What happenened to the Philly Cruise Terminal?

[The Mate]

We have cruised out of Philadelphia twice, I believe in '03 and '08 on repositioning cruises with NCL,and I think both RCCL & NCL had ships based in Philly for several years,but no more.

Is Philadelphia done/finished as a cruise terminal port?

[dolittle]

As of now there are no ships in Phila. An N.C.L. ship was the last to go in sept. Many ships are now in Baltimore it is a easy drive , right under 95 , nice people at port.

[Philly Steve]

American Cruise Lines is the only company cruising out of Philadelphia at this time. The line uses small ships for river cruises.

[The Mate]

I wonder if the problem with getting in and out of Philly is that the road bridges are too low??

 

On the Norwegian Sea, which was a small ship [ maybe 40,000 to 50,000 tons], we were outside as we sailed under a couple of bridges [Wilmington, DE ??] and it seemed like we were within a few feet of 'scraping the paint'. Now with just about all the major cruise lines going to these much larger ships, 100,000+ tons, and doing away with the smaller ships, maybe getting them under the bridges is not a possibility???.