Thursday, November 1, 2012

Port of New York May Open On Friday to Cruise Passengers

Port officials are hopeful that the Caribbean Princess and Norwegian Gem will be allowed to dock at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal on Friday.

The Norwegian Gem's last cruise ended in Boston instead of New York on Tuesday and the Caribbean Princess has also been in Boston since earlier in the week.

The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal has suffered flooding and passenger's cars located in the lot have been damaged due to the rising river therefore the Brooklyn Terminal Remains closed.

Caribbean Princess, still tide up in Boston, but has made plans to re-fuel before departing Wednesday night. All passengers are requested to be on board before 9:30 p.m. The ship will  arrive in New York at 7 on Friday morning (Tentatively).

Princess said it will compensate all passengers on board with a future cruise credit, details to be announced once the Caribbean Princess is underway and the final port of call is determined.

Norwegian Gem also plans to depart Boston tonight, after midnight, for arrival in New York on Friday morning.

The company apologized to passengers who were scheduled to sail on Norwegian Gem’s Oct. 29 cruise. Now the ship is expected to depart Friday afternoon on a five-day cruise, spending two days in Bermuda and returning on Nov. 7.

Passengers will receive a pro-rated refund in the form of an on-board credit for the missed days based on cruise fare paid.

Emerald Princess, currently sailing a revised itinerary on a voyage that originated at Québec City on Oct. 29, is scheduled to stop in New York on Saturday. That depends on the port’s reopening. The next call would be Charleston on Monday before the cruise ends Nov. 7 in Fort Lauderdale.

In a related story, Carnival Cruises has added two, 2-day cruises to nowhere on the Crnival Pride on October 31st and November 2nd. After these cruises the Carinival Pride will resume her normal schedule from Baltimore.

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