Bayonne, NJ, Cruise Port To Get New Name

[Dan]

>From Seatrade Insider:

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RCCL names Bayonne port 'Cape Liberty'

28/1/2004

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. will name its new facility in Bayonne, N.J.

'Cape Liberty Cruise Port.' Starting in May, Cape Liberty will serve as a

seasonal home port to Voyager of the Seas and Nordic Empress.

'Cape Liberty Cruise Port is a fitting name as our guests will begin and end

their vacations with a marvelous view of the Statue of Liberty and lower

Manhattan,' says Adam Goldstein, executive vp brand operations for Royal

Caribbean International.

In December, Royal Caribbean signed a letter agreement with the Bayonne

Local Redevelopment Authority to construct and operate a new cruise port

facility on the former Bayonne Military Ocean Terminal peninsula, now called

The Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor. The location is 15 minutes from the Newark

airport and right off the New Jersey Turnpike.

Bayonne offers 'a lot of benefits,' according to Eric Ardolino, president of

A&S Travel in Wallingford, Conn., and a member of Vacation.com's advisory

board. No. 1, he tells Seatrade Insider: parking fees for drive clients will

be much lower than in New York City. Also, passengers won't have to fight

congestion and baggage/parking hassles at the West Side piers.

Voyager of the Seas and Nordic Empress will operate from Cape Liberty May

through October. Voyager's schedule alternates five-night Canada and

nine-night Caribbean cruises. Nordic Empress offers six- and eight-night

Bermuda itineraries. Royal Caribbean will use existing structures for the

immediate future. Long-term plans call for construction of a new cruise

terminal and supporting facilities.

[DaCruzNut]

They may call the new port anything they want to.....

..but, it's still NEWARK! :grin: :grin: :grin: