Jamman54

We begin our walk over to Market Square. The streets around the waterfront area are quite hilly….. Saint John High School is across from the Cruise Terminal, and up one block…. If you want to walk to the Reversing Falls, it’s only 3.4 KM away….. This lobster place has been here forever. Excellent lobster rolls! A couple of souvenir shops across the street….. Here is the Carnival Legend docked in Saint John….. The whole waterfront area between the Cruise Terminal and the Market Square has been stripped clean. Gone are the Craft Market and the Moose Statue that we used to pose with. The whole area is being revitalized into Fundy Quay….. To be continued……

We were docked at 7:45 am. It is 50 degrees out now, and it will be going up to around 70 degrees later on today. I head down to the Legends Café to grab a coffee and today’s “Fun Times”…… Saint John has a sign up on the hill, much like the one in Hollywood, but on a much smaller scale. Just for a point of reference, the Reversing Falls are where those plumes of steam in the distance are….. Around 9 am we head up to the Lido for breakfast. About an hour later, we head off the ship and into the Cruise Terminal….. We have no excursions booked today. Our plan is to walk around the Waterfront and Market areas, and of course, visit my Husband Daycare in Saint John, Rocky’s Sports Bar. The first thing we noticed as we left the terminal building, is that the huge tent that housed all the vendors is gone, replaced by this new Waterfront Container Village. We’ll check this out in more detail later on….. To be continued…..

On the opposite side of the river from Saint John, it is heavily industrialized….. The fog seems to be retreating up the Saint John River, allowing us to dock safely….. We will be docking on the starboard side, so we won’t have the city views from our balcony….. To be continued…..

Day # 11 - 9/7/22 - Saint John, NB (8 am – 4 pm). We were up at 6:30 am, awakened by the dreaded fog horn. Looking outside, we can see that we were sailing through a fog bank. The fog horn only lasted about five minutes, thankfully, and then we were out of the fog. Here are the views forward and aft from our balcony. In the aft view, you can see the fog bank that we sailed through….. We are sailing in the Bay of Fundy, and as we get closer to Saint John, we pass the Partridge Island Lighthouse……. Looking forward, we can see another fog bank on the Saint John River, where we will be docking….. To be continued…….

Also want to add that we are booked on the Vista out of Port Canaveral in April 2024 that stops in Aruba and Bonaire. 😎

The next contestant selected was Christine B…… Christine B. wound up winning $200….. We won one of the $25 Bingo packages...... Afterwards, we went up to Lido for some dinner. Patti had a turkey wrap and fries, and I had a pepperoni pizza….. We stopped and grabbed some frozen yogurt to bring back to the cabin. Here is tonight’s towel animal….. Coming up next: Heading to a SUNNY Saint John!

At 7 pm we made our way to the Follies Theater for tonight’s games of Deal or no Deal…… We have our cards, and our drinks….. The show is hosted by our Cruise Director Gabe….. The first contestant is James L. They were constantly blowing fog across the stage, making it difficult to get good pictures….. James L. wound up winning $100….. To be continued…..

Like that location. Have to keep that in mind when we do our super road trip late 2024 or early 2025.

Who left that toilet seat up!

Since we do our reviews "after the fact", our process is different from those that do the "live" reviews. While on the cruise, Patti or I, (mostly Patti) take our pictures using our Canon camera. We try, at the end of each day, to download the pictures we took to our laptop. Once there, I can discard, resize, crop, the pictures at my leisure. I also keep a journal with bullet notes on a daily basis, which helps me match up the pictures to the events. Once home, I finish checking out all of the pictures, and then upload them to our hosting site. That done, I can then start to post the review. First, I choose what pictures I will be posting for each page of the review. I'll usually do between 2 and 8 pages at a time. Once the pictures are selected, I then type my text into word. When I'm ready to post, I copy my text from Word in first, and then download my pictures from my hosting site one at a time, paying attention that I do get separation between each picture. Yes, it is a lot of work, but well worth it to us. Having a space between pictures really makes a difference, but I really have no idea how the process works using your phone. I'm sure Saint Greg and others will chime in.

We are sailing out past the rugged shoreline of Maine, and leaving Portland behind…. The Pilot Boat is making it’s run….. I head back to the cabin. We are now back out at sea, and the weather looks like it’s starting to break….. To be continued…..

The Pilot Boat is waiting for us….. We are approaching the Portland Head Light. Here’s some history on the Portland Head Light: The Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in the state of Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keepers' house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park. Construction began in 1787 at the directive of George Washington, and was completed on January 10, 1791 using a fund of 1,500 dollars established by him. Whale oil lamps were originally used for illumination. In 1855, following formation of the Lighthouse Board, a fourth-order Fresnel lens was installed; that lens was replaced by a second-order Fresnel lens, which was replaced later by an aero beacon in 1958. That lens was updated with a DCB-224 aero beacon in 1991. Source = Wikipedia. To be continued…..

Since the Portland Head Light would be on the starboard side as we sailed out, I decided to brave the elements and go up on deck until we were out at sea. Patti was having none of that! Yep, it was still raining when I stepped outside, but not as hard. I do have an overhang, so that helped a little….. I’m taking a look back at Portland….. Looking at the shoreline on the starboard side of the ship….. To be continued…..

Thanks Jam!

Here are some more pictures of House Island and Fort Scammel….. Looking forward towards the Portland Head Light and the open ocean…… To be continued……

Here are some more views from our balcony on the port side of the ship as we cruise through Casco Bay…… We are cruising past House Island and another fort. This is Fort Scammel and here is some history: House Island is a private island in Portland Harbor in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. It is part of the City of Portland. The island is only accessible by boat. Public access is prohibited, except for an on request tour sanctioned by the island's owners. House Island includes three buildings on the east side and Fort Scammell on the west side. The buildings are used as summer residences. The island's name derives from the site of an early European house, believed that built by Capt. Christopher Levett, an English explorer of the region. On June 21, 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported the island for sale for $4.9m. Source = Wikipedia. To be continued…..

Thank you very much! We have six Carnival cruises booked for next year. We have a S2S booked in January. Freedom (Eastern) & Spirit (Southern). We have a B2B booked on the Celebration in April, (Eastern & Western), and finally a B2B on the Magic from New York, (Eastern & Canada).

Stop and take a picture of the bathrooms!

We've been to Portland several times before this, and this was the first time we had bad weather. The two sunny Canada stops made up for the weather in Boston and Portland!

God, I remember those days. Thanks for the flashback!

We are sailing past one of the marinas….. The Carnival Legend sails into the Casco Bay…… This next group of pictures were taken as we sailed past Fort Gorges. Here’s a little history: Fort Gorges is a former United States military fort built on Hog Island Ledge in Casco Bay, Maine. Built from 1858 to 1864, no battles were fought there and no troops were stationed there. Advancing military technology, including iron clad ships and long range guns, made the fort obsolete before it could be used. The fort is now a park, accessible only by boat. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Source = Wikipedia. To be continued……

Water taxis and ferries are used to shuttle people around town and to other towns….. The Carnival Legend spins around to sail out of the harbor. We are now sailing past the Norwegian Breakaway, which was also in port today….. To be continued…..

We head up to the Lido for breakfast. Afterwards, we head back to the cabin to wait for the rain to let up. Patti spent the time reading, while I worked on yesterday’s Boston pictures. 11 am came and went, and the rain never let up. At 1 pm we decided that we would not be leaving the ship today. We were a bit bummed, but it wouldn’t have been much fun out in the rain. We were hungry again, so up to the Lido we went. Patti grabbed a sandwich from the deli, and also made herself a salad. I went to my favorite, Chopsticks, for some Chinese food. We went over to visit Argee at the Red Frog Rum Bar for a couple of drinks, and then back to the cabin to relax until sail away. The Carnival Legend sailed right at 5 pm, and since a light rain was still falling, we decided to watch from our balcony. Here are a few views of Portland before we sailed….. It’s time to throw the lines….. The Carnival Legend backs out into the harbor…. To be continued….

I'm trying to educate everyone. Thanks for being a great student!

I know that cruise ships have been going there for quite a few years. Imagine two ships being there like there were when we were there. The other was the Norwegian Breakaway.