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Jimbo

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39 minutes ago, philpcruiser said:

So now she sits anchored in NY harbor on Day 2 of a 5 day cruise?  She'll never make it to Bermuda and back now. 

15 ft waves

25 knt  winds 

 

The issue is directly between NY and Bermuda, The Disney ship coming from Florida can skirt below the issue to Bermuda

 

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What's even stranger is that Carnival Magic and Norwegian Joy are sailing  and located now between NY and Bermuda.

 

So  why didn't Liberty sail through it? Ship issue, engine etc. what is the issue and why hasn't anyone onboard reported as to why they didn't sail to Bermuda yesterday?

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51 minutes ago, TBurr said:

Are the seas so very rough off the Carolina cost? A Disney ship made it to Bermuda, then it comes from Florida not New York.  Where is it so bad?

 

There is a big storm off the coast, so leaving from a northern port would have encountered really rough seas last night.  This shows there is clearing below now and should allow you guys to get to Bermuda.

 

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Jimbo

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28 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

There is a big storm off the coast, so leaving from a northern port would have encountered really rough seas last night.  This shows there is clearing below now and should allow you guys to get to Bermuda.

 

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They would need 2 days to get to Bermuda and 2 days to return, leaves little or no time in Bermuda.

 

Their cruise is suppose to return to Bayonne at  7am on the 19th.

 

They are still just sitting there by the bridge in Bayonne.

 

They have all ready lost 19 hours of sailing time. Don't think they are going to get to Bermuda.

 

Original dates were October 14th to October 19th. ( 5 night cruise)

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Charles4515

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4 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

They would need 2 days to get to Bermuda and 2 days to return, leaves little or no time in Bermuda.

 

It only takes a about day to get to Bermuda and the same to get back. Depends on sea conditions but the could possibly have 6 to 8 hours in Bermuda.. 

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8 minutes ago, Charles4515 said:

It only takes a about day to get to Bermuda and the same to get back. Depends on sea conditions but the could possibly have 6 to 8 hours in Bermuda.. 

Then how come their original time was leaving at 5pm on the 14th and arriving in Bermuda on the 16th at 9am, Isn't that like 40 hours to get there?

 

Just not sure what Royal is thinking for this cruise? Pretty much left with no options?

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9 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Then how come their original time was leaving at 5pm on the 14th and arriving in Bermuda on the 16th at 9am, Isn't that like 40 hours to get there?

That is for operational reasons. Ships can not sail into or out of the Bermuda channels at night. Too dangerous. They are restricted to daylight hours and requires a pilot boat.  Many sailings to Bermuda spend two days at sea so that the saiings are 7 days. They take their time. It does not actually take two days, 

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5 minutes ago, swoopy2110 said:

I'm onboard. We're leaving in about an hour and scheduled to arrive Bermuda 845am Tuesday with allaboard 5.45pm. Shame we're missing the overnight but nothing we can do about it and at least we get to go still 🙂

Would have been nice if you guys could have had an overnight in Manhattan, guess Royal didn't want to flip the bill for  docking spot. Curious was the casino onboard open last night and today?

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1 hour ago, Jimbo said:

Would have been nice if you guys could have had an overnight in Manhattan, guess Royal didn't want to flip the bill for  docking spot. Curious was the casino onboard open last night and today?

Yeh that's a shame actually didn't think of that.

No, casino & shops were all closed. Should be open now but I've not been back inside to look. That will have cost them a few $$$.

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1 hour ago, swoopy2110 said:

Yeh that's a shame actually didn't think of that.

No, casino & shops were all closed. Should be open now but I've not been back inside to look. That will have cost them a few $$$.

We did that before heading north from Bayonne to Greenland on Jewel of the Seas last month.

 

Sailed across the Hudson right by the Stature of Liberty, and docked in Manhattan and left the next night around 8pm for Greenland.

 

Might want to ask that question to the Captain if they have one of those sessions where you can ask questions onboard.

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Might want to ask that question to the Captain if they have one of those sessions where you can ask questions onboard.

Not sure who's deciding those but no Captain's Corner for the past few sailings on Liberty - they usually don't on shorter ones anyway.

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4 hours ago, swoopy2110 said:

I'm onboard. We're leaving in about an hour and scheduled to arrive Bermuda 845am Tuesday with allaboard 5.45pm. Shame we're missing the overnight but nothing we can do about it and at least we get to go still 🙂

I hope you all get some good OBC for this. You've paid a lot for a five day cruise and wind up with just eight hours in port. Lol

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1 minute ago, Charles4515 said:

Not ideal but most cruise ports only have 6-8 hours. I know a lot of things I could do in Bermuda iwithin a 6-8 hour stop at this time of year. 

I know a lot if things I could do there too. I just couldn't fit them into a 6-8 hr. stop. And traveling time from the Dockyard cuts the time down considerably.

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14 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I know a lot if things I could do there too. I just couldn't fit them into a 6-8 hr. stop. And traveling time from the Dockyard cuts the time down considerably.

I could easily get to Horseshoe Bay beach and back on a minibus shuttle or a taxi. The air and water temp are still fine in  mid October. Or I could go to Hamilton. The ferry takes 30 minutes. I could do an island  taxi tour. I don't do ship excursions but no doubt RC will offer a bunch. There are many 4 or 5 hour catamaran and other excursions offered out of the local Island  Tour Centre. 

 

There are a number of Bermuda port calls that are only one day. I was on one about ten years ago. We had a great day at the beach.

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1 hour ago, Charles4515 said:

I could easily get to Horseshoe Bay beach and back on a minibus shuttle or a taxi. The air and water temp are still fine in  mid October. Or I could go to Hamilton. The ferry takes 30 minutes. I could do an island  taxi tour. I don't do ship excursions but no doubt RC will offer a bunch. There are many 4 or 5 hour catamaran and other excursions offered out of the local Island  Tour Centre. 

 

There are a number of Bermuda port calls that are only one day. I was on one about ten years ago. We had a great day at the beach.

Have fun... 

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