Gem From NY Question

[Whitnee1]

Travelling on the Gem from NY in January. On all the itineraries it lists the return time at 10:00 AM which is later than I have ever seen. I find it hard to believe also that they could turn the ship around to leave by 5:00 PM. If anyone has been on recently can you confirm the arrival time on your return??

[NoName]

We returned on Saturday. We were off the ship by 8am.

[suometar]

That is incorrect. We were on the Dec. 13 sailing and docked around 7 AM.

[Whitnee1]

Thank you I thought so.

[spirit rev]

Just so you know, there was a sailing in November that didn't arrive until after 10. The arrival time is set to allow them to slow if the seas get rough, as often happens coming north.

There is a reasonable chance the ship will be in well before 10, but it is not a given during the winter, as I've learned after yearly January cruises out of NYC.

[panda79]

Just off this past Monday. Shipped arrived before 8am. Walk off started at 8:20

[mizLORInj]

This is something NCL started this season. Even the Cruises to Nowhere show 10am return, yet we were back by 7am in Nov and Dec.

[jemrtt]

She pulls in closer to the 7 am hour. Of the 4 ncl cruises out of NYC that I have done, each time the itinerary says 10 am arrival in ny but we docked by or before 7am.

 

My guess as to why to put that time is that last call for disembarkation is around 9:45 - 10 am. But I don't know if that's really the case.

 

The latest I have left the Gem was 9:20 and all the luggage tags were not called yet.

[mommyto2girls]

We were on the November 16th cruise and did not dock till 10am we hot some bad storms coming back. We usually are off and home by 9:30-10 the latest so you just never know.

[bob brown]

Like other's have pointed out...it is just in the business called "padding the schedule".....it allows an "on time" arrival, even if weather or other circumstances cause delays enroute. Then passengers will schedule their flight or other transportation arrangements for later in the day, and create less pressure and anxiety for everyone. It also benefits the line's customer service dept., with less complaints about arriving late, missing flights, etc.....

[Brighton Line]

Passes under the Verrazano Bridge at 6am, is at the pier at 7am normally and was the case for our cruise returning December 13th.

 

Two cruises before that, she didn't get back until 10am as they had to go further out in the Atlantic to go around a storm.

 

One of our Roll Call members was all upset about getting in early and the self assist walk off as his car service was set for 11am. He made such a stink they gave him a free phone call to change the car time.

 

You experience may differ.

FWIW

[coffeeaddiction12345]

they LITERALLY kicked us off the gem around 10:15... we were probably the last 2 people off the ship. Sat in the lobby and didn't see a soul, finally a worker came over to us at 10:15 and told us we HAD to get off. Seems silly since it doesn't plan to dock until 10am, but whatever. We docked extremely early.