MSC Meraviglia Cruise: April 29th through May 7th, 2023 Part 1 

This video is exactly what I wanted to see! I have never driven in New York, so I wanted to know what to expect.

God bless you! I was born and raised in NYC and I dont even drive in Brooklyn! Thanks for posting. This video was very helpful.

I'm so happy I found this video. I've been searching and waiting for someone to post something about the Brooklyn terminal, espcially the traffic and parking. We're sailing in October and plan to drive in that morning from CT. It should be a two hour drive, but it's NY. Add another hour, maybe two!

Thank you for this info. Excellent video. Appreciate all the work you put into it. Looking forward to your next video. Sailing on her this Sunday the 14th. :)

thank you so much for this video -- as well as your "do-over" video! I am driving to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in a few months and it was great to see the best and the worst Brooklyn has to offer! very informative especially with the map overlay. Thanks!

We were on this past week's sailing as well and yes that was an absolute madhouse getting in and out of the port. They haven't fixed the problems yet. Took over an hour to get in from the point of entry to the near port area. The city has got to do something about that quickly because it's a major deterrent to us cruising from there again.

Very well done video.

My father lives in Stroudsburg. Its a college town. Just something to help you when u get back. Just keep an eye on the signs in I80. If the speed limit is 55 just because its winding does not mean you need to slow down. If you are able to drive at 55 the winding roads will not be too sharp to slow down. The signage will tell you if it drops down to 40 or 35mph then slow down. Anyways i drive there a lot and maybe will give you an easier drive home once you are on I80 again.

Thank you. This was very helpful

Thank you very much for the detailed information in this video. I appreciated it. I'm going on this cruise at the end of this month. This video is very helpful.

Thank you for this video. I am going with a friend in September. I’m from Jersey and was going to have my husband drop us off but I’m not going to put him through this hell. We’re going to take the train in and then the ferry to the terminal.

I live in Brooklyn, there was soooo much traffic when I went and it was also a rainy day

We did this cruise also on these dates, gonna be honest here, the biggest problem was we had 1200 Chinese on board and they were very very loud and trying to get coffee they had the entire area blocked to get hot water to take to their rooms, also a few actually took complete watermelons to their room

great video, you need to put in the times in your cruise itenery eg 0:00 to begin then it will show up in your video

Thank you so very much for the informative video!! It was very helpful, my big panic now is what's it going to be like when 2 ships are going out of there in the same week. Lot doesn't look that big.

Typical NYC traffic. It’s a daily occurrence. Just bring all your patience.

Excellent video, thank you! Sailing out of Brooklyn for the first time in July. (always sailed out of Bayonne which is super easy). My daughter lives in Brooklyn so I've driven in and out the the city 100's times..., just nervous about the timing. Seems like even getting there early wouldn't make a difference. Also, you pay BEFORE you park? Bayonne is after cruise. Again, thank you for this very informative info!!!

I did the same cruise in April, the first trip out of that port. It was terrible to board but getting off the ship was the absolute worst. I will not book another cruise with MSC.

Very informative video! Love the detail. What time did you arrive to the terminal?

Thank you very much for this video. extremely helpful to see the path to get there. How much was it to park your truck for the week? I was thinking of driving instead of putting my kids through that chaos!

how much was it to park in the cruise parking lot?.

Highlights of this cruise: 1-Horrible embarkation, hundreds of people pushing their way into lines/cutting ahead of people, luggage being left in the rain, many people opened suitcases to find wet clothes. 2- A group booking of 2000 Chinese passengers who refused to line up for anything, forced their way in and out of elevators ahead of everyone, took over entire ship including bars/lounges but never ordered a drink, walking around picking their noses and tossing snot rags into hand washing sinks....absolutely disgusting group of animals. You couldnt walk the length of the buffet without 10+ of them cutting in line. There were over 50 of them kicked out of exclusive areas of the ship and even after being told they could not be there, would try and sneak back in through side entrances. 3- Buffet food was decent but I have been to rock concerts quieter than the buffet with hundreds of Chinese yelling at each other from 2 feet away. 4- Anytime dining was great service and much quieter than assigned seating (again, fewer Chinese at anytime dining), food however was mediocre at best. 5- The only redeeming part of this cruise was the amazing staff in the dining room and the bars. The 2000 strong group of Chinese ruined this cruise. Sounds racist but my dogs have better manners and they eat their own poop. Thanks God getting off the ship was quick as I couldn't stand another hour with those pigs. Parting gift was watching them duck under the security ropes to get to Customs area....cutting in front of a few more people to close out their vacation.

Do you remember how much you paid for parking for the entire cruise ? Trying to figure out if Im better off paying to park elsewhere and just taking an uber. Thanks in advance !

Does someone have to stay with the luggages after u drop them off or can we assume the luggages will be safe after drop off with the tags?

looks like you had bad weather - How bad were the waves on the way down to florida? Did the big ship handle them well?

What time did you arrive?

What was the total for parking?

I was on it, the embarkation was. Awfull