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@JIMESOPUS based on that graphics showing the current sea state of wave conditions in the Atlantic, wondering how the Norwegian Sky is doing this evening - isn't she transiting and making a high speed run southbound out of her modified Quebec to Boston sailing ?? Hopefully, they charted a course heading to "punch" thru the hurricane system safely or else, they could really be rocking & rolling ... Looking at Windy App - 15' to 20' waves, large swell and strong/gale force wind conditions await - conditions can be quite challenging for the "smaller" ships like the Sky. Any more data on your end or thoughts on this. Meanwhile, Jewel of the Seas in-bound with the medical emergency apparently turned around again, now heading out to sea or open ocean again ... perhaps, did a medevac or transfer by boat ?? (looking at CruiseMapper)

Bonus pix of Deck 5 - Splash Academy, near the Taste Private Dining Room, accessed usually via Deck 6. Deck 5 Fwd has most of the Oceanview cabins, the larger Family OV midship like ours, and a small # of accessible Insides, Oceanview & accessible Family OV. They are close to or closer to the Fwd elevators - motorized scooters or powered wheelchairs are taken by stewards to specially designed area for charging, and not obstructing the hallways or corridors, which endangered egress and in the event of an emergency. Have seen 100% compliance on the Escape and items blocking the hallways, i.e. baby strollers. These 2 Family OV cabins, starboard side would be the "closest" to the staircase and near the elevators, around the corners. Unlike most NCL ships, medical center is on the upper deck - 13 Fwd. Both Deck 5 but often Deck 4 is used for tendering, with gangways access, depending on tides & the terminal's berth set-up, etc. Pier 88 in NYC used Deck 7 with dual gangways. P.S. We are basically in a "dead-end" or one-way corridor, unless it's for emergency egress, to exit thru crew-only passage - Deck 5 Midship, starboard side - Cabin 576X with an entire bank of Family Oceanviews. It is quiet and with little foot traffic, except for crew members passing thru the area at all hours of the day (mostly) - white space across from us shown on the Deck Plan are storage, mechanical & electricals, etc. - besides Splash Academy & Guppies Nursery. Typically, in the late evenings (before midnight) - we do hear machine noises coming from below our deck (Level 4 ??) as if small motors or engines, could be garbage disposals being run for about 2 or 3 minutes, sometimes can be heard during the day when we are in our cabin. Just something to be mindful of, if one is considering booking these cabins. Not sure if the same can be heard port side, just FYI - nothing that's truly annoying, however.

Picked up our Yellow luggage tags by flashing our Latitudes Sapphire & Platinum cards at CruiseNext ... easy to repack everything tomorrow for Sunday morning's disembarkation. Other color tags were DIY pickup near Guest Services, except for NCL bus transfers & tour-airport drop-off.

There's no indication onboard the Escape this evening, from the bridge, captain or CD, CruiseNext, steward or others, that the ship can proceed to dock at Pier 88 around midnight or 1 AM, shortly to thereof - and pax can go ashore or disembark early. Day 7's FSD has us listed as being at anchorage.

@Sugar Magnolia I hear you, here's one that us old New Yorkers surely remember & recognize from our times ... although I think they're gone before the first WTC bombing in the underground garage in 1993, I was working on Fifth Ave then. Friends at the NYS Dept of Labor were on the lower 40'ish floor - the public cafeteria was among the best kept secret then. Alexander's - on the southeast corner concourse.

Lower Manhattan's skyline - a beautiful evening, a bit chilly & windy, glad to be out of harm's way as Lee continues to spin north toward the Canadian maritime ... as is, folks shouldn't need to deal with flights being cancelled or delayed from the hurricane. CC friends of ours left JFK on a non-stop at 10 AM this morning & texted about an hour ago that they just landed at HNL - Aloha 😎 That's Freedom Tower, to our generation, it will always be the World Trade Center, Tower 1 and 2 ... not to forget, the Vista Hotel annex on West Street.

La Cucina tonight for dinner, using our Platinum vouchers for 3 cabins, 6 of us. This is where we are (still) limited to 1-1-1 plus dessert 😳🙄🧐 but, not going to give the server a hard time ... they insisted that I had reservations only for 2. Errors on their part when we changed from Moderno to here. Mistakes are human, computer data keyed in improperly & I wasn't given a new slip on Sunday. An imperfect world and universe. It's a busy early evening but not as if they are at 100% max seating. Otherwise, a good meal - beef tenderloin, medium - perfect, as was the salmon. Lamb shank was tender but presentation wasn't, again - subjective & personal.

Oh no, sorry folks to break the news, latest from NHC ... Tropical Depression #15 has been formed & could be a problem for those cruising - Bermuda bound - next week and - Nigel will be the name, appeared to the clear of the East Coast. Like we said, this is the peak weeks for hurricane during the season - always have insurance & coverage, accept the risks and have options, ride with the wave and go with the flow, sail with wind - pack patience and maintain that sense of humor. Tune to the NHC for the latest updates & forecast. Ready for La Cucina next - after a big power breakfast & light lunch, catching up with cybernews and emails, etc. etc. in the afternoon - with a nice nap. The Seven Seas Mariner has the tug boat Discovery Coast help maintaining her position, just ahead of us at anchorage (looked it up on Marinetraffic) - we can see them on ship's live webcam. Schuylkill is the name of the tug boat keeping the Escape at anchorage, port side.

LOL, ours is a TA and B2B ... (NCL or another line) unless you are not on the roll call (yet) - don't think we will be sailing on the same "new"er ship, as that would be fun. Got another CC on ours and "Jim"esopus is on the other & their ship will be sailing first on the southerly route. Going to continue to travel with the lighter Chromebook as the HDMI output is usable, and I figured out the "override" options for the newer LGTV currently used on the Escape. Sea days are great and with the choice to cast offline video content of choice, that is backup entertainment on the go - with the smartphone, tablet and/or iPad/iPhone.

As passengers onboard, AFAIK, we have not been advised otherwise that the ship is docking at Pier 88 overnight (early Saturday morning as someone commented on an earlier post) ... perhaps, it's a choice and option for some. The rest of us, do not have plans to disembark earlier ... despite home being a quick 30 minutes from Pier 88 via taxi, car service, Uber/Lyft, private pick-up or park at the cruise terminal's rooftop lot, etc. This cruise vacation is 100% paid for, getting a bit of OBC issued plus the 10% FCC to be used for each of us ... got no pets (dogs or cats) to worried about and our houseplants doing just fine - home security cameras reporting all systems being normal. Nope, we are going to stay on the ship until Sunday - unless there is additional "incentives" for us to go early, then - DW & I will reconsider 😄 😄 We will make a quick stop at the Latitudes Desk to ask for our priority luggage tags & see if they have anything new or different to tell us. Not a word thus far from the ship's captain or CD, etc.

Not to worry, checking the countdown clock for our next cruise with a land stay prior, just about 2 months out ... This "short" 7 days cruise was going to be warm-up for the Fall (and, perhaps Winter) - get our annual medicals done, dental work and then - start packing 😁 DW said, it's a shame she'll have to resume cleaning our co-op apartment, laundry & other odds & ends. I have to worry about provisioning, cooking and taking out the garbage, etc. When you are on a cruise, it's someone else's "problems" for the duration.

Arrrrrh, this is the part we hate ... but, details with instructions 🫣 This Sunday's embarking pax eager to see us disembark soon.

Not sure if other stewards are doing this. He also kept us well supplied with coffee pods, creamer & sugar, extra clean towers & facial tissues. Most definitely going above & beyond, will fill out a vacation hero card to recognize his efforts, in addition to a little extra appreciation, directly. That's lunch, simple & will hold us until La Cucina tonight at 5:30 PM ... 😋

Today's pillow presentation from our room steward ... Compiled the last 3 days together, subtle and creative, using what's there & not extra towels or sheets, etc.

Fort Wadsworth on S.I. with the historic Battery Weed that guard the NY harbor ... Northern end of Hyland Blvd to the right in the photo, terminating at water's edge ... no signs of PistolPete

Thanks, going to do our best to make it a win-win situation, no matter what ... as they say, when it rain, step out & dance. Update, answer is no regular TV channels as typically offered via NCL ... no BBC, no CNBC, no MSNBC, no FoxNews, and no Weather Channel, etc. Or even the free movies channel. Blackout ... probably a licensing restrictions ?? Bummer - going to hookup the HDMI converter & stream via Amazon's Fire HD tablet, or at least try to ... (annoyed, but it is what it is - not going to get upset over it)

For your convenience, of course, here was this morning's special, Pretzel hot sandwich w eggs, ham & cheese was good, passed 👌 MDR wasn't busy until late and breakfast

@Pav that would be a good choice for some that rather disembark a day early, a solo cruiser is from the Boston area and said yesterday that he wouldn't mind going & change his Amtrak ticket. Otherwise, we are treating this as a floating harbor hotel. @goldmom no regular TV channel, just the usual NCL and info channel, etc. We have Samsung TV Live app on the smartphone & can stream, if we want to ... T-Mobile has great 5G LTE coverage😆 and lots of GB data to use. Tethering now with MiFi on the smartphone 👍

Jim, 😆 hahaha Let me try Uber Eat but I am sure NYPD marine will enforce a safety perimeter around all the vessels docked here along with USCG. Could this be PistolPete ?? 20X digital zoom

Agreed. And, you can order room service for a nominal fee, the selections are actually quite good, order as much as you wish. Everyone discovered the MDR for breakfast, hostess asking couples whether they wish to share a table. Buffet upstairs is busy & full, prime spots taken ... ditto with the Waterfront on Deck 8.

Views on the Waterfront, Deck 8 starboard side. Seemed like this is our anchor for the next 2 days until we can proceed to Pier 88 in the morning hours of Sunday. Belt Parkway off to the right, not far from the medical center where I used to work for, with a Level 1 Trauma Center. We are safely sheltered against Lee but the berth at Pier 88 isn't available to us.

Hi, Bonnie & how's Sol 🤗 Just passing under the VZ Bridge now. We are anchoring inside the harbor, somewhere off Staten Island's north shore ... not international water. Casino & shops will be closed for the next 2 days. Best regards 😎

Good morning, a little after 8 AM EDT, NYC and Lower Bay in the distance, less than 30 nm ... wind is up, wave at 15 ft. with rough mounting sea state. Doing just 6 knots and spotted the VZ Bridge ahead, starboard side with my binoculars ... quite a number of small ships in the area when usually none are seen. Probably waiting for the pilot boat and our turn to proceed.

Uploaded photos - over ship's inTRAnet, not using our limited airtime FAS minutes - from tonight's MDR at Taste - including menu; and, they are most definitely rotating the menus or switching to a fixed menu.