I guess it depends what kind of thing you like doing. I'm usually happy with a bit of a tour of the port and the surrounding area just to get to know the place.
I particularly enjoyed the hop on hop off in Boston. Very informative guides driving the trolley buses. By contrast the Big Red Bus hop on hop off in New York is awful. I really don't think P&O should associate themselves with them. The drivers aren't helpful, many don't speak English, the guys at the stops selling tickets are recently arrived from Ghana and are working on commission only and don't know New York well at all. I would say they're being exploited. My one bus was smelly and not clean.The day time tour of New York is good, it goes to the World Trade Centre memorial. The evening one is good too, it goes over to Brooklyn to see the NY skyline lit up at night and then free time in Times Square. Have a Manhattan cocktail in Manhattan!
I really enjoyed the trip to Kennebunkport. Have a beer and a lobster roll on the boat moored in their little harbour which has been converted into a bar. Lovely people too.
There's nothing in Illes de la Madeleine. I wouldn't spend any money on an excursion there. To be honest if I went again, I probably wouldn't bother to get off the ship. Many of the Canadian stops on this cruise are very low key, but I enjoyed the tour of Acadia National Park and Cape Breton.
I've hopped around a bit there! So any other questions just ask.
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