Portland Maine and Final Day of the Cruise

Friday October 11th. We just debarked from the cruise ship and were off the ship at 7:30 this am. Yesterday our port stop was Portland, Maine. Because Portland was our first stop back in the U.S., we were required to go through immigration after arrival. The ship arrived at 10:30 am, but the immigration process …

Halifax Port Day

Today is the final day of the cruise. We are docking in Portland Maine around 11am. Since this is the first U.S. port, we have to do an immigration process. Yesterday was Halifax. We love Halifax and have been before. We wanted to do something different this time. We had coffee in Cafe el Baccio …

Sea Day and Review of Day 2 in Quebec City

It is Monday, October 7th, Day number 8 of our New England cruise. Today is our last sea day of the trip. We have 3 port stops remaining in Sydney, Halifax, and Portland, Maine. We don’t have any excursions booked in Sydney so we may just stay on the ship tomorrow. We had to set …

Quebec City, Day 1

Sunday, October 6th. It is day 2 on the cruise in Quebec city. We had a great day yesterday. Breakfast was in Tuscan grill. We both got the smoked salmon plate with the mini bagel and coffee. We watched sail in yesterday morning. As we approached the city we could see Montmoncery Falls in the …

Review of our day in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

t’s friday, October 4th, Day 5 of the cruise. Yesterday was a port day in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Isand. It was another beautiful day. We got off the ship around 11:30 and headed over to the Peakes Quay area for lunch. We got a lobster roll from Dave’s lobster. We chose to get the 1/2 …

Day 2, Boston

Welcome to the last day of September 2024! I am sitting by the window with a beautiful early morning view of Boston. This is cruise day! We have a 2pm boarding time, but I am going to board early so I can make my specialty dining reservations. Dinner tonight will likely be in the main …

Made it to Boston!

It is Sunday, September 29th. We made it to Boston. In terminal B of CVG, I stopped at Fifth third. I was really impressed with their new lounge area for customers. They have really nice sitting areas with lots of charging stations. They have a few booths with tables and even a few closed private …

Trip to New England, New England and Canada Cruise

Hi all. We are about to embark on an 11 night voyage to New England and Canada. Our adventure will start with 2 nights in Boston at the Hyatt Regency Boston. We booked the room with Hyatt points and have used a suite certificate to upgrade to a an executive suite. We stayed at this …