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We were just on the Joy in 12892. Labeled a PrivaSea cabin on the deck plans, but we knew from looking at exterior photos of the ship that it would be an angled balcony. The only "obstructed" view is that you had to peek around the wall between our balcony and the balcony beside us to see forward, but that wall also dramatically cut the wind down while we were underway. The balcony was about 50% larger than a normal mid-ship balcony.

Atlantic hurricane season is 6/1-11/30. There is a risk of a hurricane during hurricane season. Impossible to say with any certainty how the seas will be, as it's entirely dependent on the weather pattern that particular week.

Parked for a week 5/19-5/26. Reserved online. $325 for the week. Parking is on the top deck of the terminal, quick elevator ride to the bottom floor, drop bags with the porters on street level, hop into the security line. Couldn't have been easier.

On the 5/19 sailing, everything except the race track was open at noon. I don't believe the race track opened until the morning of the first sea day.

Was just on the Joy out of NYC from 5/19-5/26 and they played both the NBA Eastern Conference and Western Conference finals games in some of the bars as well as on the in-room TVs. They also carried the NHL playoffs.

Was on the 5/19 sailing. Arrived to terminal at 9:45am, through security and had keycards in hand by 10:15am. Started calling priority and mobility impaired before 11am. I was on board by 11:30am. Rooms weren't ready until nearly 3pm, so check anything you don't want to haul around for 3+ hours with the porters.

Has the Longtail Floating Fun Park in Dockyard opened for the 2024 season?

Their FB page is active. Open every day from 10am-10pm.

Hurricane Lee is expected to make its way into the Gulf of Maine Friday night into Saturday. NCL Pearl is set to leave Boston for Bar Harbor Friday afternoon. Any word on what the plan is for the Pearl? Just hold at the pier for a day would be my guess, but wondering if anyone had official word.

I've been reading in various places that a number of guests on the Pearl have been experiencing issues with sewer backups over the past several sailings. Assuming a larger systemic issue, is this something that can be fixed to any degree on a turnaround/port day or is the crew just going to have to continue to chase and band-aid the issue until the next scheduled dry dock? We're boarding on Friday and it's a bit unnerving thinking that we may discover we don't have working facilities in our stateroom at an inopportune time.