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![]() "shoreguy" wrote That's a shame. Part of the wonder of cruising to or from NYC is that trip past the Statue of Liberty and up the Hudson to midtown. I still remember the first time. Many of the crew gathered on the bow and were as overwhelmed as we were. The "shame" lies in the fact that for years and years, New York City refused to spend any money to provide cruise passengers with proper facilities. I have been in many ports and in my opinion, the cruise ship terminals in New York were the worst managed permanent facilities I have ever seen. Royal Caribbean had the right idea by moving to New Jersey. Carnival Corp is heading to Brooklyn and that may be an improvement depending on how they develop the terminal, parking and access. I have visions of Red Hook becoming just another traffic jam. With much fewer sailings out of Manhattan, maybe the Port Authority will finally be able to handle what little they have left. -- George in PA http://www.countryside-travel.com Miracle in May - http://www.cruisemaster.com/miracle.htm The Mother of All Group Cruises 2 - http://www.moagc2.com/ |
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![]() Don & Lynn wrote: I'm glad we were on a cruise last Nov. that spent the day docked in Manhattan. That's part of the charm. You look up and there is the Empire State building. It was a Sunday and I talked to a lady who walked to St. Patrick's with her group and attended mass. These things are priceless. Don Th view facing Red Hook also gives some nice sights ...burned out buildings ... The drug pushers ... the drug adicts ... hookers ... muggers ... Sometimes even a mugging hooker who both uses and sells drugs and lives in a burned out building ... I believe Red Hook is a big mistake ... it will not only take a lot to rehab the terminal and piers ... but the neighborhood and access roads are abysmal ... I'd say beyond rehab ... but I'm a pessimist ... or ... a realist ... Manhattan has its problems also ... but not by the cruise ship terminals ... |
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George no matter wee they dock in New York or New Jersey they still are on a
pier managed by Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. And whatever money spend on rebuilding piers in Brooklyn or New Jersey is still PAofNY & NJ money. Jaap "George Leppla" wrote That's a shame. Part of the wonder of cruising to or from NYC is that trip past the Statue of Liberty and up the Hudson to midtown. I still remember the first time. Many of the crew gathered on the bow and were as overwhelmed as we were. The "shame" lies in the fact that for years and years, New York City refused to spend any money to provide cruise passengers with proper facilities. I have been in many ports and in my opinion, the cruise ship terminals in New York were the worst managed permanent facilities I have ever seen. Royal Caribbean had the right idea by moving to New Jersey. Carnival Corp is heading to Brooklyn and that may be an improvement depending on how they develop the terminal, parking and access. I have visions of Red Hook becoming just another traffic jam. With much fewer sailings out of Manhattan, maybe the Port Authority will finally be able to handle what little they have left. -- George in PA http://www.countryside-travel.com Miracle in May - http://www.cruisemaster.com/miracle.htm The Mother of All Group Cruises 2 - http://www.moagc2.com/ |
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![]() Karen Segboer wrote: I don't want to go to Red Hook (ugh). Karen Going there and coming out alive ... may be mutually exclusive phrases .... I don't want to go to Red Hook either ... since I am neither a hooker, a drug addict or a mugger ... |
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![]() "Ray L. Nutz" wrote George no matter wee they dock in New York or New Jersey they still are on a pier managed by Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. And whatever money spend on rebuilding piers in Brooklyn or New Jersey is still PAofNY & NJ money. And the Port Authority gets part of that money from the City of NY. The City is leasing the area from the Port Authority: http://tinyurl.com/e4mtr "New York’s Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor George E. Pataki have announced the signing of a long-term lease agreement that will allow the City to move forward on its plans to create a modern cruise terminal on the Brooklyn waterfront. The lease agreement reached between the City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PA) enables the City to take control of Piers 11 and 12 and proceed with the design and construction of the $30 million facility," I do not believe that the Cape Liberty Cruise Terminal in NJ is under the authority of the NY/NJ Port Authority. It is a former military terminal and Royal Caribbean entered into an agreement with Bayonne to operate this as a private cruise port. The State of NJ funded the dredging and widening of the channel. http://tinyurl.com/aswh9 Oh... and by the way, the midtown Manhattan passenger piers are managed by P&O under contract to the Port Authority. -- George in PA http://www.countryside-travel.com Miracle in May - http://www.cruisemaster.com/miracle.htm The Mother of All Group Cruises 2 - http://www.moagc2.com/ |
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Nothing like getting car jacked on your way to drop off luggage for that
special QM2 crossing! Sometimes I think Carnival has their head up their ass. I wonder sometimes if they ever consider the impact some of their decisions have on the customer, rather than just the bottom line. Ernie |
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Brooklyn has just lost a lucrative offer of a German container operation
by its inability to give an indication of a long lease arrangement at Red Hook but there was no such hesitation on the cruise industry proposal: http://www.brooklynpapers.com/html/i...8_16nets1.html Aloha |
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:07:49 -0400, George Leppla wrote:
The "shame" lies in the fact that for years and years, New York City refused to spend any money to provide cruise passengers with proper facilities. I have been in many ports and in my opinion, the cruise ship terminals in New York were the worst managed permanent facilities I have ever seen. Royal Caribbean had the right idea by moving to New Jersey. Carnival Corp is heading to Brooklyn and that may be an improvement depending on how they develop the terminal, parking and access. I have visions of Red Hook becoming just another traffic jam. With much fewer sailings out of Manhattan, maybe the Port Authority will finally be able to handle what little they have left. Right on all counts, GL. |
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:51:13 GMT, Karen Segboer wrote:
Posting to myself, LOL. Maybe the ships could feature a champagne sunset sailaway around the island, up the Hudson, turnaround and back out, kinda like a grand version of the Circle Line or whatever it's called?! A very good idea, but would Carnival Corp. bite, added fuel costs and all that? Easy. The will sell a SOL excursion. |
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:14:25 -0400, E.k.R. wrote:
Sometimes I think Carnival has their head up their ass. I wonder sometimes if they ever consider the impact some of their decisions have on the customer, rather than just the bottom line. Right now, Ernie, they ball is so far in their court they are making hay while the sun shines. And will continue to up prices, squeeze expenses until the pax stop increasing bookings. |
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