manhatten terminal

[Mustanggirl]

I am a little confused. coming from the lincoln tunnel on carnivals website it says that from 12th avenue you turn left onto 55th street. However, I have seen on other threads that you have to go past the terminal and turn around. Which is it?

[smeyer418]

sometimes when the pier backs up they close the left hand turn from 55th street and send you up next to the elevated highway and you make a left under it at 59th street and then another left to get back to the pier. Its a traffic control issue. lately however with less ships in Manhattan(since there is both a Red Hook cruise terminal and one in Bayonne) it=the turn at 55th- has been closed less often.

[Mustanggirl]

thanks, thats all I needed to know. I think the day we leave we are the only ship in port, so hopefully it should not be a problem.

[ZoneHPH]

sometimes when the pier backs up they close the left hand turn from 55th street and send you up next to the elevated highway and you make a left under it at 59th street and then another left to get back to the pier. Its a traffic control issue. lately however with less ships in Manhattan(since there is both a Red Hook cruise terminal and one in Bayonne) it=the turn at 55th- has been closed less often.

 

and if it's really backed up...keep going up the West Side Hwy (aka 12th Ave) up to the Boat Basin exit (79th St) and make a U-turn there.