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Are you driving to the port and parking or being dropped off? If you are driving and parking its pretty simple, you will drive up the ramp which is located on 12th Ave and W 54th street. Keep going to the top and pay at the booth. They will direct you to drive down to X pier... most likely pier 88. As you are turning onto the pier you go thru another booth and will be asked to stop, security with a dog will ask you to pop your trunk / hatch. After that their is an area you can quickly pull over and unload your bags. Porters are there to take them. Personally we take our own carry on's and backpacks. Go and park and take the elevator down. You will get in line for security and then to check in

Take a cab or Uber and stay here..... https://www.edgewaterhotel.com/?utm_source=gmb-hotel&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=gmb My wife and I stayed here, the hotel was very nice, we checked out and rolled our bags a half block to check in

Looks like we are good for 2024 I've been there a number of times in the summer, no cruise ships around and the place was packed. Will be there on July 4th ... Not sure if we will even get off Lol

Almost every cruise I have every taken has some people getting on the ship 30-60 minutes before we leave. On two winter trips out of NYC we had a couple busloads of people who arrived at the pier at 3:30pm for a 4:00pm sailing.... they all made it on

My non NCL TA contacted me just to say our cruise on the Gem is not effected

It basically said the judge upheld the running. Still trying to figure out of this goes in effect now or not for another year or two

https://www.mdislander.com/news/politics/current-moa-to-continue-for-bar-harbors-existing-cruise-line-bookings-in-2024/article_17587612-a0f9-11ee-ab73-bbc3769a410b.html?fbclid=IwAR2dxhhZmjeRn2QPUR3u4q1bIQw3oLQo7dmI91HqB7saSosBOLAaV2TLkgQ

NCL could email an announcement this week or not until right before the first cruise of the season. We have received itinerary changes twice, one was three months before the cruise the other was the day of the cruise Lol If Bar Harbor is truly cancelled they will wait until they have figure out what they will do, a sea day, a day in Portland or Newport

Lol I had an idea something was going on, we booked the cruise months ago and NCL never had any excursions listed for Bar Harbor. I will miss tendering

Thanks for the information

@chengkp75 Is this a done deal? Any idea when it will go into effect. Someone said its not in effect until 2025, I've seen no date given

Thats why you need to get a suite or Haven cabin Lol

Where does is say it won't go into effect until 2025? From everything I have read it starts Now

I've been to Bar Harbor a half dozen times during the spring summer and fall. Lots of non cruise tourist there, I don't think they are too worried about the loss

We are on the Gem in June, I guess we will have another sea day or maybe stop in Portland or Newport returning to Boston. I would love another day in Bermuda but looking at the schedule that isn't happening

If you have a cruise stopping in Bar Harbor you can get much better lobster there...... Oh wait, stopping in Bar Harbor might very well be off the table now

https://www.cruisehive.com/bar-harbor-gets-approval-to-radically-limit-cruise-ship-passengers/124962?fbclid=IwAR1RynytVy9Jkr14eBkg354p-hX482is6OxCSgSjJEnKGVxkxgZUjeP4vv8#lta4jvd6j223k5foqt In a landmark ruling, the picturesque town of Bar Harbor, Maine, has secured the right to implement a daily cap of 1,000 passengers from cruise ships, aiming to balance tourism with environmental and community well-being.

Every cruise we have taken from there as far back as 2011 has been sold out

Thanks! I booked it thru the "ParkWhiz" App.... The parking lot is "1 Black Falcon Ave +16174822487 When I called the guy said you don't need to make a reservation..... I laughed to myself thinking I've heard that one before. The lot looks like it might hold 200 cars

Trying to figure out where the baggage drop off is at the terminal. Looking at Google Street View I'm assuming you can pull over at "Terminal 2" ? My plan is to drop our bags off with my wife, and then drive down to Parking at "C" lot and walk back to check it. I already made reservations and paid for the parking

Why do you think NYC is part of the problem? Other than the parking is more expensive than going out of NJ. Wife and I have cruise out of NYC 5 times and love it. Its a very convenient drive for us from PA. Easy (but expensive) parking right next to the ship. Great view of the skyline going down the river. I have looked at RC, prices are pretty much the same

The "Priority" disembarkation for Platinum etc.... is bogus. Suite and Haven cabins get off first

Where was this excursion at 6:45am?

Thanks!

My wife and I are both Sapphire. In the past one of our tier benefits was two dinners. I forget what two restaurants it was but I could have sworn they were named. Now under the listing it says Dinner for two with a bottle of wine and then a few lines down Dinner for two. However it gives no mention of where we can dine for free. We will be sailing the Gem