We received a lovely welcome. A band was playing on the dock, and there were volunteer greeters on the way out handing out maps, vouchers and advice. There is a railway line just outside the port, and the Metro people were also working overtime for us. I had planned to buy a one day train ticket but I wasn't going to get a Metrocard as they aren't regularly available at that station. However, when we got there, there were railway staff on hand selling special cruise Metrocards for $10 - a little cheaper than the full day pass. I got one of these, but Paul did even better - because he has an ACT Seniors travel card he got a free ticket.
The train wasn't too crowded, but it seemed that cruise travellers made up the vast majority of the passengers.
And when we got into the city there were even more volunteers helping with directions etc.
I didn't do too much in the end because I still wasn't feeling all that well - just had a wander about the mall, gathered up a supply of Diet Coke (they let you carry on up to 12 cans per cabin, but this actually ends up being 12 cans per person because they don't check "by cabin") and then came back to the dock. Paul stayed a little longer before he came back. There really wasn't enough time to do anything seriously interesting anyway; for some reason Royal Caribbean has planned this cruise so that there really isn't a long time in port anywhere.
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