awh45 Posted February 12, 2006 #26 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Wow I feel for you and the other 2/12 cruisers. Getting out of town for vacation is stressful enough but 12 inches of snow makes it much worst. I hope you have a great trip once you guys get out of NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crisp1 Posted February 12, 2006 #27 Share Posted February 12, 2006 I live in the same town as shoreguy, it's still coming down pretty good here. Have at least 15" on the ground. Traveling east ( towards NY) is even worse. 2" per hour, whiteout conditions. Not a day to be driving. and worse for those bebarking. Good luck to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EileenN Posted February 12, 2006 #28 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Shoreguy, Why didn't you sleep at your office? That way you would have been able to call the winner of the bet about the arrival of the Dawn and gotten to the pier easier! Be careful on the roads, Good luck and Bon Voyage to you and your gang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crisp1 Posted February 12, 2006 #29 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Shoreguy, Once it took me 7 hrs to drive from Wayne to Chester. No offense, but I would have spent the night in a hotel in Seacaucus, had a nice breakfast, checked out at noon and not go through all the stress trying to get there this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanW Posted February 12, 2006 #30 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Incredible mesoscale snow banding currently occurring from western CT southwestward through northeast New Jersey/parts of NYC...and even extending southwestward all the way into phl. 2 to locally 4 inches of snow per hour are falling within this band. Have received reports of 12-14" across parts of NYC and northeast New Jersey. A foot of snow has fallen at Central Park so far with in all likelihood 8" to go. In all likelihood...this will go down a top ten storm of all time for NYC...with a top 5 all time possible given the nature of the mesoscale banding just to the west ready to move in. Will be increasing totals to 1 to 2 feet for NYC as well as northestern New Jersey/parts of the lower Hudson Valley/and CT. Danbury just came in with 15" as of 730a. Laguardia just came in with zero visibility. Extremely heavy snow with thunder and lightning over the next couple of hours will slowly progress eastward...but we're not sure how far. Bands like this don't typically last all that long. So...perhaps a slight weakening is in order after then next two hours...but we'll have to watch to see what happens. Rates of 1-4"/hour will be common through at least 10 am...possibly longer with embedded thunder. Gotta be careful with this one. WWG may be used? Cheers, Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBear416 Posted February 12, 2006 #31 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Good luck. It's still coming down here in NY pretty heavy. I'lll be curios to know what % of passengers the ship leaves with today. You may have the whole ship to yourself. Have a good time and enjoy the sun and warmth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrinaLC Posted February 12, 2006 #32 Share Posted February 12, 2006 I wonder if there is any precedent for keeping the ship a day in a situation like this ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logcabin Posted February 12, 2006 #33 Share Posted February 12, 2006 The Pide Piper Cam is working.. But, the snow is so heavy I can't see if the Dawn is even in yet. Can anyone tell if she is even in port yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBear416 Posted February 12, 2006 #34 Share Posted February 12, 2006 I wonder, if the ship doesn"t have enough passengers if they will delay sailing till tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinMatt Posted February 12, 2006 #35 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Wow, this is one of those days I am glad to be living in Florida!! Shoreguy - you are in my prayers that you make it!! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immargaret Posted February 12, 2006 #36 Share Posted February 12, 2006 I wonder if there is any precedent for keeping the ship a day in a situation like this ... This is from the NCL website..... The winter weather in the Northeastern United States is invariably cold, which is why a cruise to the warm weather is so appealing! Only rarely is it stormy. We do not expect our schedule into and out of New York to be adversely affected by winter weather. However, there is always the possibly of an occasional weather system causing strong winds and rough seas. In this case, NCL would intend to delay sailing until conditions allow for departure. If your Norwegian Dawn departure from New York is delayed for longer than 12 hours due to weather, you will receive an onboard credit of $100 per person (maximum $200 per stateroom) on your current departure. Or, if you do not wish to continue the cruise, you may choose to leave the ship and receive a cruise credit equal to the amount you paid, to use on a future NCL cruise, sailing within one year from the date of the cruise credit, and any reasonable incidental expenses you incur in rearranging your travel/vacation plans will be reimbursed by NCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailAways Posted February 12, 2006 #37 Share Posted February 12, 2006 The last post, left on the 2/12/ Roll Call thread is interesting - the one left by SactoSteve. Hop over there and read it. I'm sorry, I don't know how to get it over here, or I would do that for you. Very Interesting, indeed. To all of your cruisers on 2/12 - Hope the trek to the pier is/was uneventful, and that all goes perfectly for the rest of the cruise. SailAways:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immargaret Posted February 12, 2006 #38 Share Posted February 12, 2006 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=87649 we were due to pick up the pilot about 10 am .... then 2 hours to the dock. Then a bit of time to get cleared, and a few hours for everyone to get off the ship. Lunch is being served for us in the Garden Court and the Venetian. We're planning on being one of the last off, we don't really have anywhere to go and we might as well enjoy our cabin as long as possible. It was a pretty rough night. All the stuff on our bar fell over, broke lots of glass. Force 11 winds at one point. I won't see any replies ... I'm using the remaining of the little internet time I have. Have a wonderful cruise. Don't forget that duct tape ... it came in VERY handy last night .... numerous times!!! It was amazing how many doors could bang. Bon Voyage! Ada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrinaLC Posted February 12, 2006 #39 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Wow, thanks for linking to that! My money is on a delayed departure, sometime tomorrow, to allow folks to make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuccicruisers Posted February 12, 2006 #40 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Dawn's bridgecam is up and running on ncl.com....can't see much... is obvious they have not docked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf5585 Posted February 12, 2006 #41 Share Posted February 12, 2006 The Dawns Kroooze cam is up http://www.kroooz-cams.com/nclindex.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyHill Posted February 12, 2006 #42 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Shoreguy, NCL announced Dawn two hours late into NYC, should give you some extra time, drive safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welove2cruise2 Posted February 12, 2006 #43 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Just read on my "weather bug" that NYC has just posted it's worst snowstorm in history -- 22"!!! Good luck to all the 2/12 Dawn cruisers -- just get yourselves to that ship!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinMatt Posted February 12, 2006 #44 Share Posted February 12, 2006 My money is on a delayed departure, sometime tomorrow, to allow folks to make it. I'll put money on that too!! I'm sure supply deliveries will be major delayed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuccicruisers Posted February 12, 2006 #45 Share Posted February 12, 2006 just added to NCL.com Norwegian Dawn Update <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT size=2><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT size=3> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuccicruisers Posted February 12, 2006 #46 Share Posted February 12, 2006 well...that didn't work :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immargaret Posted February 12, 2006 #47 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Norwegian Dawn Update MIAMI – February 12, 2006 - On its return to New York, Norwegian Dawn has encountered some adverse weather conditions and the ship has been delayed arriving into New York today by two hours. Norwegian Dawn will now arrive at noon. NCL will expedite the disembarkation process as much as possible for guests on the current cruise, and will begin the embarkation process as early as possible. The company recommends that passengers on today's cruise delay their arrival to the pier until 2 p.m. NCL would like to thanks its guests for their understanding and patience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2boyzmom Posted February 12, 2006 #48 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Yes, they want to get out before the 12 hour delay so they don't have to pay out on the winter weather guarantee.... I bet they're out to sea by midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoreguy Posted February 12, 2006 Author #49 Share Posted February 12, 2006 No Dawn yet - expected some time after 12 noon. Lat/vip area not open - ride in was not to bad. I followed a carivan of snowplows acrosss NJ. The parking lot is a mess. All the cars still there waiting for the ship to return. All that is left now is to wait until the ship comes in and they can turn it around Here comes the Dawn - a chear just went up - :) :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBear416 Posted February 12, 2006 #50 Share Posted February 12, 2006 I'm snowed in. So I have nothing better to do but watch the drama unfold. My money is also on for a postponed sail tomorrow. I hope that happens so the people have more time to get there. The roads here are terrible and the airports are closed. I feel sorry for the people getting off the ship in this mess. good luck to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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