Rare rafinmd Posted August 26, 2012 #1 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Well, sppunk and Salacia are back at the dock. Welcome home. The Veendam passed under the bridge at 6am and was visible on the Statue camera for about 10 minutes. Today's linup is: Summit 4PM Carnival Miracle:4PM NCL Star: 4PM Veendam: 4:45 If all ships get off on time, Veendam should be in Lou's spotlight for quite a while. I will be missing this webcam sailaway but am happy with my alternate plans. After learning of my church's plan for today (a hymn sing and I figure a few hymns is good enough-- sorry Himself and RevNeal) I'll be leaving church early for Amtrak BWI. My train is due to arrive NYC at 2:55, and barring hope to be near the Hudson as the ships go by. I'll try to post some pics from midtown later. Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted August 26, 2012 #2 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Well, sppunk and Salacia are back at the dock. Welcome home. The Veendam passed under the bridge at 6am and was visible on the Statue camera for about 10 minutes. Today's linup is: Summit 4PM Carnival Miracle:4PM NCL Star: 4PM Veendam: 4:45 If all ships get off on time, Veendam should be in Lou's spotlight for quite a while. I will be missing this webcam sailaway but am happy with my alternate plans. After learning of my church's plan for today (a hymn sing and I figure a few hymns is good enough-- sorry Himself and RevNeal) I'll be leaving church early for Amtrak BWI. My train is due to arrive NYC at 2:55, and barring hope to be near the Hudson as the ships go by. I'll try to post some pics from midtown later. Roy You should be happy with your alternate plans:):) Hope you get some good sightings and enjoy your cruise:D Pretty sure Himself and RevNeal will forgive you for trying to catch a cruise:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salacia Posted August 26, 2012 #3 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Thanks! The voyage back to NY was good sailing. Getting ready to disembark now. Hope all embarking today have a wonderful voyage to Bermuda. Regards, -S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyanne Posted August 26, 2012 #4 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Have a great cruise! Will you be blogging and if so, will you provide a link? Always enjoy reading about your adventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innlady1 Posted August 26, 2012 #5 Share Posted August 26, 2012 You should be happy with your alternate plans:):) Hope you get some good sightings and enjoy your cruise:D Pretty sure Himself and RevNeal will forgive you for trying to catch a cruise:) Ditto to what Jacqui posted, Roy! And thanks for letting us know...we'll wave at you from home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthegogirl Posted August 26, 2012 #6 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Roy, Have yet another great adventure. Carole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
496and706 Posted August 26, 2012 #7 Share Posted August 26, 2012 He doesn't actually say he is going on a cruise. He hopes to be near the Hudson as the ships go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted August 26, 2012 #8 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Holy cow, best debarkation ever. Red 2 called off at 8:30, in taxi at 8:45, at Penn Station at 8:58 and on 9:09 train home with time to spare (after switching our tickets from a later train). Goodbye Veendam, it's been interesting. Full review coming later. A teaser: Waterfalls, windows and an angel dressed in white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted August 26, 2012 #9 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Holy cow, best debarkation ever. Red 2 called off at 8:30, in taxi at 8:45, at Penn Station at 8:58 and on 9:09 train home with time to spare (after switching our tickets from a later train). Goodbye Veendam, it's been interesting. Full review coming later. A teaser: Waterfalls, windows and an angel dressed in white.[/quote] Sounds interesting. Can't wait to read your review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macky2 Posted August 26, 2012 #10 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Goodbye Veendam, it's been interesting. Full review coming later. A teaser: Waterfalls, windows and an angel dressed in white. Hello sppunk - I'm looking forward to your review. Since DH and I are on the Sept 2 cruise up the East Coast to Eastern Canada I sincerely hope we don't get to experience the "waterfall" part of your cruise. A flooded cabin sounds really unpleasant and inconvenient to me. I'm also keeping my fingers crossed that we don't have plumbing or A/C problems. The itinerary for this cruise sounded perfect to me, so I took a chance and booked it. Here's to hoping we have a cabin without major problems. Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LoveMyBoxer Posted August 26, 2012 #11 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Today's linup is: Summit 4PM Carnival Miracle:4PM NCL Star: 4PM Veendam: 4:45 Roy Actually, today's sail-away lineup as per the NY Harbor Webcam FB page is: NYH | CELEBRITY SUMMIT | 16:00 (4 p.m.) NYH | NORWEGIAN STAR | 16:00 (4 p.m.) NYH | CARNIVAL MIRACLE | 17:00 (5 p.m.) NYH | VEENDAM | 17:00 (5 p.m.) https://www.facebook.com/#!/NY.Harbor.Webcam http://www.nyharborwebcam.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salacia Posted August 26, 2012 #12 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Holy cow, best debarkation ever. Red 2 called off at 8:30, in taxi at 8:45, at Penn Station at 8:58 and on 9:09 train home with time to spare (after switching our tickets from a later train). Goodbye Veendam, it's been interesting. Full review coming later. A teaser: Waterfalls, windows and an angel dressed in white. Sppunk, you lucked out by taking earlier disembarkation! Lime 3 was called around 9am. There were problems with the ship's elevators being stuck (we were trying to get from Deck 10 to Deck 5 which took about 20 minutes until we finally got in an elevator that worked). Several passengers decided to walk down rather than risk getting stuck in an elevator. (We were carring camera, laptop, Duty free purchases and carry on luggage, so we had to use an elevator.) BTW, we talked to 2 crew members who were trying to figure out what was causing the problem with the elevators. Then there was a delay which HAL said was due to an insufficient number of US Customs Inspectors, resulting in passengers standing in the hallways/stairwells while waiting roughly 15 minutes to disembark the ship. Once we reached the luggage pick up area, there was another 20 minute wait for a porter to transport our luggage to the parking lot since the porters were mostly in the front of the terminal where NCL was also disembarking. Thankfully, our car was parked in the terminal lot as the lines for taxi's were HUGE due to so many ships arriving at the same time. It took one hour and fifteen minutes to get from our cabin to our car in the terminal lot. Anyway, I learned a lesson: next time, I'll plan to disemark earlier rather than later, especially when there's several ships docking at the same time. Someday I also hope to learn to pack light:o Anyway, it wasn't the worst disembarkation I've experienced, but it certainly didn't go smoothly for some passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 26, 2012 Author #13 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Have a great cruise! Will you be blogging and if so, will you provide a link? Always enjoy reading about your adventures. Thanks all. We were warned of track work below Wilmington. We just passed Wilmington 20 minutes late and it should be clear track from here on. I should be in Penn Station no later than 3:15. Amtrak Connect wifi is very slow today (much worse than on ships). I've started a thread on the Crystal forumn and will have pictures, menus, etc at: http://crystalautumntrio.wordpress.com I'll post a link to the thread when I have better internet. I'm starting a QM2 TA Tuesday, followed by 3 cruises in 3 months on the Crystal Symphony. I'll blog all 4 on the Crystal forum and dual post the QM2 voyage on the Cunard forum. Don't get upset RuthC, but I'm planning one more post about this on the HAL forum. Love My Boxer, thanks for the updated sailaway times. Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innlady1 Posted August 26, 2012 #14 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I look forward to reading your reports ere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innlady1 Posted August 26, 2012 #15 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Just watched the Summit pass under the Verazanno Narrows Bridge...the 1st in the ship parade today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dot73 Posted August 26, 2012 #16 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Where the RCI ships leave from in New York or New Jersey? Is there a webcam. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted August 26, 2012 #17 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Holy cow, best debarkation ever. Red 2 called off at 8:30, in taxi at 8:45, at Penn Station at 8:58 and on 9:09 train home with time to spare (after switching our tickets from a later train). Goodbye Veendam, it's been interesting. Full review coming later. A teaser: Waterfalls, windows and an angel dressed in white. Welcome home. Your review will be interesting to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaofami Posted August 26, 2012 #18 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Roy, look for Mark Farris in the piano bar on Crystal Symphony. He's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted August 26, 2012 #19 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Thanks all. We were warned of track work below Wilmington. We just passed Wilmington 20 minutes late and it should be clear track from here on. I should be in Penn Station no later than 3:15. Amtrak Connect wifi is very slow today (much worse than on ships). I've started a thread on the Crystal forumn and will have pictures, menus, etc at: http://crystalautumntrio.wordpress.com I'll post a link to the thread when I have better internet. I'm starting a QM2 TA Tuesday, followed by 3 cruises in 3 months on the Crystal Symphony. I'll blog all 4 on the Crystal forum and dual post the QM2 voyage on the Cunard forum. Don't get upset RuthC, but I'm planning one more post about this on the HAL forum. Love My Boxer, thanks for the updated sailaway times. Roy Thanks for starting this sail away thread. Wishing you safe and healthy travelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaofami Posted August 26, 2012 #20 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Here comes Disney Magic. Friends are sailing her to Canada/NE in two weeks and I'm anxious to hear what they have to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted August 26, 2012 #21 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Norwegian Star now in view on the NYHarbour webcam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innlady1 Posted August 26, 2012 #22 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Roy, look for Mark Farris in the piano bar on Crystal Symphony. He's great. That's the 2nd time Roy has heard that! When he visited us here at the inn, I told him the same thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtl513 Posted August 26, 2012 #23 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Where the RCI ships leave from in New York or New Jersey? Is there a webcam. Thank you. Ships leaving Cape Liberty/Bayonne pass the same http://www.nyharborwebcam.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaofami Posted August 26, 2012 #24 Share Posted August 26, 2012 That's the 2nd time Roy has heard that! When he visited us here at the inn, I told him the same thing... Sheila, Mark just posted on Facebook the other day from the Symphony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaofami Posted August 26, 2012 #25 Share Posted August 26, 2012 NCL under the bridge now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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