Terminal hard to find even with taxi gps. once found all was well. disembarking it was a disaster...no taxi's not simple shuttles to airports....had to take a tour of new york. fake ubers packing cars with desperate passanges than charging more to the airport than a limo with one passanger. i was intimidated and paid $70. For what cost $40. In a taxi of my own. fake uber was full of food ...
Because we docked in Brooklyn for a short day, we did not have enough time in port. Too far from must-sees to go on one's own. Secondly, an excursion that had initially been listed to MOMA (and one I put off) had mysteriously disappeared from the list by the time I got to the ship in Quebec....and there was not enough time ashore to go by public transportation from Brooklyn to Manhattan and ...
In Brooklyn – we walked out from the port area (very boring warehouses until Atlantic Ave.) to the riverside parks leading to the Dumbo area, then over and across the Brooklyn Bridge to lower Manhattan, followed by South street to Pier 11. From there we took the IKEA Express water taxi (free on weekends) to their huge store on the Brooklyn side. It was only a 15 minute walk back to the ship. ...
We Ubered over to the 9/11 Memorial Museum. This is a very moving experience. It took me back to that morning but it also reminded of the lives that were going on right up to those tragic moments. ...
With Manhattan right across the Brooklyn Bridge there is plenty to do in the area. But we enjoyed the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge and dinner at the River Cafe. ...
Not only is it an ugly port but the staff are clearly untrained or simply don't care. We were sent hither and thither when trying to locate the area for pick-up by a pre-ordered car. The car was 45 minutes late. There were no facilities outside customs which was a slow and officiously obnoxious process. There was very little space to shelter from either rain or sun and few seats for those ...
