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Anthem of the Seas in New York City in Calmer Weather   Today (Wednesday) 11/20/2019 Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas is headed back to New York after spending the day in Coco Cay in the Bahamas. The Anthem is sailing on an 8 Day cruise which only visited the private island. This was reported on Monday here at NYCruiseInfo.com A strong storm has wreaked havoc on the northeast US causing cruise passengers and cruise lines scrambling for a path forward. A strong nor’easter has come up the coast of the United States  stranding ships departing from New York and Baltimore in port. The storm was situated between their departure port and their desired destination of Florida and the Bahamas.  Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas was supposed to depart Cape Liberty on Saturday 11/16/2019 but remained in port until Monday morning at about 10:30 AM. Originally passengers were told the ship would depart Cape Liberty Saturday and remain anchored in l...

In what is a rare event, both the arrival of Cunard's  Queen Mary 2 and P&O Cruises' Aurora were both delayed due to a North Atlantic. Both ships departed Southampton on 9/16/2018 en-route to the Big Apple. The Aurora was the first of the pair to pull into the Manhattan Cruise Terminal at around 11 AM. At about the same time, the Queen Mary 2 was just passing under the Veranzarro Narrow Bridge. The Queen Mary 2 pulled along side at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal at 11:45 AM - approximately 6 hours behind schedule. New York was a port of call for the Aurora so visiting cruise passengers had about 3 hours less time to spend ashore. The Queen Mary 2 arrival was quite a different story, her disembarking passengers were possibly late for their flights home or missing shore-side commitments, The majority of cruise passenger for the next cruise were arriving at the pier in anticipation of a 1 PM boarding. The crew was under added pressure with having to unload luggage, str...