Manhattan or Brooklyn? (October 2016 Regal)

[jt58203]

While researching Canada/New England Cruises, the Princess website says, "New York City (Manhattan or Brooklyn), New York" for both Embarkation & Debarkation days. Does anyone know when the final decision will be made? Does this happen often? Due to anticipated ship traffic, etc. could it be possible to embark at one port & disembark in the other? Just curious.

[fishywood]

Not that this answers your question, but Caribbean Princess will be sailing from Cape Liberty NJ rather than a New York pier this year due to conflicts (when first open for booking it was listed similarly 'Manhattan or Brooklyn')

 

Actually the Port Authority will have the schedule of calls for Manhattan listed online many months before sailing so you will know by then even if Princess does not 'officially' confirm. The only reason you would not sail from Brooklyn would be if the Queen Mary 2 is in port the same day. Were that the case you would think with both their schedules out that Princess and Cunard would have played rock-paper-scissors by now and decided which ship gets Brooklyn and which Manhattan.

[FlorenceItaly]

Not that this answers your question, but Caribbean Princess will be sailing from Cape Liberty NJ rather than a New York pier this year due to conflicts (when first open for booking it was listed similarly 'Manhattan or Brooklyn')

 

Actually the Port Authority will have the schedule of calls for Manhattan listed online many months before sailing so you will know by then even if Princess does not 'officially' confirm. The only reason you would not sail from Brooklyn would be if the Queen Mary 2 is in port the same day. Were that the case you would think with both their schedules out that Princess and Cunard would have played rock-paper-scissors by now and decided which ship gets Brooklyn and which Manhattan.

 

Are you speaking of 2016? We are sailing on the Caribbean Princess Sept 21, 2015 and checked the Port Schedule and it shows Brooklyn. Thank you.

Edited August 3, 2015 by FlorenceItaly

[Colo Cruiser]

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Edited August 3, 2015 by Colo Cruiser

[emmak8]

Sailing is usually out of Red Hook Brooklyn. However, in 2012 we were on the Caribbean Princess and because of Hurricane Sandy the repo cruise sailed from Manhattan.

[fishywood]

The Sunday October 11 2015 Caribbean Princess New York-Quebec City is the one sailing from Cape Liberty NJ.

[bob brown]

The Sunday October 11 2015 Caribbean Princess New York-Quebec City is the one sailing from Cape Liberty NJ.

 

That is a very rare occurrence. The QM2 is at Brooklyn that day, and four other ships are at Manhattan. For some reason, they don't seem to use Pier 92 with its two berths at Manhattan any longer....

 

Usually when 2 Princess ships happen to be cruising from New York on the same date, (happens occasionally in the fall), the one doing the seven day round trip will call at Brooklyn, and the one doing the 10 day one way will call at Manhattan...

 

Also, a ship 'in transit', such as the Sea Princess on its round-the-world cruise from Australia, called at Manhattan for its overnite call this year, for the convenience of its passenger's, even though Brooklyn was available both days....

Edited August 4, 2015 by bob brown