We arrived on a cruise, the cruise arrived at 10am and we had until 8pm (must be back on cruise by 7:30pm). We rented a car for the day and drove to Peggy’s Cove and Lunenburg. Peggy’s Cove Peggy’s cove is about a 45 mins drive from Halifax. It is said to be the most […]
We arrived on a cruise, the cruise arrived at 6am and we had until 4pm (must be back on cruise by 3:30pm). We rented a car for the day and drove to Saint Martin Sea Cave and Fundy Trail Parkway. Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world. Saint Martin Sea Cave Check […]
This was not our first time in Portland, arriving on a cruise ship we decided to take the ferry to peaks island for a couple hours. Light houses While sailing into Portland we passed by the many light houses Portland Head Lighthouse Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse Bud Light lighthouse Peaks Island Ferry to Peaks Island […]
We arrived on cruise ship, this was a tender port, the tender drops off at Newport Hi-Speed Ferry (Perrotti Park). From there it’s about 5 minutes walk to Rhode Island Public Transit where trolly are available. During our visit summer of 22, the 67 hop on hop off trolly was free. Our cruise arrived at […]
This was a last-minute trip for us, leaving out of New York City made this an easy itinerary. Ports of Call Newport, Rhode Island Portland, Maine Bar Harbor, Maine (Acadia National Park) Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Click here for picture book Cruising out of NYC View of New York, New Jersey and […]
Brownes beach/Pebbles beach From cruise port we took a shuttle to Brownes Beach/Pebbles Beach area and walked back to cruise port after. Back to Summary
Dickenson Bay Beach From cruise port we took a taxi to take us to Dickenson Bay Beach, the taxi offered to pick us up later at a prearranged time, but we weren’t sure how long we’d stay at the beach and it’s walkable to cruise port so we declined the return trip. After spending some […]
Info St. Martin is governed by 2 countries, French side in the North (Saint Martin) and Dutch side in the south (Sint Maarten). Car rental We rented a car from Rodael Rental, they pick up from the cruise terminal and drive you to/from their rental office which is 5 mins drive from the cruise terminal. […]
NCL Epic from Puerto Rico This is our first time on a cruise since Covid Pandemic, NCL required all passengers to be vaccinated and masks were required. We expected there might be itinerary change due to covid and it did happen. We missed 3 of our scheduled ports and ended up going to St. Martin […]
Old San Juan 2021 – Second visit This is the second time we visited Puerto Rico. We are taking a cruise from Puerto Rico so have 1 day pre cruise and 1 day post cruse. We stayed at Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino (by the convention center and NCL cruise port). Took the shuttle […]