New York Port Overview:

Port Location: On the west side of Manhatten Island at roughly 55th Street and 12th Ave.

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------Newark International Airport - The Port of New York is approximately 35 minutes from the airport.

------LaGuardia International Airport - The Port of New York is approximately 45 minutes from the airport.

------Cruise Passengers: Check with our agents when you book your cruise from New York regarding airport transfers to and from your ship.

If you arriving the same day as your cruise departs, please schedule your flights to arrive at these airports no later 1:00 pm on the day of departure. If this is not possible, then come in a day prior. For return flights, do not schedule any flights departing earlier than 12:00 pm on your day of return.

Driving directions are:

------Traveling from outside of New York City - New Jersey Turnpike North/South. Take Lincoln Tunnel to New York City and follow signs to West 42nd Street. Turn left on to West 42nd Street. Turn right on to 12th Avenue (West Side Highway). Turn left at 55th Street and proceed up the ramp to the terminal. Proceed to Pier #88/90/92

------Where to Park: Parking at the Port of New York is $24 per day and the rates subject to change by the Port Authority. The parking facilities feature open rooftop, gated, outdoor parking lot under 24-hour patrol. Full payment due upon entering the parking area. Accepted forms of payment: U.S. Dollars; U.S. Traveler's Checks. No advance reservations required.

There is a high demand for taxicabs during “peak” debarkation hours. At times, taxicabs may not be readily available. Please be patient and prepared to wait as other taxi cabs return to the Cruise Terminal throughout the debarkation morning rush!

Where to Stay: Anyplace in downtown New York City will work. If you stay between Times Square and Central Park you will be closer to where the pier is. There are no decent hotels within 10 blocks of the pier. You can also stay out by any of the airports for a slightly lower price and take the subway into town for your nightlife, dining and entertainment. Needless to say in New York, every single hotel chain you can think of will have a property.

New York City may be the most expensive place to live in the United States. It only follows that hotel rates here will also be more expensive than most any other city in the country. So understanding that fact will help you get over any notions that you might find rates comparable to those back home. That said, there are bargains out there at every price level; but a bargain in New York might be an outragous price in Salt Lake City.

What to See: If this is your first trip to New York, face the facts: It will be impossible to take in the entire city. Because New York is almost unfathomably big and constantly changing, you could live your whole life here and still make fascinating daily discoveries -- we New Yorkers do. This section is designed to give you an overview of what's available in this multifaceted place so you can narrow your choices to an itinerary that's digestible for the amount of time you'll be here - be it a day, a week, or something in between.

So don't try to tame New York -- you can't. Decide on a few must-see attractions, and then let the city take you on its own ride. But inevitably, as you make your way around the city, you'll be blown off course by unplanned diversions that are just as much fun as what you meant to see. After all, the true New York is in the details. As you dash from sight to sight, take time to admire a lovely cornice on a prewar building, linger over a cup of coffee at a sidewalk cafe, or just idle away a few minutes on a bench watching New Yorkers parade through their daily lives.

CityPass just may be New York's best sightseeing deal. Pay one price ($53, or $41 for kids 12-17) for admission to six major Big Apple attractions: The American Museum of Natural History (admission only; does not include Space Show); the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; the Empire State Building; the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum; the Museum of Modern Art; and a 2-hour Circle Line harbor cruise. Purchased individually, you'd spend more than twice as much.

More important, CityPass is not a coupon book. It contains actual admission tickets, so you can bypass lengthy ticket lines. This can literally save you hours, since popular sights such as the Empire State Building often have ticket lines of an hour or more.

CityPass is good for 9 days from the first time you use it. It's sold at all participating attractions. To avoid online service and shipping fees, you may buy the pass at your first attraction (start at an attraction that's likely to have the shortest admission line, such as the Guggenheim, or arrive before opening to avoid a wait at such spots as the Empire State Building). However, if you begin your sightseeing on a weekend or during holidays, when lines are longest, online purchase may be worthwhile.

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Madame Tussards NYC - Set sail with CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW, audition for SIMON COWELL and dance with BEYONCE! Madame Tussauds takes you beyond your wildest dreams and makes you the star of the show! Sing, dance and mingle with over 200 wax celebrities in 85,000 square feet of interactive entertainment located in the heart of Times Square.

Where to Eat: Without a doubt, New York is the best restaurant town in the country, and one of the finest in the world. Other cities might have particular specialties, but no other culinary capital spans the globe so successfully as the Big Apple.

New Yorkers can be fickle: One moment a restaurant is hot; the next it's passé. So restaurants close with a frequency we wish applied to the arrival of subway trains. Always call ahead.

But there's one thing we all have to face sooner or later: Eating in New York isn't cheap. The primary cause? The high cost of real estate, which is reflected in what you're charged. Wherever you're from, particularly if you hail from the reasonably priced American heartland, New York's restaurants will seem expensive. Yet good value abounds, especially if you're willing to eat ethnic, and venture beyond tourist zones into the neighborhoods like Chinatown, the East Village, Harlem, and even the Upper West Side. Inexpensive restaurants can be found in every neighborhood, so you can get good value for your money no matter where you are in Manhattan.

Your best online sources are Citysearch, which runs a great restaurant page that's updated weekly as part of its comprehensive offerings; New York Metro, the online arm of the glossy weekly New York; New York Today, the New York Times's arts and lifestyle site, where you can access a database of the paper's stellar restaurant reviews; and the Village Voice, especially for the cheap eats reviews by Robert Sietsema.

The best online source for the serious foodie is www.chowhound.com, a national website with message boards in local areas, including New York, where you can make an inquiry about a certain restaurant, type of food, location, and so on, and within a few hours, you might have five or more very informative responses.

The Zagat Survey, which has made a name for itself rating restaurants based on extensive diner surveys, maintains a searchable database of city restaurants on their website, so if you're willing to do your research before you leave home (or if you're toting a laptop), there's no need to acquire a hard copy of the no-frills guide. They do, however, charge a fee to access the online information. Currently, a year's subscription of Zagat online was $19.95 and a 30-day subscription was $3.95.

If you do want a book reference to have on hand while you're in the city, I suggest the colorful, reviewer-written Time Out New York: Eating & Drinking guide, which is more comprehensive, candid, and descriptive than Zagat's. If you don't feel the need for a big ol' book, stop at any newsstand for a copy of the slick weekly Time Out New York, whose "Eat Out" section always includes listings for TONY's 100 Favorite Restaurants in every issue, as well as coverage of new openings and dining trends. Weekly New York magazine also maintains extensive restaurant listings in its listings section at the back of the magazine.

Calendar of Events: Below is a quick highlight of some of the events taking place in New York City. Click here for a complete calendar of events for New York City as I can guarantee there are several things taking place on any given weekend, 52 weeks a year.

January

------Ice Skating in Cental Park - Central Park has two ice skating rinks that are open in the winter months: Lasker Rink (north-Park at 106th St) and Wollman Rink (mid-Park at 62nd St). This must be one of the most picturesque places to ice-skate in the world. Set among the trees and rolling hills of Central Park and with a backdrop of Manhattan skyscrapers, it's magical.

February

March

------St. Patricks Day Parade - New York's spinal cord, 5th Avenue, hosts the largest street parade in New York every St Patrick's Day as thousands of Americans of Irish descent march in celebration of their faith. The parade starts at 44th St with 5th Ave and goes north to 86th St, where it turns east for 3rd Avenue.

April

------New York Yankees and New York Mets - Major League Baseball is played in the New York area in April.

May

------New York Yankees and New York Mets - Major League Baseball is played in the New York area in May.

June

------New York Yankees and New York Mets - Major League Baseball is played in the New York area in June.

------Queens Pride and Brooklyn Pride - The annual Queens Pride and Festival is the most important event in the gay Queens calendar - a colourful, vibrant celebration of sexuality and community spirit. The parade is expected to attract crowds of over 40,000, processing and partying along 37th Ave fom 89th St to 75th St, Jackson Heights. The festival takes place on 37th Rd from 73rd to 77th St, Jackson Heights.

The annual Brooklyn Pride is a colourful and very important gay celebration, but on a much smaller and friendlier scale than the mother of them all across the East River. The activity takes place in the Park Slope district and in Prospect Park. Both events take place the first part of June.

------Taste of Time Square - From West 46th St, between Broadway and 9th Ave, and onto historic Restaurant Row Times Square, food enthusiasts can savour "tastes" of signature dishes from more than 50 restaurants and quaff a variety of beers from more than half a dozen breweries.

------Celebrate Brooklyn Festival - Every weekend for two months each summer, free outdoor events with music, dance, theatre and film are held in Brooklyn's sunny Prospect Park. Competing with the fantastic free events that fill Central Park each summer, Brooklyn's Prospect Park is rammed with excellent acts from the famous to the not-so-famous.

------Central Park SummerStage - SummerStage is one of New York City's greatest summer institutions, filling Central Park with free music, theatre, opera and dance for two months each summer. Most of the events are free, while some are special fund-raising events and suggest a donation. Please visit the SummerStage website or contact the organisers for more information, then just pack a picnic and head for the park.

July

------New York Yankees and New York Mets - Major League Baseball is played in the New York area in July.

------Summer Restaurant Week in New York City - New York City is blessed with thousands of fantastic restaurants. French, Italian, Japanese, Scandinavian, Chinese and American, it's all here and during Summer Restaurant Week (which actually stretches over two weeks) some of the very best offer three-course prix-fixe lunches and dinners at a fraction of the normal cost. For 2007, the prices are fixed in accordance with New York's twenty four hour city reputation, so it's US$24.07 for a three-course lunch, while dinner is US$35.

August

------New York Yankees and New York Mets - Major League Baseball is played in the New York area in August.

------US Tennis Open - The USA's premier tennis tournament takes place at the USTA National Tennis Center, more commonly known as Flushing Meadows, in New York City.

September

------New York Yankees and New York Mets - Watch out, if either team makes the playoffs, hotels will fill up and tickets will be difficult to purchase unless you have some serious cash.

------New York Giants and New York Jets - Pro Football finds a home in the Meadowlands and sports bars are full on Sunday.

------US Tennis Open - The USA's premier tennis tournament takes place at the USTA National Tennis Center, more commonly known as Flushing Meadows, in New York City.

October

------New York Yankees and New York Mets - Watch out, if either team makes the playoffs, hotels will fill up and tickets will be difficult to purchase unless you have some serious cash.

------New York Giants and New York Jets - Pro Football finds a home in the Meadowlands and sports bars are full on Sunday.

November

------New York Giants and New York Jets - Pro Football finds a home in the Meadowlands and sports bars are full on Sunday.

December

------New York Giants and New York Jets - Pro Football finds a home in the Meadowlands and sports bars are full on Sunday.