Are the bars open in PORT ?

[Bobby Winds]

Do the ships serve to those who stay on the ship while in ports, in my case NE/Canada cruise ?

[dexddd]

Yes, unless local restrictions.  Will you dry your hair before going to the bar?

[mcmomny]

Some ports you will have to pay tax, I believe it was only in NYC for your cruise and it's not much.

And in some ports only one bar per deck was allowed to be open

[Bobby Winds]

51 minutes ago, dexddd said:

Yes, unless local restrictions.  Will you dry your hair before going to the bar?

Possibly, but the hair dryer question was for my wife. Yet at nearly 70 years old I have a full head of hair.........can you say the same 😉

[KeithJenner]

In Canadian ports they are only allowed one bar open on each deck.

 

Not usually a major problem when most people are in port, but when the ship is in port later then it can be a pain. We had a couple of meals where bar service was slow at the beginning until they could open more bars.

 

Tax was payable in Boston as well as New York on our cruise. I’m not sure about Portland - we didn’t have a charge but I’m not sure whether we had a drink whilst in port. No tax in Canada.

Edited Saturday at 12:27 PM by KeithJenner

[9tee2Sea]

there will be signs posed at all bars  (usually the day before) if they will be closed ( or limited operations) while in port

[IAcruising]

10 hours ago, Bobby Winds said:

Yet at nearly 70 years old I have a full head of hair.........can you say the same 😉

 

Yes.

 

[Bobby Winds]

I don’t believe you……..LOL

[IAcruising]

8 minutes ago, Bobby Winds said:

I don’t believe you……..LOL

 

I'm only 60, but my hair isn't going anywhere. 😂

 

 

Edited Saturday at 09:45 PM by IAcruising

[IAcruising]

Wow. That's way too freaking big.

 

[deliver42]

I'm 82, and still have my hair.

[IAcruising]

1 hour ago, deliver42 said:

I'm 82, and still have my hair.

 

Pic or it didn't happen. 🤣

[Bobby Winds]

11 hours ago, IAcruising said:

 

I'm only 60, but my hair isn't going anywhere. 😂

 

 

We both will put the "hair" dryer to good use !

[david_sobe]

Miami-Dade county makes a fortune with all those sail away drinks at the Port of Miami.

[JGmf]

On 9/14/2024 at 8:22 AM, KeithJenner said:

In Canadian ports they are only allowed one bar open on each deck.

 

Not usually a major problem when most people are in port, but when the ship is in port later then it can be a pain.

 

Amen.  It is a pain and appears to be really idiotic law as, at least with what I've observed, cruisers don't stay longer and drink in Canadian ports b/c they know bar access is limited on the ship.

[BirdTravels]

6 minutes ago, JGmf said:

 

Amen.  It is a pain and appears to be really idiotic law as, at least with what I've observed, cruisers don't stay longer and drink in Canadian ports b/c they know bar access is limited on the ship.

It is problematic when you have a late port call like in Victoria when you arrive at 8 pm and only a few go ashore. Everyone wants to enjoy their last night of beverages and there are only a few bars open. 

[9tee2Sea]

3 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

It is problematic when you have a late port call like in Victoria when you arrive at 8 pm and only a few go ashore. Everyone wants to enjoy their last night of beverages and there are only a few bars open. 

I would think of that time in Victoria as the beginning of  "Detox".  

[trivia addict]

13 hours ago, david_sobe said:

Miami-Dade county makes a fortune with all those sail away drinks at the Port of Miami.

Drink tax in the Hawaiian Island ports too.

Can anyone name a US port that does not charge a tax?

[Mr_Indecisive]

9 hours ago, trivia addict said:

Drink tax in the Hawaiian Island ports too.

Can anyone name a US port that does not charge a tax?

The Alaskan ports - at least the couple I've experienced.

[Hot Stop]

19 hours ago, trivia addict said:

Drink tax in the Hawaiian Island ports too.

Can anyone name a US port that does not charge a tax?

I wasn’t charged in Portland, Maine when I was there

[jkbec101]

We weren't charged when we left Miami last year.

 

[debenson0723]

4 hours ago, jkbec101 said:

We weren't charged when we left Miami last year.

 

That would be very unusual...I have sailed out of Miami multiple time on embarkation day and always paid taxes on drinks. Granted, it's less than a dollar per drink so not really noticable in the grand scheme of things.

 

And I believe the tax is only charged on Embarkation ports, not US ports in general. So there wouldn't be a tax in Alaska or Maine as the cruise does not start from those ports. I have been charged tax in Miami, NYC, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Port Canaveral and Seattle. 

[zqvol]

14 hours ago, debenson0723 said:

That would be very unusual...I have sailed out of Miami multiple time on embarkation day and always paid taxes on drinks. Granted, it's less than a dollar per drink so not really noticable in the grand scheme of things.

 

And I believe the tax is only charged on Embarkation ports, not US ports in general. So there wouldn't be a tax in Alaska or Maine as the cruise does not start from those ports. I have been charged tax in Miami, NYC, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Port Canaveral and Seattle. 

I haven’t ever been charged in Port Canaveral. Maybe NCL has decided that it is easier to eat the cost than deal with the book keeping that is involved.

[KeithJenner]

14 hours ago, debenson0723 said:

That would be very unusual...I have sailed out of Miami multiple time on embarkation day and always paid taxes on drinks. Granted, it's less than a dollar per drink so not really noticable in the grand scheme of things.

 

And I believe the tax is only charged on Embarkation ports, not US ports in general. So there wouldn't be a tax in Alaska or Maine as the cruise does not start from those ports. I have been charged tax in Miami, NYC, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Port Canaveral and Seattle. 

We were charged tax in Boston last week despite it being a port of call.

 

It is, of course an embarkation port on other ports, so this would suggest that you may be charged in such ports regardless of whether you are embarking there or not.