CRu1853!!

Thanks for all of the good ideas!

Hey all,

Going to be in Boston the end of April with Canada/New England cruise. I am looking for recommendations for best walking tours, possibly the Freedom Trail. We plan on doing the HOHO trolley tour also.

Thanks.

On 1/9/2019 at 8:02 AM, 138east said:

The Old Town Trolley has a connector trolley that stops near the pier at stop 17A. https://www.trolleytours.com/boston/map

 

It takes you to Stop1 where you can transfer to the main trolley loop.

 

The Silver Line bus stops near the pier.  For $2.75 you can go to South Station to do a free transfer to the Red Line subway.  The Red Line will take you to Park Street for the Boston Common and the beginning of the Freedom Trail.  The Red Line also goes directly to Harvard Square and has free transfers to the Orange and Green lines to go elsewhere in Boston.  https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/maps/2018-04-map-rapid-transit-key-bus-v31a.pdf

 

Lots of possibilities.  If you want to go elsewhere, post back for suggestions.  If you want to go out to the Constitution, the suggestion is to do that first by Uber and work your way back via MBTA water taxi, walking back to the Common, and Red Line/Silver Line back to the port.

We’ll be in Boston from 0800 till 1800. We are thinking of doing the HOHO for the full circuit then maybe take it around again getting off in the areas we want to spend more time. We would like to walk some of the Freedom Trail and have lunch at a “local” restaurant. We are more into history of the area.

Thanks for ideas.

My husband and I had an overnight stay in Anchorage after our Denali/Yukon cruise tour in August 2018. 

Don’t know if this is your situation. We left our luggage at the hotel, used a car rental company that picked us up at the hotel and drove us to their office site.

We then drove along the Seward Highway to see the sights. We drove back to hotel to pick up luggage, back to car rental company, then they drove us to the airport. Thrifty car rental on Spenard. 

Hope this may help.

Thanks to everyone that have left questions, answers, and suggestions on this post I started.

👍🏻😀

Cruising with Holland end of April. Looking for info/ideas for touring on our own and any Hop on Hop off trolley ideas.

Thanks

Thanks for the ideas. We have never done a DIY tour before but may be time to start.

Thanks again

Thanks to all of you for the terrific ideas. Very appreciated. 

Hello all, I know some may tell me to go to the board for the Canada/New England cruises but I am looking for specific info from HAL cruisers.

DH and I are doing the 10 day cruise in April and choosing our excursions. I am looking for any yeas/nays on the following tours:

Bar Harbor:

Acadia National Park and lobster bake

An intimate look at Acadia National Park

Halifax:

Explore the ocean floor

Historic Lunenburg

O Canada Eh? A small group tour

Sidney, Nova Scotia:

 Relive history at the fortress of Louisbourg

Charlottetown, PEI:

Charlottetown on your own GPS

Fun with Falcons

Island drive and Anne of Green Gables

Quebec:

A walk through Old Quebec

Thank you ahead of time, I know this is long but any ideas and comments are appreciated.

I appreciate all of the info from everyone. Husband and I will be taking the Zaandam end of April from Ft. Lauderdale to Montreal and all comments really help.

We were just there in August. Flew in the day before boarding. We stayed at the Pan Pacific. Pricey? Yes but it was a beautiful hotel. We walked to Gastown and had great dinner at Old Spaghetti Factory. Next morning we could look out right to the ship, and went right down by elevator to the cruise terminal.

That’s me too - CRu1853!!

We only cruise to Scagway then it’s on to the Yukon and Denali.

Can’t wait!

Thanks for all the good wishes.

Nieuw Amsterdam Aug. 18, 2018

Alaska/Yukon cruise tour

CRu1853!!

Congratulations on getting a Neptune Suite.

Enjoy it!

Hope you have a wonderful cruise.

Thanks so much.

Hi,

DH and I are taking a HAL Canada/New England cruise in 2019 leaving from Fort Lauderdale. Looking for opinions concerning port or starboard. We will be getting an ocean view due to the promotion that was offered.

Thanks for comments.

Thanks to all for the congratulations and good wishes! We are sssoooo looking forward to this but I will definitely be taking my Bonine

Congratulations on your upgrade.

Have a fabulous cruise cruise in the Neptune Suite.

Thanks:D

Congratulations! We cruised in a Neptune Suite to Alaska last month, and LOVED it. The space is great. We were just steps away from the Neptune Lounge. We got such a deal that I am sure it is the one and only time we will be sailing in one. It is going to greatly enhance your cruise. ENJOY!

Thanks, looking forward to it

Had a wrap around for the Panama Canal cruise. You will love it. Make sure you advantage of the Neptune Lounge. It is what makes a difference

 

 

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Thanks, will do.

Con grtula tions. Hope you really enjoy your Neptune .

 

 

What were the questions you were so careful to ask?

I wanted to make sure gratuities didn’t change since we had prepaid, and our cruise protection. These were mentioned in the small print. Thanks

I don’t mean to be snooty 😂 about this, but we were just offered an upgrade to a Neptune suite from a Signature suite, YEA. Well, we took it and are now in an aft wraparound cabin for our Alaska land/cruise tour.

Down side is I will probably now be really spoiled. 🙁

After reading posts on CC I believe I was able to ask the right questions before finalizing the change. So looking forward to this!

Mike this was really a terrific review. Husband and I are doing an Alaska/Yukon cruise tour in August and I appreciate all of the details you shared about areas we will be in.

You have a great sense of humor!

Thank you all for the ideas. Looked online at car rental agencies and some of the big names had none available.

May use Dollar or Thrifty by using AAA.

If check out from hotel is around 1000 we will have around 6 hours before we need to be at airport.

Thanks for the great ideas.