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Thanks for the responses. Is the area safe for strolling the night life? Also a platinum member so thanks for the recommendations.

 

 

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Harbor East is very safe for strolling the night life. Not much to do in the Delta area. HarborPLACE is about 4 blocks away.

Ink 48 is a "nice" hotel close to the Manhattan port.

Then you are older than me. :D

 

I was in college in Baltimore when they built it.

ok...? :rolleyes:

That's an understatement...I'm old enough to remember when Harborplace was awesome! :o:)

Watched Harborplace being built from my office window.

I've walked to CVS twice, after midnight, when I was suffering from a sudden case of majorly clogged nose. Not many people around once, but I felt safer than I have in the Inner Harbor area in daylight. Another time, after the movie let out there were dozens of people looking.for their Ubers...

 

Not that I suggest being out at all hours, but I walked fast and decided that my lack of ability to breathe came first.

Hi Meg, yes Harborplace and Harbor East are two different worlds. ;p;p;p;)

Marriott Waterfront in Harbor East is my pick. It's in a very friendly walkable area with many restaurants, a movie theater, CVS etc.etc.

http://www.harboreast.com

Canton Dockside has been closed for over 6 months

Oops, forgot. Thanks Tony O.

Captain James Landing

Canton Dockside

Nick's Fish House

For great, fresh seafood (not steamed crabs) Thames St. Oyster House in Fells Point. Make a res.

Thank you for your response! Which hotel in Harbor East is closest to the Water Taxi?

The Baltimore Marriott Waterfront.

Around the corner, there's a Hilton Garden Inn and if you're looking for pampering, Four Seasons. :cool::cool::cool:

Forgot about Hourglass Tavern, another fav.

Amtrak to Newark Penn Station, taxi or Uber to port.

Becco

Yes!

Thanks but we'll just drive in and pay the $$ for the convenience of having our car at the port. That's a good tip though!

If you change your mind, Ink48 is very close to the cruise terminal.

Honestly, I do public transit, but that's not for most people. Folks have reported good results with Uber as well as booking Summit Taxi ($50). Random taxis are random taxis - they quote you a price - it's not a metered fare.

Thanks!:cool:

Hi Carol. From Newark Penn Station to Cape Liberty, do you recommend Taxi, Car Service or Uber? Thanks!

Wonderful review! You and your family are lovely. Thank you.:cool:

Rail service in the Northeast corridor has become increasingly unreliable and dangerous...so much so that I can't in good conscience recommend that anyone use Amtrak or NJ Transit. Look at recent history.

Well, we'll be on the Northeast Regional 4 times in the next 6 weeks, so I sure hope we make it back home to our dog.

I second Gramercy Tavern.

This is what we experienced on our cruises on The Escape and I will also address this issue in two weeks when I return and finish the Trilogy.

 

I am a former smoker, and every now and a then, I get a whiff of a freshly lit cigarette and it makes me want to have one. But fortunately I throw that desire right off the ship. Now, in parts of the Casino and The SkyLine Bar, I could definitely see "smoke clouds" where someone was at a table or on a slot machine and definitely smell cigarette smoke. The odor dissipates the farther away from the Casino I got but only really on Deck 7. Once I would get thru the Casino in either direction to the entrance of Manhattan or walking into O'Sheehan's, I did not smell cigarettes anymore.

 

 

The gaming and card tables and predominant slot area of the Casino are smoking areas, and those areas are located adjacent to the Main Central Atrium, the glass staircase and brilliant chandelier. That being said, on occasion, I did smell cigarette smoke on the 8th floor wafting upwards at the Central Atrium, but not below on the sixth. We had dinner in Teppanyaki and Le Bistro, which are both located on Deck 6 just under the atrium above the Casino, and I did not smell cigarettes at all. I never smelled cigarette smoke in the Forward Atrium Lobby or in O'Sheehan's. However, each night on our way to dinner either going to Cagney's, Moderno or The Manhattan Room, yes, cigarette smoke is prevalent as these venues are located just past the Casino, in the aft of the ship, Deck 7 and Deck 8.

 

 

I go to Vegas a couple of times a year and the cigarette smoke is just as obvious there, even in what they call "No Smoking" Rooms. But, I guess some folks are susceptible to smoke more than others. As I said, being a reformed smoker for twenty years, it doesn't bother me as much as it does some other folks.

 

 

We were on The Royal Princess this past November, and half of the Casino was a smoking section, though you would not have known it, and it was worse than on The Escape. I felt as if I had smoked two packs of Pall Mall's each night when I got back to the cabin. I was heaving and my lungs hurt. My clothes reeked of cigarettes, so much so, that Jerome thought that I had taken up the habit again and he demanded to smell my breath. "Go ahead" I said, as I blew hot air into his face and up his nostrils. "Happy?" "All you smell is Vodka and Olives!" Well, I won't repeat what he said back to me, it was not very nice. But nonetheless, the smoke was a DENSE FOG on the Royal Princess and THAT was unacceptable and horrible.

 

 

On The Escape, even a short whiff for some is a monumental End-Of-The-World-Screaming-At-Guest-Relations-I-Want-My-Money-Back Travesty, but for me, I just don't let it bother me. If it were really a "Travesty" then I would write about it. In my honest opinion, it's not, no more so than if I were in Las Vegas. I am a Casinos At Sea Guest so I am happy to be there either way. As long as the Martini's are flowing and I am not losing a whole bunch, but preferably winning, I can deal with the chimney heads. One day, we won't have cigarettes to deal with anymore and that will be fabulous.

 

Thank you so much for following the Review. I am very grateful.

Thank you very much for your in-depth reply, I truly appreciate your detail. Have a fabulous next cruise.

Hi, great review! I have not sailed on NCL. I read a review which said there was horrible cigarette smoke on Decks 6, 7 & 8 by the staircase. Would you kindly elaborate? Is there smoking in the casino? Thanks:)

Thank you!

Hi. Would you please give me more info regarding the transfer bus? Can you stay at any hotel and use it? Did you book it through your TA or RCI directly? Thank you!:)

Called RCI and hotel. This must have been a private transfer, correct? ;)

We caught the Royal Caribbean transfer from the Westin Hotel....

Hi. Would you please give me more info regarding the transfer bus? Can you stay at any hotel and use it? Did you book it through your TA or RCI directly? Thank you!:)

Yes, the self walk off starts at 7:30. Everyone is off the ship by 9:30. The debark does not take long. You don't even need easy walk off to make a noon train. A noon train will be easy. I do the train home from every cruise out of Bayonne and never do self disembark. I have always caught a train before noon.

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Do you take the train from Maryland the day of or the day before your cruise?