FoxboroCruiser

May 30th on Adventure to Bermuda was just canceled, so we’re trying to make lemonade out of lemons and book the same cruise on Freedom in 2021.  Hoping to use the 125% to make it a better experience with cabin upgrades

Thank you @codyh21 much appreciated! Guess the trick will be making sure we use it all!  

Wondering the same thing!  The cruise we are hoping to book to replace our canceled May 30th sailing is almost exactly the same cost.  the taxes and port fees refund will almost cover the $1,000 deposit on next years booking.   If I book next year’s cruise now and put down the $1,000 deposit and then use the FCC to pay off the remaining balance, we’d much prefer to have the left over money available in the Cruise Planner.  It’s probably not going to be much but at least we’d be guaranteed to use it!

Hoping the experts in the forum will weigh in for the best strategy to make that happen! 

If I missed where the port was I apologize but I was just asking what location it was? Jamaica?

That tubing excursion looks awesome, where is that?

1 hour ago, L454S said:

May 30 on the Adventure

Booked on that sailing too

No indoor smoking is permitted on Empress of the Seas.

There will always be people that live in extremes.  It will take time before some people think sporting event, theatre performances, and even movies are safe and acceptable.  The issue today is the threat of TOO many people being sick at once and there not being enough resources to manage it. When that time has clearly past, most reasonable people will slowly resume their normal lives. The extremists will judge and argue that people should not be doing what they do and the fools may start doing it all too soon  

We can’t always make everyone happy and as much as some say we’re in this together it doesn’t really feel like that’s 100% true... on my neighborhood Facebook group there people arguing about what’s acceptable while walking in the neighborhood or kids riding their bikes. They feel that since other people’s actions could impact their health that it gives them the right to tell others what’s acceptable and what’s not. Most people don’t react well to others telling them what to do or not to do.  It’s divisiveness and it’s going to get worse before it gets better.

My wife and I will be patient and probably wait longer to use the impending FCC than some others but when we do cruise next year we will enjoy ourselves and won’t be thinking too much about who may or may not like it. I just believe that  life’s too short to waste time judging or being judged. 
 

Our May 30th cruise on Adventure to Bermuda is out of Port Liberty.  We'd cancel now but figure it it's cancelled we'd get the 125% FCC.  The thought they could change the itinerary never occurred to us.  It better not change to a New England cruise because that's where we live! 

GTY?

Not looking good for our May 30th Bermuda cruise on Adventure...

The dates of the current policy are more likely to change than not.  Wait and see is hard but right now patience is the best strategy to navigating this entire situation both an land and at sea

This is a very fluid situation that changes by the day (sometimes by the hour). What is true now will change by tomorrow or next week, and change again, and again. All we can do is do our part in avoiding the spread of the virus and get through this one day at a time.

There’s still a 48 hour cancellation policy in effect.  Things could improve.  Patience is the best strategy right now.  We sail on Adventure Of The Seas on May 30th (77 days).  We could cancel now and book something for later this year or 2021, or wait and see if the 125% offer extends past April, but we really want this cruise so are trying to be patient as keep options open so we make the best possible choices. 

It’s not easy and not as fun as preparing for a cruise should be but in the words of a local football coach “It is, what it is”.
 

That feeling when 360+ days is finally down under 100! 

Adventure Of The Seas to Bermuda

On 1/2/2020 at 8:30 PM, Mrs. RoyalMoyal said:

We like Embassy Suites. I do not use the shuttle, though, I park at the pier. It saves a ton of time on the way home, it is convenient, and it is a covered parking ramp/garage. 

I like the sound of the Embassy Suites since there will be four of us.  Myself, sure and two sons (19&22).  May be I can book a white that's e effectively cheaper than two standard rooms... Even if not they always have breakfast, a bar, etc.  Makes for a nice stay.

I've read up on the port garage and it sounds all positive - Easy in, easy out. May be there's cheaper options but $22 a day isn't awful especially for the ease and convenience.

6 hours ago, darketower said:

We live in Worcester, MA and we drive down the day before for the same reason we fly down to Florida the day before - to avoid the stress of something coming up that is completely out of our control - traffic, weather, construction, etc etc etc.   We also like to get on the ship right at 10:30 am, which would mean waking everyone up by 4:00 am for the drive (again to factor in several additional hours just to be safe).  Yes, it's an added cost, but one that helps me feel a whole lot more relaxed at the start of my vacation. 

Thanks for the reply!  Our youngest son goes to Worcester State

On 12/29/2019 at 8:04 AM, whenismynextcruise said:

If you are driving down from Foxboro you are really looking at a 3.5 hour drive straight through. We drive from just north of boston, have done this trip many many times on the day the ship leaves, parked at the super convenient garage directly next to the port and have never had any problems. We, of course, watch the weather and such up to the point of departure and if there looks to be a storm then we could easily drive down the day/night before and stay in a hotel if needed. Obviously I am not sure what your reasons for wanting to travel the day before are, many here will tell you they never travel same day, but it is such a short drive you can really save on the money you will spend on the hotel with the 100% convenience of driving yourself, parking at the port and not worrying about a Lyft/Uber or shuttle where you have to schlep luggage around. Leaving the ship is even easier because you are not waiting for a ride and if you walk off the ship you can be home in Foxboro by 10:30 AM.

We travel to NY a lot, wife’s family is on Long Island. At least 2-3 times a year.   We lived there for 5 years before Westchester for 3 and finally home to MA 15 years ago.  The drive is hit or miss.  Christmas Day we made it in just over three on the way down, but it took over 4 on the way back. 

I guess we thought the whole vacation might seem less stressful and a little longer if we got to NJ the day before, but we’ll have to consider the savings of not spending the night as well.  We’d need two rooms...

thanks so much for the reply!

On 12/29/2019 at 2:03 PM, ptod said:

Look into https://www.trinityreservations.com/ for park & cruise packages with free shuttles to/from the port.  

We can get to Cape Liberty in about 3 hours but have been stuck in traffic on 95 (as well as alternate roads) at all hours of the day and night and don't want to deal with that on the way to a cruise.  I would rather chill at a hotel closer to the port the night before and take a shuttle at a price close to the cost of parking at the port.

If you see the Ramada in Newark offered, it ticks all the boxes we look for.  Nice property, secure parking, free shuttle, restaurant on site offers good food at reasonable prices.  There are other properties in the area that would work as well. 

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply! This is really helpful info, much appreciated 

Any other recommendations for hotel & parking for Cape Liberty?  We are driving down from Massachusetts.  We lived in NY for a long time butt on Long Island and Westchester so don't know the Newark area quite as well.  I guess we would prefer a hotel that has at least breakfast, and a parking /shuttle solution would be ideal.  I'll keep searching through older posts too, but thought it might be worth bumping this thread back up the message board  

I'm more of a beer and wine guy but my wife loved Citrus Coolers, it was drink of the day a couple of days into the last cruise and she stuck with it for the duration.

The videos are great! Thank you very much for sharing your experience.

@Fuzzywuzzy

 how did you post the pic so fast?  Just had a photo of the machine handy?  ;-)

Just now, Fuzzywuzzy said:

 

That is the best news I've gotten in a long time!  I know that might not make sense to anyone but for my own reasons it's awesome.   Thank you so much!

Ok since there's a thread on this, I'll take the opportunity to ask... Can I get Powerade Zero from the Freestyle machines?  Is the offering standard from ship to ship? (Those that have them...)