Oct 12 cruise from Toronto??

[joejenna1]

Has anyone ever heard of an 18 day cruise on the crown princes that starts in Toronto and ends in Ft Lauderdale? Ive seen in on cruise.com but it is not on the princes website. It sails Oct12.

[Toto2Kansas]

Makes me wonder if that isn't an error on that website, as there is no cruise or even a combination of cruises, for the Crown in October for that many days sailing (I just checked). If it doesn't show up on Princess.com and you can't find cruises that when combined equal to that amount of days over that date, I would contact the website and enquire if this sailing isn't posted in error.

[mississauga]

I don't think that it is possible for a cruise to depart from Toronto. There is no way that a cruise ship of any size would be able to get in to Lake Ontario.

[paul929207]

I don't think that it is possible for a cruise to depart from Toronto. There is no way that a cruise ship of any size would be able to get in to Lake Ontario.

That is my thought too.

[mississauga]

Has anyone ever heard of an 18 day cruise on the crown princes that starts in Toronto and ends in Ft Lauderdale? Ive seen in on cruise.com but it is not on the princes website. It sails Oct12.

 

Makes me wonder if that isn't an error on that website, as there is no cruise or even a combination of cruises, for the Crown in October for that many days sailing (I just checked). If it doesn't show up on Princess.com and you can't find cruises that when combined equal to that amount of days over that date, I would contact the website and enquire if this sailing isn't posted in error.

 

There is a 13 day cruise from Quebec City to Fort Lauderdale. Maybe they are combining a landtour of 5 days from Toronto to Quebec City and then passengers would board the Crown Princess on the 17th.

[dog]

I see someone posted at the same time... from Quebec City after a 5 day land tour.

[ggprincess2004]

There is a Princess cruise that departs from Quebec City.....I think that is the Crown repo down to FLL. Might want to take a look at that one.

 

Apparently great minds think alike, at the same time.

[Kamloops50]

Has anyone ever heard of an 18 day cruise on the crown princes that starts in Toronto and ends in Ft Lauderdale? Ive seen in on cruise.com but it is not on the princes website. It sails Oct12.

 

The locks on the St lawrence Seaway are to small to handle cruise ships.

Toronto doesn't have a dock that is equipped for cruise ships . Are you thinking of Montreal or Quebec City ? Maybe it is a local cruise line that does cruises on the Great lakes.

[Toto2Kansas]

There is a 13 day cruise from Quebec City to Fort Lauderdale. Maybe they are combining a landtour of 5 days from Toronto to Quebec City and then passengers would board the Crown Princess on the 17th.

 

Now that is possible. ;)

[Maraprince]

This sounds like a combo of a pre cruise land tour and then the cruise starts. Princess did something like that before on a sailing that combined a land tour going down the east coast and then sailed out of Red Hook.

 

We got all excited about it until, like you, we could find no sailing date that matched up with it. The actual sail date was the regular 9 day voyage out of NY with the pre land tour added on.

 

 

MARAPRINCE

[Jeff_R]

Btw, Quebec City is a really wonderful experience. I go there several times per year to visit clients and in the summer it is really wonderful. It's really the closest thing we have to "old Europe" here in North America.

 

I'd highly recommend a visit if you haven't been. A cruise out of Quebec City would be a great start to your vacation.

[RubberCityRebel]

There is a 13 day cruise from Quebec City to Fort Lauderdale. Maybe they are combining a landtour of 5 days from Toronto to Quebec City and then passengers would board the Crown Princess on the 17th.

 

We have a Winner!

 

Go to Princess.com, Select Find and Compare Cruises, Select Seach Cruisetours, Select Canada and New England.

 

You'll see a few Land Tour cruise combos, including...

 

Maple Explorer - Tour 2B

Travel Sequence: Tour first, then Cruise

Ship: Crown Princess

Voyage Departure Port: Quebec City, Quebec

Number of Days: 18 (13 cruise, 5 tour)

Departure Date(s):

2010 - Oct 12

 

Itinerary

Day Destination

1 Toronto Arrive and enjoy an evening at leisure. Overnight at the Fairmont Royal York.

 

2 Toronto Meet your fellow passengers at a welcome breakfast. Then it's off to Niagara Falls and a boat cruise on the Maid of the Mist to the base of the falls. Overnight at the Fairmont Royal York. (B,L)

 

3 Toronto/Ottawa Enjoy a picturesque cruise through the gorgeous Thousand Islands. Then, head to the capital city of Ottawa. Overnight at the Westin Ottawa. (B)

 

4 Ottawa/Montebello A morning tour takes you to sights like the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Take in the scenery on the way to Montebello. Overnight at the historic Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello. (B,D)

 

5 Montebello/Montreal A leisurely motorcoach ride through the Canadian countryside takes you to Montreal. Enjoy sightseeing to the French Quarter and Notre Dame. Overnight at the Delta Centre-Ville Hotel. (B)

 

6 Montreal/Quebec City After breakfast, motorcoach to your awaiting ship in Quebec City. Stop enroute at at traditional Sugar Cabin. (B)

 

Port Arrival Departure

 

6 Quebec City, Quebec

7 Quebec City, Quebec 5:00 PM

8 Ville Saguenay, Quebec 7:00 AM 4:00 PM

9 At Sea

10 Halifax, Nova Scotia 8:00 AM 5:00 PM

11 Bar Harbor, Maine 7:00 AM 6:00 PM

12 Boston, Massachusetts 7:00 AM 4:00 PM

13 Newport, Rhode Island 9:00 AM 6:00 PM

14 New York City (Manhattan or Brooklyn), New York 8:00 AM 5:00 PM

15 Norfolk, Virginia 12:00 PM 8:00 PM

16 At Sea

17 Charleston, South Carolina 7:00 AM 5:00 PM

18 At Sea

19 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 7:00 AM

[Jeff_R]

That's a great itinerary...everything they have listed there for the land tour portion in Canada is excellent. The hotels are all top notch hotels as well.

2 days in Quebec City is lovely, the Montreal Notre Dame Cathedral is breathtaking, the Ottawa Museum of Civilization....wow.

[Hapytocruise]

Just adding some comments to the road trip part of the itinary...(I live very close to Toronto)

 

Number of Days: 18 (13 cruise, 5 tour)

Departure Date(s):

2010 - Oct 12

 

Itinerary

Day Destination

1 Toronto Arrive and enjoy an evening at leisure. Overnight at the Fairmont Royal York. Lovely historic hotel downtown Toronto - very close to good shopping and great restaurants.

 

2 Toronto Meet your fellow passengers at a welcome breakfast. Then it's off to Niagara Falls and a boat cruise on the Maid of the Mist to the base of the falls. Overnight at the Fairmont Royal York. (B,L) IF you have already done Niagara Falls - you might want to consider renting a car and driving to the Niagara Wine region (stopping in at some of the award winning winerys along with a visit to Niagara On The Lake (a beautiful small village type town down the road from Niagara Falls) interesting touristy shopping and lots of interesting little restaurants. Beautiful views of the Niagara river.

 

3 Toronto/Ottawa Enjoy a picturesque cruise through the gorgeous Thousand Islands. Then, head to the capital city of Ottawa. Overnight at the Westin Ottawa. (B) Never stayed at that Hotel - but have been many times to Ottawa and the parliment buildings in Ottawa are a beautiful and interesting site to see..also Ottawa has good shopping.

 

4 Ottawa/Montebello A morning tour takes you to sights like the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Take in the scenery on the way to Montebello. Overnight at the historic Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello. (B,D) Have stayed here twice and it is an amazingly beautiful countryside property.

 

5 Montebello/Montreal A leisurely motorcoach ride through the Canadian countryside takes you to Montreal. Enjoy sightseeing to the French Quarter and Notre Dame. Overnight at the Delta Centre-Ville Hotel. (B)

 

6 Montreal/Quebec City After breakfast, motorcoach to your awaiting ship in Quebec City. Stop enroute at at traditional Sugar Cabin. (B)