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This is a great report. Thank you for all the information. The pictures are awesome!! Dawn

I overlooked that...thank you so much for all your help. 😀

The Victoria Coach Station. I know where the Station is, just not sure where in the Station to go.

I am not on the ship yet. This is to get to the ship.

I have purchased a transfer through Carnival to get from London to the port of Dover on September1, 2023. I haven't received any information from them with meeting information. Does anyone know any of the information? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Dawn

I will be on the ship for the October 16th cruise. I am wondering how early we can disembark if we don’t have a flight? We are going to be catching a ferry to Salem that morning and I am trying to figure out what time I should pick. Obviously, we would like to be on the 9:30 ferry but I don't know if we would have enough time. Also, we don’t want to carry our own luggage off. Any suggestions? Thanks. How

Thanks for posting. We are on this cruise on October 16th so I am eagerly following along.😀

Hey Scoup...my group of 4 is going on the 18th as well! See you onboard. Dawn

This will be my first time there so I am not sure. We plan on doing the summit first and then adding in stops based on available time/battery usage. We are also thinking about maybe adding an hour if necessary and if the car is available

CAN THE GEM’S GET UP CADILLAC MOUNTAIN? Yes! Going to the top of Cadillac is the highlight of any visit to Acadia. You will need a reservation for the mountain and at least 4 bars of battery showing on the dashboard meter. You can reserve your entry at www.rec.gov. If you get to the base of the mountain with less than 4 bars you can return to the GEM garage for a fresh vehicle if there is one available. Also we ask that you coast down the mountain as much as possible as that generates electricity and re-charges the batteries. We have had lots of customers tour the Park Loop Road and then climb Cadillac on a single charge. Air temperature, and number of passengers are both variables that impact the range of our electric vehicles. Please call us with any questions. I just found this information on the GEM website for anyone worrying that the GEM won't make it to the summit. 🙂

Hey Jenny...one of the main things we wanted to do was the summit so I went ahead and booked our pass ($6). Like you, I am waiting until we get there to get the park pass ($30). I am actually excited about renting the cars...it's definitely something unique. 😀

Hey Empty...I decided to book the GEM electric cars. After reading about them, I am really excited about it. We are planning to do the Cadillac Mountain Summit...I have already booked our pass. I'm not really worried about the charge because we are going to do this first and we will add the other stops based on our usage. We booked for 4 hours so that we will still have time for shopping, lunch, etc when we get back to town. Good luck with your planning. 😀

Thanks for all the wonderful information everyone! I think that we have decided to rent the GEM as well. It really looks like it will be fun and gives us the flexibility that we wanted. Thanks again!!

I am going to be visiting Bar Harbor on October 17th on the Voyager of the Seas. I have just recently booked this cruise and I am looking at excursions. I am interested in visiting Acadia National Park. Since I am late booking, it seems that most of the excursions, through the ship and private excursion companies, are booked. I have also looked at using the Island Explorer for the Park but the website says that the services will not be running past October 10th. Renting a car is not really an option for us. My question is this...how can I see the summit of Cadillac Mountain and Thunder Hole? Would it be possible to take an Uber or taxi? There will be 4 of us in the group. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Dawn