RED HOOK — THIS APRIL WILL BE the last month the gigantic 5,700-passenger MSC Meraviglia cruise ship will berth at the Red Hook Cruise Terminal, as the Brooklyn Eagle has reported. As the Meraviglia sails off, however, another ocean liner, half the size, is sailing in.
Virgin Voyage’s adult-only Valiant Lady will embark and disembark in Red Hook in April, September and October 2026 before it, too, heads elsewhere, according to CruiseHive.
Two out of the three berths at the Manhattan cruise terminal are out of commission, and many passengers find the logistics of Red Hook traffic and parking to be daunting, sending passenger ships to alternate destinations like Miami.
The replacement of the Meraviglia with the smaller Valiant Lady should bring some relief, at least temporarily, to residents of the Columbia Waterfront District and Red Hook, where streets are brought to a standstill every time thousands of passengers embark or disembark at once.
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