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  1. Perhaps it will be handled like a port call at Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific, which has a population of about 40. When we made a port call there on Marina a few years ago the passengers stayed on the ship and some of the island's residents came aboard to make presentations and sell local crafts Edit: I found this website, which says that some cruise ships will land passengers via zodiac (Oceania doesn't have them) or tender, while in other cases it's just as I described above for our visit to Pitcairn Island...island residents board the ship to speak and sell souvenirs. https://www.tristandc.com/cruises.php#:~:text=There are a few cruise,islands of the South Atlantic.
  2. Where the ships dock in NY wasn't the OP's question. The question was how to find TAs that end in NY.
  3. On ncl.com click on "Destination" and you'll see it has an alternate option, "Port of Call", so toggle to that and then select "New York". Then click on "Port of Departure" and you'll see the originating ports for ships calling on New York. For TAs select the European ports on that list, currently Barcelona, Lisbon, London (Southampton) and Rome (Civitavecchia).
  4. I suspect that you aren't aware of the fact that cruise ships pay substantial reservation fees to guarantee their Panama Canal transit slots. When the number of available transits per day were reduced due to drought it was the commercial cargo vessels that were delayed because they generally do not have reserved transit slots. Cruise ships were not substantially affected because they have reservations . Panamax ships such as the Jewel class would be even less likely to be impacted because they can use either set of locks, while larger ships can only use the new locks. For years NCL has had two ships sailing weekly to Bermuda in the summer, one from New York and one from Boston. But it's virtually certain that some of those sailings will be disrupted by Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms and end up with shortened stays in Bermuda and even being completely rerouted to Canada or the Bahamas. That's not a "maybe", unlike your speculation about drought conditions in Panama, but it doesn't deter NCL from deploying those ships to Bermuda year after year. The reason is simple. Cruise ship fleet deployment decisions are all about maximizing revenue. That's why you see many fewer Caribbean and Bahamas sailings in the summer when ships can be deployed on itineraries that command much higher per diem rates on Bermuda, Mediterranean and Alaskan itineraries.
  5. Actually the Panama Canal Authority recently increased the number of daily transits based on increased confidence in the return of a more normal rainy season starting to replenish the water supply. https://www.marinelink.com/news/panama-canal-increase-daily-transits-512152#:~:text=In response to the current,available in the Panamax locks.
  6. Horseshoe Bay is the classic Bermuda beach, considered one of the world's best...but expect it to be crowded,
  7. At EWR Uber ;picks up at your airline terminal. When you are in the process of booking your ride the Uber app tells you where the pick up location for your terminal is located.
  8. It's not just the mass market lines. the PVSA applies to all ships. You could be on the most luxurious cruise ship imaginable carrying few passengers and the same rules would apply.
  9. The cruise lines stopped doing business with Hartley's over 10 years ago after a cruise passenger died just after doing a Hartley's dive. IIRC, the reason cruise lines stopped booking Hartley's dives was not only that someone unfortunately died, but just as much Hartley's attitude and response to the tragic incident.
  10. More from the Minister of Transport on the rideshare pilot program. since it requires legislative action, licensing of rideshare drivers, not to mention development of an app I question how soon this will actually be implemented. Perhaps not until next year? https://bernews.com/2024/03/minister-expands-rideshare-programme/
  11. In my experience (six full transits of the canal. two of which were on Oceania) the commentary provided during the transit is done by a local guide who boards the ship at the start of the transit, not by the ship's onboard lecturer.
  12. I'm not sure that it will be easy to get a taxi from Horseshoe Bay either because at this time of the year few people will be going to the beach so I wouldn't expect taxis to be waiting for passengers at Horseshoe right now.
  13. Hotels in Jersey City won't have complimentary shuttle service from EWR so you'll have to Uber/Lyft from the airport to the hotel. I specifically recommend Uber or Lyft over a taxi because the taxis at EWR are generally pretty ratty.
  14. Jamaica is under a level 3 travel advisory from the US Department of State due to a high crime rate. The Cayman Islands are only listed as level1-take normal precautions so it's a safer destination but a bit on the bland side. The ships are near twins, both part of the Jewel Class so your onboard experience should be similar on either.
  15. When we did our first Panama Canal transit on Insignia a few years ago there was a lecturer on board who gave a series of talks in the theater on sea days prior to the transit. I can't say if Oceania is currently doing that. On the day of the transit itself there will be a local guide on board providing a narrative throughout the day.
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