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Heading out on Pearl from Boston to Bermuda day after tomorrow. (04/07/2023) Looking at many websites the forecast is horrible all 3 days in port, however the thing that concerns me more than the clouds and rain is the wind forecast. We’ve done this cruise many times and haven’t had to deal with windy conditions…we’ve been very fortunate. Looks like our luck may be running out with this cruise. For those who follow the wind and waves forecast do you know what the minimum wind speed is for cruise ships to be able to make it through that channel and dock in Bermuda? Any insight is very much welcome! (Especially @mking8288) Thank you!

From a fellow New Englander and B’s fan I’m so happy you had a great cruise and I’ve enjoyed following along! Thanks for taking the time to do this review!

I’m 4 days from boarding Pearl again for our annual Boston to Bermuda cruise! Looks beautiful in Bermuda right now. I hope that continues! Thanks for posting! Tomorrow Prima and Pearl will be there together. I can’t wait to see Prima in person next Tuesday!

Yes indeed our first Bermuda cruise was on the old Majesty from Boston. I believe she was around 37,000 tons. I made very good friends with our tiny inside room (student loans and 2 kids we were broke back then lol) I never remember feeling that sick. I like your wife didn’t see the light of day until we arrived in St George! Those were the days of docking in St George and Hamilton! Never heard of Dockyard/Kings Wharf back then. But like you guys all these years later we’re still cruising to Bermuda (and now taking our little grandson along with us) and funny that some now consider Pearl to be a small ship! I really appreciate and look forward to your contribution on my upcoming review!

Correct it is also for authorization for medical care/cost associated with care by ship’s physician. A separate form is needed for medical care authorization in a port.

We used this form last year when we took our 9 yr old grandson on the Pearl to Bermuda. I would have your MIL put her name on the form along with you and your husband. Ultimately if your daughter’s friend is God forbid injured or becomes I’ll you guys have permission to authorize medical attention. This is why I would include all of your names on the form. Your MIL may not want to be completely responsible for that. The form is really only checked when you check in at the terminal for the cruise and get your cruise cards. We did carry it with us in Bermuda in case something happened but we were never asked to show it when we went back to the ship. The officials at the terminal in Bermuda did ask everyone to show their government issued photo ID’s for adults and those under 17 needed to show a birth certificate along with our cruise cards when returning to the ship. We are going again this coming Friday with our grandson and if anything has changed I’ll be updating the process in my live review that I plan to do here.

I will be doing a “Live from Pearl” review starting this coming Friday the 7th. Would love for you to join the thread and share your very helpful forecast for our ride down to Bermuda! I’ll start it on Thursday night!

I politely completely disagree. April is our favorite time to cruise/fly to Bermuda. We always have great beach weather. Our first cruise to Bermuda was in July in the 90’s and we had the worse seas…it’s also hurricane season. We had a family member get married in Bermuda in May 2018 and we all nearly melted in our wedding attire.

Oh no I’m so sorry you had a bad experience. I would never recommend a Bermuda cruise to someone who has never been on a cruise. It is notoriously a rough ride. I remember our first cruise to Bermuda in the 1990’s. We had our children who were 7 and 6 at the time and I was deathly sick the entire ride down. Honestly if the doctor could have given me a shot to knock me out I would have taken it. It was horrible. We considered flying home and not taking the ship back to Boston but the crew assured me the forecast was better going back. It was better but not much lol Having said that we are going on our 12th Bermuda cruise this coming Friday. I’ve gotten used to the rough ride and I am prepared with meds if I get sick. It’s now one of our favorite cruises to go on. I really want to try Prima but I’m not liking what I’m reading about it. Thank you for your honest review and I hope your electricity comes back soon!

Wow we were on Pearl 04/15-04/22/2022 last year and wore shorts and went to the beach on Easter Sunday. Just goes to show how people can be at the same place at the same time and have a different experience. Horseshoe Bay 04/17/2022 and we went in the water. 😉 Definitely will pack shorts and bathing suits again for next weeks Pearl cruise. In RI swimming at our beaches is cold in July so breezy and 70 in Bermuda is paradise for us!

Someone on NCL Pearl to Bermuda right now posted on our roll call that they were in Spinnaker lounge this morning on deck 13 and a wave came up above the windows. Captain announced it will get worse before it gets better. They reported bags out around the ship but they weren’t bothered by it. The seas are angry today. Hope they’re calmer for our cruise to Bermuda next weekend🤞

I’m sure it had something to do with us being on the 3rd sailing of the season so between them trying to “get the bugs out” and testing children before boarding it was just crazy. Hoping our experience next Friday will be better 🤞

Great! Thank you so much!

So happy you both enjoyed your cruise! We’re heading out next Friday the 7th on NCL Pearl to Bermuda for Easter with our little grandson again. It is school vacation week for us in RI but not in MA or NH so there shouldn’t be as many kids as last year when all of those states had the same week off. 🤞🤪 I plan on doing a live review if CC cooperates and lets me post.

Enjoy the sunshine! Is the NCL ferry to St George running?

Have a great time! Will be on Pearl next Friday!🛳️⚓️

That’s wonderful to hear. We have not sailed on either of those HAL ships unfortunately but we are looking at HAL for Europe.

So happy to hear you are both enjoying your cruise! I love that you get the “feeling of cruising 30 yrs ago” on board. I truly think THAT is what I’ve been missing. As gorgeous as the new ships are I’m a “classic” cruise ship girl at heart.

We love HAL…for us there’s a huge difference between them and MSC especially noticeable in the behavior of the passengers. I’ll head over to the HAL boards for your review. Have a great cruise!

Debating is one thing 11 pages of back and forth arguing and unhelpful posts between 2 people is another and it’s far from being a helpful debate. It’s childish. I’ve been here since 2009 I’m not in the wrong place. There are social media platforms full of stuff like this…Cruise Critic is much classier than them all.

Come on guys…is this back and forth banter helping anyone on here? Take it someplace else please.

Thanks! I checked with our TA and they have not received it as of today. They’re a very big cruise only agency so I find this interesting that they haven’t. I guess time will tell.

Interesting. So the fact that we did have to watch a video when checking in last Friday the 17th of March, may indicate there is some truth to this rumor. Fingers crossed there is🤞

So far I’m not seeing this announcement anywhere but here and the other social media site. We’ll have to wait for an official announcement from NCL since it’s not on their website either.

That makes sense. I quickly closed it and cleared my cache just in case. I get nervous when I see that lol