in the back along the waterfront, and a Ikea that set up on a former industrial site backing up to the Erie Basin. If timing allows, get lunch from Defonte's Sandwich Shop, on Columbia Street (make it a picni at Coffey Park). The former seaport surrounding South Street in Manhattan has a number of old era buildings nicely preserved, though the market that had existed there for many years has since moved to the Bronx. The buildings themselves are now filled with stores, mostly selling trinkets to tourists. Governor's Island today is, for the most part, a park. Good for walking, playing, and perhaps noting a few historic buildings and sites, though it is unlikely you will exclaim it to have been a highlight of your visit, particularly outside of summer when there are many fewer special events being held there. All four of these areas would be best understood by preparing in advance, reading up on the historical relevance of each, and perhaps noting particular sites to see. It is unlikely that you will find interpretative historical markers at these places, so preparing yourself would give you much more understanding and appreciation of what you will be visiting and seeing. On a practical level, bring with you both the ferry map and schedule and the bus map (which also shows subways). The ferries and buses each operate separately, and the maps generally don't recognize the other service, but in getting around you may find one or the other as most useful for each of your travel segments.

Greyhound Lines used to offer regular bus service to and from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal serving many places in New England, and Yankee Trails continues that tradition today from Albany, New York. I don't know of any regularly scheduled bus services to and from the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, so it would helpful for many were you to post details of any such services found. Otherwise, it is reasonably convenient getting to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal by ferry from lower Manhattan, but that's about it (absent from having to walk a few blocks from a local bus stop in Red Hook).

Capital Transit anticipates that some out-of-town visitors to Juneau will use the local transit bus service to and from Mendenhall Glacier, and it designed an entire webpage devoted to that subject. See http://juneaucapitaltransit.org/how-to-ride-to-the-mendenhall-glacier-visitor-center-with-capital-transit. Many other public transportation agencies beyond Capital Transit also design webpages specifically for helping out-of-town visitors navigate their transit systems. Indeed, most public transportation agencies throughout the United States welcome and encourage tourists to use their transit systems because, among other things, it is the least impactful means of transportation (to traffic congestion, environment, etc.) available. So while there are several legitimate reasons why using the transit bus to visit Mendenhall Glacier might not work out for some visitors, concern over being called "ugly" should not be one of those reasons. If the city bus works, then don't be afraid . . . use it! Let me give you my personal perception, including why I would have no guilt for using the city bus to visit Mendenhall Glacier. At home I use public transportation when I travel places. If I am going only a short distance I will walk, but otherwise public transportation is the ordinary means for all of my travel. True, I pay less for using public transportation than it I hired taxis for all my travel, but I am not rich and I could not reasonably afford to travel by taxi everyplace. In short, use of public transportation is normal. When I travel to other places beyond my home, I see no reason to change my travel patterns, assuming that the local public transportation system in the place of visit meet my needs. This is particularly true when I travel to other parts of the United States, and I know that my federal tax dollars are supporting the cost of the public transportation in those other parts. I use taxis only in extraordinary circumstances. Why would I not want to use public transportation when I travel elsewhere? I have never experienced any sense of being made to feel unwelcome when I travel using local public transportation. I certainly have no objection when visitors come to my home and use "my" local public transportation system. It is simply the normal thing to do.

The reason for not using the city bus is because of the inconvenience of the short 1-1/2 mile, about 20-30 minutes on foot, walk required. But the city bus service is funded through the U.S. Federal Transit Administration not merely for the benefit of commuting locals but for all taxpayers throughout the entire United States. It would be unlawful for the city bus system to exclude non-locals from using the service. It is a general bus service open to any person for any trip purpose. (In that sense, the city bus is like Mendenhall Glacier itself, which is managed by the U.S. Forest Service, not merely for the benefit of local residents but for all taxpayers throughout the entire United States.) One can decide to use or not to use the city bus based on having to walk between the bus stop and the glacier visitor center, but no one should make the decision not to use the bus based on a belief that only "locals" are permitted to ride the bus.

No, the only passenger railroad serving Brooklyn in the Long Island Rail Road. In years past I have traveled from Providence via ferry to Montauk (making a connection enroute at Block Island), and then traveling by Long Island Rail Road from Montauk into Brooklyn. It may also be possible to cross the Sound by ferry to Orient Point and travel by Long Island Rail Road from Greenport to Brooklyn. However, these routes are long and not particularly convenient, and might not even get you to Brooklyn timely to board your vessel. I would consider crossing the Sound and going by railroad into Brooklyn only if truly adventurous and willing to plan out all the details in advance. More direct is travel by Amtrak (or by bus) from Providence to New York, then by local subway, bus, ferry, and/or taxi from New York to Brooklyn. From the station used by Amtrak in New York, the Moynihan Train Hall at Pennsylvania Station, among the options is travel on the Eighth Avenue subway (the "A" or "C" train) to the Jay Street-MetroTech station in downtown Brooklyn, then continue either by taxi or B61 bus to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.

Well, the PAPD maintains a dock in back of the terminal, so those Clippers might still be able to arrive without the need for flooding the terminal building itself! 🙂 I do enjoy going back even further in time, and before the Marine Air Terminal was built there was a streetcar line that ran perpendicular to present-day Marine Terminal Road, right through the middle of where the administration building (Hanger 7) is today. Paralleling Bowery Bay all the way to the amusements at North Beach, that streetcar route, too, seems likely to have been flooded. But all that is gone, and the only remaining connection with the past is the Marine Air Terminal, truly the gem of today's airport.

For those Americans less facile with Canadian equivalents: $18-20 CAD is about $13-15 USD; 500 ml is about 16 oz.

Excellent suggestions for persons looking to shop in Portland while on a cruise. I checked their websites and saw that the Union Wharf Market sells a 32 oz. container of Foss Hill maple syrup, amber, for $26, and Lisa-Marie's sells a 32 oz. container of Larivière maple syrup, amber, for $29. For comparison's sake, the 32 oz. container of generic New England-Canadian maple syrup, dark, is sold in my local warehouse club for $16, and many farms in New York and New England sell 32 oz. for between $18 and $22. Do consider if you want amber or dark (or perhaps even very dark) . . . many tourists prefer the lighter amber syrup, while enthusiasts seeking more robust flavor prefer the darker grades.

So what is the date of record? And what is the source of that information?

The information that Carnival provides to its shareholders, attached, is not particularly clear as to what constitutes the date of record for the application of shareholder benefits. The information is more clear with respect to attendance at the annual meeting, most recently held on April 21, 2023, and for which the date of record was February 21, 2023. Thus, if one sold all their shares after February 21, 2023, and before April 21, 2023, that person was still be entitled to attend the annual meeting. But there's nothing indicating what date applies for shareholder benefit. Is it the date of application for the benefit? Is it the date of sailing? Is it the entire duration of the sailing? A few people have opined on what they think should be the date of record, but those opinions do not control. It would helpful if there were some reliable indicator of the date of record for use of shareholder benefits. ShareholderBenefit2023-2024.pdf

Yes, I think you are fortunate. Here, it can sometimes be a struggle finding any type of maple syrup (the shelves are filled with flavoured corn syrup), though fortunately the warehouse club does stock the real stuff. Even though the state where I reside--New York--has much syrup production, it is upstate and distant from my home in the southern-most part of the state. For those in the middle of a cruise, I would be concerned about them going on a wild goose chase, trying to track down a local supplier, someone who is likely distant from any port. As to the store, la Petite Cabane à Sucre de Québec, I have been to a similar establishment in Montréal. Nice collection of everything maple, but a bit expensive and I would not expect a single small supplier of syrup. Perhaps I am wrong--wouldn't that be great?!--but again I would be concerned about a wild goose chase and ending up with the same thing as in a good supermarket at an inflated price.

The quality of local supermarket (in my case, the local warehouse club) and the tourist shops is the same: a blend of pure maple syrup from many places so as to provide a consistent product. On the other hand, if you should visit a local farm then you might get a distinct product that is not a blend. But would it be so distinct to make a worthwhile going into rural parts? As to a Canadian-New England cruise, you would likely find the most maple farms in the rural parts of Québec.

In fact, the cruise lines charter an entire train from the Alaska Railroad. The railroad then operates its own train separately, at different times and using different terminal stations. The two trains have different types of passenger cars and services. But the same route is used by both the chartered train and the regular train.

Excellent directions. A few additional notes. The 50th subway station is effectively two separate stations: one for going uptown, and another for going downtown. You will want to make certain to enter ONLY the "uptown" station (the uptown and downtown stations are NOT connected to each other), which is accessible from the east side of Eighth Avenue. The correct entrances are (1) a stairway on the northeast corner of Eighth Avenue and West 50th Street marked "East side & Queens," or (2) a stairway on the southeast corner of Eighth Avenue and West 50th Street marked "Uptown & Queens only." Here you will find the "E" train to Jamaica on the lower-most level (the intermediate level is for the "C" train, which you do not want). Once at the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue station, note that the connecting Q70 bus, to termini B and C, is free, so need to worry about transfers. However, should you be destined for terminal A at LaGuardia Airport (also known as the "Marine Air Terminal"), serving Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines, then do not board the Q70 bus. Instead, board the Q47 bus towards the Marine Air Terminal. There is a fare charged on this bus, but you would have a free transfer to the bus from the subway . . . provided that you did not already use up the free transfer by riding the M50 bus from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal to Eighth Avenue. Note that if an error is made, the Port Authority provides free bus service connecting termini A, B, and C. The Q70 bus has interior baggage racks; most other bus routes and the subway do not have luggage racks, but you can easily keep your baggage on the floor or under a seat.

This sentence is the problem with providing a responsive answer to your question. Generally, "residency" is not determinative. Rather, what is most critical to know is whether your son a United States citizen. Reading through all the above discussion, nowhere is anything disclosed about the citizenship of your son. Is your adult son a United States citizen? Not a lawful permanent resident but a citizen? If so, then, under the Hemisphere Travel Initiative, 8 C.F.R. § 235.1(b)(5), a United States citizen may re-enter the country without a passport under these criteria: A U.S. citizen traveling entirely within the Western Hemisphere is permitted to present a government-issued photo identification document in combination with either an original or a copy of his or her birth certificate, a Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State, or a Certificate of Naturalization issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for entering the United States when the United States citizen: (i) Boards a cruise ship at a port or place within the United States; and, (ii) Returns on the return voyage of the same cruise ship to the same United States port or place from where he or she originally departed. On such cruises, U.S. Citizens under the age of 16 may present an original or a copy of a birth certificate, a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, or a Certificate of Naturalization issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Note that these are the immigration requirements only of the United States. You are also required to meet the immigration requirements of countries visited. Canada requires proof of identity and citizenship for entry, so the same document(s) to be relied upon for re-entry to the United States should be acceptable for entry into Canada. Your cruise line will check your documents prior to boarding, but you will need the documents when actually traveling. (I read one story of a couple showing documents to the carrier, then returning the documents to their parked automobile before boarding the vessel, then not being allowed into the country visited because they did not have their documents! Don't let this be you!) Sometimes carriers get the law wrong, so you cannot always rely upon what they state on their websites. (For example, not all birth certificates are certified by states, such as those issued to people born in New York City.) It can confusing, and ultimately it is the passenger, not the cruise line, who is responsible for ensuring legal compliance.

This is New York City. This is not a small city with a handful of things of interest. There are 8-1/2 million people here, and and an additional 15 million people in the surrounding area. There are more things to do here than any other city on the earth, with tours and sights of everything imaginable. Your question is far too open-ended. Rather than starting out by asking here--we all have our individual specialized interests that may, or more likely not, coincide with yours--better to read a book, and to think about what actually interests you. Once you can narrow things down, then return with more concise questions.

Very good summary by njhorseman. I will add just a few notes. It is not an unreasonable walk between the two noted subway station and the port, but it can be a convoluted route because of the need to get from one side of the Gowanus Expressway to other side using an overpass, an underpass, or crossing busy Hamilton Avenue. Have a good map and sense of direction if walking. There are some buses in New York City that are "luggage friendly," meaning that there are luggage racks inside the buses. But most buses, including those on route B61, are not so equipped. Nonetheless baggage can be brought on board, and it is much easier to do so now compared to earlier years because the buses are low floor and there are no longer any steps to climb with baggage. If using the subway + bus option, rather than using the super-elevated Smith-9th Streets station, I suggest using the Jay Street-MetroTech station, or one of the other stations in downtown Brooklyn, and boarding the B61 bus at its first stop, one and one-half blocks south of that station. Note that one can transfer for free from the subway to the B61 bus at any location. The ferry can be the simplest travel from many, but not all, places in Manhattan to the Brooklyn port. Caution, however, that the ferry is separate from the bus-subway system, and ferry passengers will need to pay an additional $4 per person for the ferry ride: no free transfers between bus-subway and the ferry.

It really impossible to give good advice without knowing what is important to you. All of the choices are practicable, and each has it own set of pros and cons. To this question a bit more structure, consider what you plan to do when you arrive at the hotel (which may also relate to the timing of your flights). Are you looking for just a good night's and nothing more beyond hotel dining? Is cheap the primary goal? Are you looking to be somewhere where you can walk outside the hotel, a bit of exercise, find a nice restaurant. Are you looking to be in the heart of midtown Manhattan, perhaps party all night at some club? Give us an idea of what is both practicable time-wise and your preferences.

The Notre-Dame-du-Saguenay is on the port side of the vessel as it sails up the fjord to La Baie. At the statue every cruise vessel plays the Ave Maria. But it really does not matter than much, for if you are on deck while sailing up the fjord, you can easily go from one side of the vessel to the other. The side matters only if you're going to remain locked up in your stateroom with a window or balcony.

Just to be clear, Via continues to operate in New York City, but its business no longer includes arranging for individual transportation. Instead, it is providing software, including Remix, a planning, scheduling, and mapping application used by many public transportation, including New York City Transit Authority, both internally and for external presentations. Remix can be seen, for example, with the proposed bus network designs for Queens County (the county in which LaGuardia Airport is located). http://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign Adding to the discussion above as to boroughs: here in the borough of Queens, there is frequently reference to Queens County, rather than the Borough of Queens. I think it is largely a reflection of many in Queens continuing to resist being part of the City of New York. Residents of the other four boroughs identify with, and refer to their homes being located within, their borough. However, residents of Queens do not typically identify with the borough, but with the village or hamlet that existed prior to the 1898 consolidation, or a substitute for more recently-developed communities. (There was, from 1870 to 1898, a single city in Queens County, Long Island City, and it, too, was, and is, a collection of villages and hamlets; there is no center for Long Island City.) Thus, I am first a resident of Flushing, and secondarily a resident of Queens County. I remember several years, when I was appointed to public office in Queens County, the borough president stated as part of the swearing-in ceremony, that she excluded from consideration for appointment anyone who listed "Queens" as their home, because we are a county of communities. Thus, one might also search for "Queens County."

It may be that the Alaska Railroad does it this way, but it is backwards. If a person wants to buy a ticket, to first check baggage, before going inside the station to ascertain if there are any remaining tickets to purchase, means that--if there are no remaining tickets for sale--the person then has to return outside to reclaim baggage for the aborted trip. Yup. The Alaska Railroad marketing department does a good job promoting that aspect more so than actuality. And that non-view means no overhead baggage racks. The only time when that view is really worthwhile is on clear nights, when there can be a marvelous star show. But the Alaska Railroad has no overnight trains. The better view, in my opinion, is from the Vista-Dome car, available to all coach (Adventure) class passengers. Did you get a chance to ride this car? It is as if you're in a bubble, and the view not only to the side but forward and back as well. The only true benefits of GoldStar service are the open observation deck (though a very close substitute is riding the dutch door in coach (Adventure) class) and the "free" meal included. I don't think that GoldStar service is worthwhile.

It is, in large part because the railroad is overpriced. A significant downside, of course, is that if one drives, then full attention must be given to the road and operating safely, thereby severely diminishing opportunities for the vehicle driver to sightsee.

That's what I was thinking was the plan. Both the Adirondack, from Montréal, and the Maple Leaf, from Toronto, get into New York too late in the evening for any same-day vessel departure. The first train of the day from Niagara Falls, N.Y.--the station being immediately on the other side of the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge--departs before 4:00 a.m., and gets into New York before 1:00 p.m. It might be a bit tight, depending exactly when the drop-dead time is set for arriving in Brooklyn, but absent delays upstate New York, it will probably work. The MSC Meraviglia generally departs Brooklyn at 3:00 p.m., and so meeting its deadline for checking-in would probably not be possible, but other vessels that depart Brooklyn at 5:00 p.m. could work with a 1:00 p.m. train arrival at Pennsylvania Station. That's only partially true. Greyhound Canada discontinued all operations completely and is no longer operating at all. Greyhound Lines (the American company) continues operating, including its routes connecting Montréal with both Boston and New York, and Vancouver with Seattle. The route between Toronto and Buffalo used to be operated by Greyhound Canada. Upon the discontinuance of operations by Greyhound Canada, the route was taken over by Greyhound Lines. Thus, there remains bus service from Toronto to Buffalo, and onward to New York, operated by Greyhound Lines. In addition, there is bus service from Toronto to Buffalo, and onward to New York, operated by Trailways of New York (the same company that just recently began a new route connecting Toronto with Detroit). Indeed, there is a Greyhound Lines departure from Toronto at 9:40 p.m. that arrives in midtown Manhattan at 9:20 a.m., and a Trailways of New York departure from Toronto at 9:35 p.m. that arrives in midtown Manhattan at 7:25 a.m., both of which would provide a greater margin of comfort for getting to Brooklyn on time. There is also an independent bus company, brokered by FlixBus, that departs Toronto at 10:00 p.m., and arrives across from Pennsylvania Station at 8:15 a.m. (Of the several bus companies, I generally prefer Trailways of New York.)