The on time ship. Left Brooklyn an hour late but was exactly ontime the
rest of the way. alongside Brooklyn at 7:15 AM
they did apologize for the slow disembarkation... said something about
congestion in the terminal
Paul
In article ,
"Gregory C. Read" wrote:
> Did the ship get back to Brooklyn at 7:00AM as scheduled? If so, it sure
> takes longer in Brooklyn than in Fort Lauderdale to empty the ship.
>
> --
> Greg<---Doing the Crown Princess on September 21st.
>
> "Paul Krause" wrote in message
> news:p.e.krause-924EFE.22370308082006@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
> > Jean,
> >
> > The mini golf looks nice but is tiny, hard to get to, has only whatie
> > golf balls and holes that are impossible
> >
> > As far as bermuda goes we were there on a saturday and had littled
> > transport... no ferries to St George and only an hourly to Hanilton...
> > so we took the bus to Hamilton and spent a n hour there then the ferry
> > back to the ship for lunch then the afternoon a Snorkle Park a nice
> > beach in walking distance. We love Bermuda and hope to go for a longer
> > stay next year.
> >
> > Not much to do in the Turks except the beach just off the ship. We took
> > the Hop on Hop Off tour which was better than some reviews I've read and
> > walked through the town which was quaint. the people are very friendly
> > and welcoming and want to be seen as helpful.
> >
> > Disembarkation was slow. First off are airport transfers, then bus and
> > train transfers then by deak from top to bottom. we were on deck 10 and
> > didn't get off until 11 AM. Last off are those with post tour packages
> > in NYC. those doing express walk off and can handle their own luggage
> > can get off any time but we had too much for the 4 of us to handle and
> > were in no rucsh to get off the ship.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > P.S. Hope to get my review written over the next 2 days and decide which
> > of my 436 pictures to put on the web ( I went a little crazy with a new
> > digital camera)
> >
> > In article ,
> > "Jean O'Boyle" wrote:
> >
> >> "sheree" wrote in message
> >> news:PYNBg.2740$uw5.2181@fe08.lga...
> >> > uh oh no shuffleboard and lame mini golf! my son is going to be
> >> > disappointed!!
> >> >
> >> > great to hear all the positives
> >> >
> >> > sheree
> >>
> >> Sheree, the photos that Jeff sent us showed the mini golf course and it
> >> looked nice to me!
> >> Too bad about the shuffle board...but maybe Marty will find something
> >> besides basketball to take place of it.
> >>
> >> Paul, all the positives sound very good and I can't wait to read your
> >> full
> >> review as a group of us is on the 8/25 sailing!
> >> Especially want to know how you spent your time in Bermuda because of the
> >> short stay..On our other three Bermuda cruises, the destination was just
> >> Bermuda...Also please tell us all about Turks and Caicos and how fast
> >> disembarkation was as we have an 11:45 am flight leaving La Guardia.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> --Jean |