Princess year round out of NYC

[Clutterlady]

Do you think Princess will ever sail out of NYC year round? Would make life wonderful for us east coasters!! ;)

[chrysalis]

...and sail north to Canada in the winter?....what great fun.

 

..be the first Princess ship with a skating rink.....the adult pool!

[Colo Cruiser]

To many opportunities elsewhere. :)

[Guest LoveMyBoxer]

Or at least in the summer back to Bermuda. We miss the Pacific Princess!

[enymarsh]

HAL will be doing 10 and 11 roundtrip NYC cruises to the caribbean all winter, why shouldn't Princess? They'll be alternating between southern and eastern caribbean itineraries. The thing is... I took a closer look at the port times and they are strange! Here's an example: on the 11 day Noordam, southern caribbean they start with Tortola 1pm-9pm, then have great times at St. Thomas, Dominica, and Barbados only to follow that with St. Maarten 11am-7pm, and San Juan 7am-1pm. Still, an 11 day cruise with 6 ports... sounds pretty nice! I'm already booked for next year on Princess but I am keeping my eye on these itineraries, very intriguing. HAL's 10 day eastern is less interesting for me with these stops: Grand Turk 7am-2pm, Tortola 12 noon-9pm, St. Maarten 8am-6pm, St. Thomas 7am-6pm, and San Juan 7am-1pm.

[Clutterlady]

I know NCL does and now found out HAL does, so why not Princess? Don't think they would have a problem filling the ships?!? Certainly realize that it would be a bit "chilly" for the first couple of days, but who cares, you're on a great ship!

[critterchick]

I wish they would sail year round of out LA! We get a ship in the winter, but then they migrate north for the summer Alaska season.

[Redsgj]

HAL will be doing 10 and 11 roundtrip NYC cruises to the caribbean all winter, why shouldn't Princess? They'll be alternating between southern and eastern caribbean itineraries. The thing is... I took a closer look at the port times and they are strange! Here's an example: on the 11 day Noordam, southern caribbean they start with Tortola 1pm-9pm, then have great times at St. Thomas, Dominica, and Barbados only to follow that with St. Maarten 11am-7pm, and San Juan 7am-1pm. Still, an 11 day cruise with 6 ports... sounds pretty nice! I'm already booked for next year on Princess but I am keeping my eye on these itineraries, very intriguing. HAL's 10 day eastern is less interesting for me with these stops: Grand Turk 7am-2pm, Tortola 12 noon-9pm, St. Maarten 8am-6pm, St. Thomas 7am-6pm, and San Juan 7am-1pm.

We thought the exact same thing :) ! We loved the idea of these cruises but some of those port times are pretty poor - I don't like leaving or arriving at a port at 1 pm!

[skyejaden]

I really hope they start utilizing the pier in Brooklyn for more ships. Especially to Bermuda because the options are so limited. It would be nice to have a ship that did some sunny routes in the winter, even if it was a longer itinerary.