BluesCruise Posted June 22, 2017 #1 Share Posted June 22, 2017 I've seen "meh" ratings on some of the eastern Canada cruises. Which lines do it better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailBadtheSinner Posted June 22, 2017 #2 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Where do you want to depart from and cruise length? You could use Find a Cruise (at the top of page) to see what cruises are available. SBtS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesCruise Posted June 23, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I'm not looking for a specific cruise. I want to know which cruise lines people had used for this area and their experience was more positive than "meh". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailBadtheSinner Posted June 24, 2017 #4 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Most returnees from a C/NE cruise never come back to this forum. My suggestion is to visit the Reviews board. I just did that for HAL's Veendam, and you can just change the filters to other cruise ships/CLs. You may not be aware, but HAL is the only mass market cruise lines that includes Montreal as a port of call or departure port. There are up scale cruise lines which have Montreal as a port of call or departure port but they are longer cruises, 10 nights or more. HAL has 3 cruise ships that have Montreal in their itinerary -.Veendam, Maasdam, and Rotterdam. You could always do a land vacation to Montreal before or after a cruise that departs from or ends in Quebec. SBtS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairsin Posted June 26, 2017 #5 Share Posted June 26, 2017 You might want to look at Seabourn as well as they have some fall cruises from Montreal to Boston. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise_More_Often Posted June 27, 2017 #6 Share Posted June 27, 2017 I've cruised on both the Maasdam and Veendam on the Montreal to Boston itinerary (Montreal, Quebec City, Charlottetown, PEI, Sydney NS, Halifax NS, Bar Harbor, Boston), and I loved it and both of the ships. I would never call that itinerary meh. It's drop-dead gorgeous, and I would have trouble picking out which of the ports was my favorite. We had been on CA/NE itineraries twice before those--once on the NCL Jewel, which was a NYC round-trip cruise, and once on the Eurodam, which started in NYC and ended in Quebec City. We love Montreal, though, so that city is now a "must" for our CA/NE cruises. And we definitely will go again. If you have specific questions, please ask, and if you want to see some photos, click on the link in my signature. I haven't yet added those from our latest cruise (Veendam in May). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryann ns Posted June 30, 2017 #7 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Perhaps more important than the ship are the ports and the time in the ports. Some of the companies skimp on both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeasley Posted June 30, 2017 #8 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I've cruised on both the Maasdam and Veendam on the Montreal to Boston itinerary (Montreal, Quebec City, Charlottetown, PEI, Sydney NS, Halifax NS, Bar Harbor, Boston), and I loved it and both of the ships. I would never call that itinerary meh. It's drop-dead gorgeous, and I would have trouble picking out which of the ports was my favorite. We had been on CA/NE itineraries twice before those--once on the NCL Jewel, which was a NYC round-trip cruise, and once on the Eurodam, which started in NYC and ended in Quebec City. We love Montreal, though, so that city is now a "must" for our CA/NE cruises. And we definitely will go again. If you have specific questions, please ask, and if you want to see some photos, click on the link in my signature. I haven't yet added those from our latest cruise (Veendam in May). I did the same cruise on the Maasdam during the summer of 2011 and it was wonderful! It was my first HAL cruise and it was chosen because I wanted to visit PEI and Princess only stops there on 10 day sailings. I would highly suggest this cruise---the ports were all wonderful and HAL is a great cruiseline. Another plus is that you start in Montreal and end in Boston so if time allows, you can spend a day or two in each place before and after your cruise. I plan on repeating the cruise in a few years when my children are a little older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted July 2, 2017 #9 Share Posted July 2, 2017 We're sailing Zuiderdam Quebec to New York - two days in Quebec (which is much more interesting than Montreal) pre-cruise then three Canadian and three US ports before Manhattan - about an hour from home. It looks like a great itinerary and we have always found HAL's comfort, food, service and atmosphere to be superior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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