R & R Carroll Posted March 9, 2022 #1 Share Posted March 9, 2022 For those of you who have done Oceania cruises that include Nova Scotia ports, are fresh local lobsters usually on the menu in the dining room or specialty restaurants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancruz Posted March 9, 2022 #2 Share Posted March 9, 2022 It depends on the Chef and if he goes shopping each time can be different..I suggest you have them for lunch on shore.. Jancruz1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avalong Posted March 9, 2022 #3 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Our cruise 5 or so years ago which included some Nova Scotia ports as well as Bar Harbor, Maine, had a lobster extravaganza one night, but it was in Bar Harbor, not Nova Scotia. I don't recall there being local lobsters brought aboard in Nova Scotia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R & R Carroll Posted March 9, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted March 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, Jancruz said: It depends on the Chef and if he goes shopping each time can be different..I suggest you have them for lunch on shore.. Jancruz1 Thank you Jan! Hope you are doing well. Shari is taking good care of us. We are on Oceania Insignia NYC to Montreal in September on the Jacques Pepin Luminary Cruise--so I am sure the food will be fabulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R & R Carroll Posted March 9, 2022 Author #5 Share Posted March 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, avalong said: Our cruise 5 or so years ago which included some Nova Scotia ports as well as Bar Harbor, Maine, had a lobster extravaganza one night, but it was in Bar Harbor, not Nova Scotia. I don't recall there being local lobsters brought aboard in Nova Scotia. Thank you avalong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cswhistler Posted March 10, 2022 #6 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On a cruise with O we did indeed get fresh lobsters in Bar Harbour (about 7 yrs ago), hopefully you will dock there as well. All of the guests who had the lobster ashore were amazed and said they wished they had waited. This was late May and it does have to be lobster season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancruz Posted March 10, 2022 #7 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I thought that was you RR..Glad to hear all is well..Stu and I love that trip and have done it a couple of times..I will check and see what you are doing next and see if we can join you.. Loving retirement and finally going on a cruise April 24 LAX to SFO and back then stay on and do LAX to Mexico and back.. Stay well.. Regards, Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted March 10, 2022 #8 Share Posted March 10, 2022 worthy of note is that the Lobster fishing had been poor in the last year and prices have soared so consider that. Used to be you could get 2 lobsters corn, a tater and roll for $24. Checked last week at is was 1 lobster So the economics of to day 2022 might need to be considered Purchase by the ship might be much more limited.... By the way.... Best prices and meals in Maine are Portland ME ( the porthole ) And Bar Harbor area Ruth and Wimpies) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R & R Carroll Posted March 10, 2022 Author #9 Share Posted March 10, 2022 15 hours ago, cswhistler said: On a cruise with O we did indeed get fresh lobsters in Bar Harbour (about 7 yrs ago), hopefully you will dock there as well. All of the guests who had the lobster ashore were amazed and said they wished they had waited. This was late May and it does have to be lobster season. Thank you cswhistler. We are not going to Bar Harbour but I know from experience how good ME lobsters are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R & R Carroll Posted March 10, 2022 Author #10 Share Posted March 10, 2022 11 hours ago, Jancruz said: I thought that was you RR..Glad to hear all is well..Stu and I love that trip and have done it a couple of times..I will check and see what you are doing next and see if we can join you.. Loving retirement and finally going on a cruise April 24 LAX to SFO and back then stay on and do LAX to Mexico and back.. Stay well.. Regards, Jan Jan, we would love to have you join us on a cruise. After this one, our next is April 2023 aboard Vista, the Canary Islands Explorer-Barcelona-Lisbon. Very happy you are enjoying retirement. I also recently retired and am loving it--no idea how I ever found time to work... Enjoy your April cruise---it will be so amazingly wonderful to be back cruising again! Roseann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R & R Carroll Posted March 10, 2022 Author #11 Share Posted March 10, 2022 38 minutes ago, Hawaiidan said: worthy of note is that the Lobster fishing had been poor in the last year and prices have soared so consider that. Used to be you could get 2 lobsters corn, a tater and roll for $24. Checked last week at is was 1 lobster So the economics of to day 2022 might need to be considered Purchase by the ship might be much more limited.... By the way.... Best prices and meals in Maine are Portland ME ( the porthole ) And Bar Harbor area Ruth and Wimpies) Thank you Hawaiidan for the recommendations. This cruise is not stopping in ME, but we are from Cape Cod and frequently go to ME. While our lobsters here on the Cape are good, they are much better in ME and we are looking forward to trying them further north. I agree about the price of lobster (and everything else) we have not purchased any since early September. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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