njhorseman

If you look back at the thread you started on the Bermuda board you'll see that you've probably got your ship, island and "Dockyard" confused. I think you're on the Norwegian Pearl, which does sail from Boston on 11/4, as opposed to the Sky, which doesn't have any 2022 cruises from Boston and doesn't have an 11/4 sailing. The Pearl's cruise is to Bermuda, and it will dock at the Royal Naval Dockyard . So...Pearl, Bermuda and Royal Naval Dockyard is probably the correct itinerary, not Sky, Antigua and Nelson's Dockyard.

I've done a little more research and found that the Norwegian Pearl sails from Boston on November 4. So...perhaps you're on the Pearl, not the Sky? But it gets more interesting than just naming the wrong ship. The Pearl is actually doing a cruise to Bermuda and will be berthed at the Royal Naval Dockyard. So perhaps you've also confused which "Dockyard" is on which island.

They didn't need to see your QR code in Vancouver because your ArriveCAN was already associated with your passport number so when your passport was checked they saw in there records that there was an approved ArriveCAN for your passport. The person checking you in at the pier has seen hundreds of COVID test reports so it wouldn't take more than a quick glance to see that yours was valid. Random testing is just as it says...random. You would have no way to anticipate whether you would be selected. No doubt a computer program is used to select who gets tested and one would expect that only a small percentage of people would be randomly selected for testing. Your description actually confirms that things were working exactly how they should.

Not just the wrong board. As I said the Norwegian Sky has no Boston departures in 2022, doesn't have a Nov 4, 2022 departure, and also doesn't have any port calls in Antigua in 2022.

Are you boarding in a US port such as Seattle? If yes, the good news is that your cruise line won't know what your criminal record is as they don't have access to the NCIC database so you'll be able to board the cruise. The passenger manifest is forwarded to the Canadian government only after your ship sails so Canada can't prevent you from boarding. Whether you'll be allowed to disembark in your Canadian ports of call is at the discretion of the Canadian Border Services Agency. You may be confined to the ship in the Canadian ports or in a worst case scenario if you have any open extraditable warrants you could be arrested. In the best case scenario the CBSA officer reviewing your history could let you disembark, but given your history of multiple offenses I doubt that will happen.

For your future trips to NY please keep in mind that charging you a flat rate was illegal . A yellow or green medallion taxi hailed on the street should be using their meter with the exception of trips between Manhattan and JFK airport in either direction, where a flat rate fare applies. While you weren't outrageously ripped off...your fare could have been a few dollars less, or even a few dollars more depending on traffic, your driver was probably stealing from his boss by transporting you off the meter.

My understanding from discussions I've read on other boards is that cruises are covered under a separate government order that hasn't changed so as of now the cruise requirements remain in place.

There seem to be several problems with your post: This is the Bermuda board. Nelson's Dockyard is in Antigua. The Norwegian Sky doesn't sail from Boston in 2022. I don't see a Norwegian Sky cruise embarking on Nov. 4, 2022.

The water stations you're looking for and that were referred to in the previous post are in the Garden Cafe , which is the ship's buffet. There's no place called "Lido" on NCL ships.

For news about Bermuda you should go to the Bermudian on line news sources, royalgazette.com and bernews.com. They have lots of reports , photos and videos. The country was just grazed by the strongest winds and it wasn't affected by any storm surge. There were lots of downed trees. Power was out to most of the island but it has been mostly restored now. Airport was reopening, bus and ferry service resuming. Bermuda has very strong construction requirements so you don't see the type of structural damage that storms cause elsewhere. Some buildings suffer roof damage of course but the vast majority of buildings suffered little or no damage.

No. $30 includes tax.

I assume you mean the Hyatt House in Jersey City. There are several Hyatt House hotels in New Jersey. I recommend Uber or Lyft . Or you can take a taxi.

We have both Global Entry and passport cards. Global Entry actually costs us nothing because we have credit cards that pay the fee. Probably a bit of overkill to also have the passport cards but for some reason I find the 10 year validity comforting.

Getting the card in addition to the book isn't a waste of money in my home state, NJ. Anyone who has had the pleasure of conducting business at a NJ Motor Vehicles Commission office would say that paying the additional fee for a passport card instead of waiting on line for hours to get a REAL ID drivers license is the best $30 they've spent in recent memory. Actually you're not even spending an additional $30 because a NJ REAL ID license cost $11 more than a standard drivers license so the passport card plus a standard drivers license only costs $19 more than a REAL ID license. For that matter a passport card is good for 10 years but a NJ drivers license has to be renewed every four years, so the cost comparison is even better over time...three standard drivers license fees plus a passport card is cheaper than three REAL ID license fees.

We have both passports and passport cards. We got the passport card this year with our new passports primarily to avoid going through the hassle of getting REAL ID drivers licenses, which will be required for domestic flights next year if the requirements are not postponed once again. NCL does indirectly mention passport cards on its documentation page by referencing the acceptability of WHTI-compliant documents. A Valid Passport... or WHTI (Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative)-compliant documents (click here to for more information.)

Much of Bermuda has no electricity this morning.

I recall immigration officers being on board the QM2 years ago when it first cruised from NY, but this wasn't even a transatlantic cruise, it was merely a closed loop cruise from NY to the Caribbean and Bermuda . At the time the cruise facilities in NY were so crude that I attributed their presence to the lack of adequate immigration facilities at the NY pier. Subsequent renovations to the cruise terminal added airport-like lanes and booths for immigration and customs processing . While it's certainly possible that a transatlantic having Bermuda as its last port call could have the formalities done there because there are USCBP officers stationed on the island to service airline flights to the US I do not think it was routine to do so, but I could be wrong.

Both ports require cruise ships to anchor.

How does not making a port call in Bermuda on a transatlantic cruise add to the disembarkation time and CBP processing at the end of the cruise? You don't clear US immigration in Bermuda. Perhaps you're confusing the process with immigration and customs preclearance for airline passengers flying from Bermuda to the US. There's no equivalent preclearance for cruise passengers.

Unfortunately you're not going to find any stay/park/cruise packages for the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. I'd suggest you just book an overnight stay in New Jersey, or possibly in Staten island at the Hilton Garden Inn or Hampton Inn, and then drive to the port and park there.

Not to disembark, but unvaccinated passengers have to upload proof of insurance with their travel authorization application . If you don't then Bermuda will not approve your application (assuming they're following their rules).

Really. I don't know of a cruise line that identifies what portion of the port taxes and fees are paid to any particular port, and there are some cruise lines that don't even have a separate line item in their fare for port fees. They lump everything into the fare. In fact you don't know how much if anything was paid to any port on your itinerary.

Not to mention that there are countries that require you to obtain and pay for a tourist visa even if you don't plan to disembark the ship.

That's been my experience, but I don't think it's officially stated anywhere and I've not seen a precise definition of "longer". We actually have gotten three bags each on cruises that were about three weeks long, which makes sense.

Of course they all say the same thing. Once one media outlet publishes a story others jump on the bandwagon and in a case like this where there's no official corroboration of the story essentially just copy what the first outlet reported. The number of outlets publishing the information bears little relationship to the veracity of the reporting. I'm not saying this story is wrong, but I have seen many that were, or at least had important details that were missing or incorrect.