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As an NYC resident, I appreciate the dumb NYC rules as I love tourists funding my city services with their tax dollars, thank you. It is tax, not drink plan and since MSC sells the drink package as part of their transportation ticket there is no tax added to drinks sold while in port unlike other cruise lines that sell their drink packages as a separate service. Take a cruise out of Baltimore and their dumb rules (state tax in this case) have you paying state tax the entire time you are in the Chesapeake Bay transiting to the Atlantic Ocean on any and all purchases including drinks.

Florida Port Forum is you best bet for answers: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/386-florida-departures/

It's a ten-day cruise, I'm sure there would be at least one alternate side parking day the car would be illegally parked. All of NYC is a tow zone, you can be towed for any infraction including an expired meter. There are areas of NYC, sections of Staten Island, that do not have Alternate Side parking days but I don't know if Red Hook is one of them.

Not too long ago only NCL and Cunnard sailed out of NYC in December and January and except for the Christmas and New Year's cruises that were 7-day they were 14-day cruises.

Not too long ago there were very few cruises from NYC in the winter (ok late December) you had NCL and Cunnard in 2018 and except for 7-day cruises around Christmas and New Year's the cruises were 14 days so time up north was limited.

It's the same Captain that changed my November 13th cruise from Bermuda to Cape Canaveral/Nassau. I hope he is gone by end of April for my next cruise will hopefully make Bermuda.

Don't forget the mad rush for the door at the end of the performance before the curtain has even come down while the cast is still taking their bows. Forget the CD's post show address, by then there is a backup at the door and lines down the stairs as everyone is exiting.

The Master has an entire metrological staff at cruise headquarters, real weather geeks with PhDs and real time weather readings from the right on the ship backing him up compared to Joe Cruiser on the ship sticking his wet finger in the air. Those cruisers should bring the old Bermuda weather rock with them probably be a better forecast. I heard a Carnival ship had to have a two-tug assist to get into port, missed the ship name. Now that is an expense but safety first.

Looked at Lyft and Uber, Lyft was $20 bucks to Cocoa Beach, we then walked to Ron Jon's which was about a mile or less. Then took a Lyft back to the ship again in the $20 range and we didn't wait long going as we got off the ship well after arrival. Trip back wait was even shorter.

Which they can't do as there is no call at a foreign port under PVSA. I sure do miss the cruises to nowhere (CTN) that did 2 or 3 days. The one day were just too short and full of too many bachlor/et parties.

More than likely you didn't lock it completely and it fell off. Normally your bag is not opened by port personnel that scan the bag but it is put aside and you are called down to open it in front of security crew members. Some cruisers say you are called to the "Naughty Room". That said, TSA master keys have been known to be duplicated this isn't some high-tech secret lock with "Do Not Duplicate" imprinted on it that only an official government employee has access to open. They aren't launch keys, Master Keys have been copied. Or you can apply pressure to the closed lock push the button or pull the lock, turn the dial to hear a click, repeat for the other dials and you will get the right number and open the lock.

Depending on the type ship you can access your bill on your stateroom TV or MSC App.

I believe the Meraviglia at full occupancy for the YC is around 230 people. That is every YC cabin carrying their max allowed pax. Most cruise lines consider the ship full at double occupancy of every cabin and not max occupancy (not counting solo cabins).

Both cruises YC. Not long, timing is difficult due to the "traffic control". Port workers enforce the use of crosswalks and allow crossing of traffic lanes at crosswalks only. Phyiscally bar people from "jay walking" (Welcome to NYC). The crowds build up sometimes before they allow pedestrians to cross. It is a very short walk as seen on the above picture. 5 minutes most again pending on crowding and traffic movement.

Now as a point of reference on my first cruise in late May I did not drop my bags at the tent, just gave it to a porter with tip. Those bags arrived in my cabin before I did that cruise (in cabin 1:30ish) and on my November cruise giving my bags in at the tent I didn't get them until almost 5 pm. So no eal worry if you have mobility issues and hand them to a standard porter. Of course, this could also be dependant on the individual departure day as well so YMMV!

Meraviglia has the tissue slot but we had trouble getting the tissues out so we opened another box left it on the vanitity and had no issues with the junior butler he just left it there (moved it around cleaning I assumed).

For my November 13th cruise the tent was the last Bus parking spot closest to the ship one row over from what is pictured in post #2. There were no buses when my Uber arrived and he took us right up to the tent. Actually what I said "See the tent, that's where you can drop us". Now if there are buses you might not see the tent.

Sailed the Pride out of Baltimore and fell in love with the smaller ship so will probably be more likely to try this MAS ship than the one out of PBI.

It is up to the Bar Tender from my experinece non-Yacht Club.

Except for Yacht Club, drinks in the cabin refrigerator are charged when taken even if you have the top-level drink package. The best is to ask the Steward to remove everything and stop by a bar for a bottle of water and bring it to the cabin. Heck even when I was in Yacht Club I got the bottle of water from the bar as it was colder than anything left in the cabin "cooler".

Please remember most content creators on YouTube are looking for monetary compensation so they will lead with "shocking" pictures and comments. Yes, there are issues but when you watch a 12-minute clip about the worst cruise in my life what do you expect to see? There is always some clickbait in the production of those videos.

Uber if you scroll down to the "More" section has Car Seat option, it's only one though, same with Lyft. I don't know how you would get two car seats. Passengers riding in Taxi & limousine plated for-hire vehicles (have T&LC Plates) are allowed to bring and install their own car seats and not be charged for the time to do so. In any case, Children under the age of seven are permitted to sit on an adult's lap in a T&LC Plated car.

Even when you have life vests in the cabin there are more than enough where you board the lifeboats and even on the lifeboats. Not every emergency has you returning to your cabin, they hope for that but they have to have enough

That's the rule, you can always ask and may get a different result and I have also recognized the extra service