This cruise really surprised me!
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- čas přidán 13. 11. 2023
- I grew up in New England and thought a cruise to this region wasn't worth the effort, but this cruise really surprised me just how much I loved visiting Canada and Maine.
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I’ve only been on 10 cruises but the New England/Canada was our whole family’s favorite cruise. We loved it. Sailed out of Baltimore and it was the easiest port to cruise out of. Definitely recommend.
Even as someone who lives in Canada, this is a cruise we want to do one day. Canada is so large that we have never been to the East Coast.Where we live it’s mostly very hot and humid until October sometimes. We are experiencing most of the Fall colors now, in November. I’d love to do that earlier in the Fall.
Really intrigued!
This cruise was so much fun. And, I agree that it was great to do something different from the norm.
Me and my daughter just did Liberty of the seas out of Bayonne from Oct 19th to the 28th. We were to early for the full fall foliage which was a surprise and a disappointment. However it was still such a wonderful cruise. Boston rained all day but our ghost and gravestones excursion was great as was Quincy Market. Bar Harbor was such a great little town and Portland was cool too. Though next time we'll do some excursions to nature parks. Both Canada stops, Halifax and St Johns were so nice. St Johns was our favorite port overall. We both agreed we would move there if we could!
So did we! It was great!
People often say this about St.John & also Vancouver, falling in love after just one visit. Can’t wait to see this part of Canada one day!
I've lived in the Boston area since 1998. October, April are the two months with the most rain; March gets a lot of wet weather combining rain, sleet, and snow. Best time to visit Boston is May and June.
My family visited the Bay of Fundy, largest port city is St. John, New Brunswick on a road trip in 1991. It is famous for its dramatic tides, over thirty feet between high and low tide; also there is fantastic North Atlantic whale watching. Whale Watching is much less than in Alaska partly due to the fares being in Canadian dollars instead of US dollars and the endangered North Atlantic Right whale is only seen in this area during the summer.
Going Canada on October 6, 2024, on Jewel OTS. Thanks for the tips
Have fun!
I did this same cruise 😊and absolutely loved it. Agreed with everything you said about the ports. Late October leaves still hadn't "peaked " due to warm weather. I had packed for fall and it was so warm!! But no hurricanes!! Needed more time!
We booked a 7 night New England Canada cruise for September 2024. If you have time, I recommend a back to back cruise from Boston to Quebec and return to Boston. I did it many years ago and it was wonderful.
I can't wait to go on my Royal Caribbean Cruise!
We did a very similar itinerary on Jewel and loved it. It was such a wonderful break from the Texas heat and the ports seemed safe and friendly.
I would LOVE that cruise. Long time Red Lobster employee here and would die to see Bar Harbor Maine in person, our restaurants are themed around Bar Harbor so it would be kinda extra special in my world to go there.
Beautiful scenery! Might do this someday :)
I loved my New England & Canada cruise. Loved Bar Harbor and went back to Bar Harbor for a summer vacation the following year.
We sail out of New Jersey regularly so we did this cruise last summer I was presently surprised we really enjoyed it
Great info Matt! I watched Tony and Don's New England and Canada cruise earlier this year and it looked interesting, but your review and info certainly highlighted the good things. I think my wife and I will be considering this itinerary for a fall cruise next year. Thanks alot!
We did our second Nee England cruise on the Serenade of the Seas in the middle of October. Still one of our favorites
We just did this cruise for the 4th or 5th time. It's the absolute best. Honestly we plan on doing it every year or at least try to. We always do the long 9 day cruise from NJ except last year we did a super short 4 day cruise to Halifax just to get our feet wet out of the pandemic and back to cruising.
The ports are all amazing! I'm glad people are seeing how great these cruises are.
Also immediately the first time we did this cruise and went to Freeport I said to my wife, sell everything we are moving here.
Sigh. I was just on the Liberty of the Sea's, New England/Canada cruise. It was great. I wish I was still on it. I ate with a large table of strangers and I was cruising alone. We became friends and had a great time. It was my first 'cold' cruise. Weather was great and the ocean was completely flat. Cannot wait for my next cruise. May do it again
I'm from this region and I agree with your overall opinion and tips. Nice video!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks!
This video is inspiring 😉👍🏽
Glad you think so!
I was on the Oct 7 cruise. Loved it!!
We just did the Québec City to NJ a month ago and it was one of our favorite cruises.
Great One as always. It seems like many of the cruise bloggers did a New England/Canada cruise this fall. Tony and his buddy Don were on one a few weeks ago. Ilana from Life Well Cruised as well. I loved seeing the scenery and the coverage from you all. I live in South Florida and have only done one cruise so far. I have subscribed to approximately 15 or so Cruise You Tube Bloggers so far. My Top five are you, La Lida Loca, Life Well Cruised, Tips for Travelers, and Ben and David. Didn't care much for that Cruise Passion you mention once. No narration or person. Just music and tour. Boring!!! New England really did look awesome and quaint. Haven't been up there in years. I still give you the award for the best commanding voice. When I watch your videos I really want to join you. More than any of the others, I feel like I am living vicariously through your videos. Maybe it is because you are a Jewish guy too. I don't have Israeli citizenship but lived there for 8 months back in 77/78 on Young Judaea Year Course. I don't have notifications turned on because it's a bit annoying so I don't know if you've responded before to one of these comments just in case you see me repeating myself. I might not have seen a response. You got the life Bro. Wish I had a family of my own. It would be a lot more enjoyable cruising. I think. LOL. Here's my other awards so to speak. Tony really has the best personality and delivery. I find Gary Bembridge to be the most informative on all manner of cruising, Ilana Schatauer is just plain charming. And Ben and David are quite the comedy team. Keep up the good work. One of these days, I'd like to see what on the videos what your family looks like. They are a lucky group. I might have seen it before but I forget. Bye for now.
I did a 5-night Canada/ New England itinerary a few years ago as my first solo cruise and absolutely loved it! Lucked out with lovely walking weather in each port. Want to do that itinerary again.
I’d love to sail it again too
I've actually been thinking of doing one next fall. I'm an beginning artist, and the changing of the leaves would be great inspiration as well as references for me.
I echo your thoughts and observations. This cruise was really quite interesting,inclufim
This was my favorite cruise (other than Alaska). Beautiful weather, incredible scenery (I went in October 2022),, and a beautiful ship. Driving from New York to Boston was easy and boarding (with The Key) was quick. I'd consider doing this itinerary again in 2025. (I already have 3 Royal cruises booked).
I live in Québec and It’s on my bucket list to do a cruise to Boston from my home town one day !! Thanks for the video ! I’m going on my first cruise in January on the Symphony! Looking forward to it !
I was on the cruise as well. I’m sorry I didn’t see you. It was lovely in Maine and for a SoCal girl it was cold in Nova Scotia. I would go back in a second.
...don't like hearing that about LA either, next cruise is on Navigator, won it in the casino on Harmony.
Did the New England and Canada cruise so years ago. We enjoyed it so much that we booked a longer cruise with a few more port calls. Unfortunately, covid ruined those plans.
We did the same. Booked on the Brilliance OTS for the 10 day New England / Canada cruise. It was going to go to PEI and Newfoundland as well. Covid killed it!!
Ha! You got your Tim Horton's b-roll in there!! Well done.
We did the 7 day round trip New England/canada cruise from Boston on the Voyager OTS last fall. We love it. We decided to do a 10 day Montreal to Boston on the Holland America Volendam next year. She will go up to Newfoundland as well. Can’t wait.
Wife and I want to do one of these. We're in the Baltimore area, so it's very easy to cruise out of there. We were on an Alaskan/Vancouver cruise earlier this year. This one looks pretty cool, though.
Sharing some of my New England stories…..on my cruise Line to New England my cruise line had you rotate tables and people each night..as you always do, you ask “where you from?). I found many folks From Canada…so I ask why this cruise..answers….never been to Quebec… never seen the east coast of Canada..Never been to NYC….the best one was “cheap way to get to my condo in Florida.
This is a beautiful cruise for sure ! We loved it! But there is nothing like the Caribbean or going south :) awesome video tho! Thanks Matt!
Thanks for watching!
Bar Harbor and the wood fire lobster at Blaze is our favorite place
Rc leaves from Bayone New Jersey also
Ah, I enjoyed this. We opted out of Peggys cove and it seems we made the right decision. Good tip re: the beer. While I'm not much of a beer drinker many of the guys are and they were loving it.
Great video! Glad you enjoyed my home state of Maine! And tubular is probably the most popular beer that OBC brews. Can’t go wrong with Bissell brothers either.
Need to go back to try some more!
Peggy's Cove was a 1 hour stop. Not long enough and far too many people.
I live in Atlantic Canada and I have been tempted by the New England cruises. My main tip would be that pace in the maritimes can be slower and you don’t necessarily get the thrilling excursions but be have something for everyone. You can easily go on a hike or if you are not active coffee and and or breweries are a plenty and worth checking out. In Halifax Cabin coffee for example is right by the board walk. And then a few streets up there is some lovely local shopping. While the boardwalk is cute I do advise climbing the hill a bit and exploring downtown Halifax. If your stop includes Charlottetown don’t overlook just exploring the downtown it has amazing food and lots of shopping along with also a boardwalk area. Saint John I am not familiar with the cruise port so I would just check on the location but I would consider skipping the reversing falls tours it honestly isn’t as crazy as it sounds but that is just me.
Awesome video! I did a short Canada/NE cruise this year and want to book a longer one for fall 2025.
Thanks for sharing these details. I'm considering a C & NE cruise, though it probably won't be on Royal.
I keep wanting to do this, but other cruises get in the way 😀 Lunenburg is my Halifax destination too.
Lunenburg is fantastic
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I'm surprised you haven't done this itinerary till now. Of the North America cruises, it's 2nd only to Alaska in my book and ahead of any of the Carribean cruises. Bay Harbor is by far my favorite stop though I do enjoy Halifax a lot as well.
So beautiful 😍😊
I’ve just returned from the Quebec-NY cruise on the Jewel OTS. We started with snow in Quebec and had every kind of weather in between. Cruisers need to be prepared for the customs day in your first US port-it was a little disappointing that we had to wait until 9:30 ish to get off the ship (the process didn’t take long) because we’d planned a full day of sightseeing in port (no excursions booked). That said, we made the most of the short time we had outside. The ports were refreshingly easy and not all that selling of the same old junk in the Caribbean. In fact, one port, Sanguenay, specifically does not allow selling in its port building. Yay! Other ports had more of a custom arts feel-upscale or crafty. The Jewel OTS was the biggest disappointment-she needs to be laid to rest. Food? meh….
Just did this as a 5-night cruise. St John was great, but Portland was pretty bleh (granted, I used to live an hour away). I thought the boarding in Boston went really smoothly, and the on-board customs was really easy, too.
Been on three all in October to or from Quebec. I am not a dead leaf person so no big deal but all my cruises were not much of a leaf event.
Quebec is the best..French Epcot. Halifax was nice walk on the water front, good eateries and a walk to the fort. Portland ok, Boston full of history. Newport ok. New York fantastic over 12 hours in port. Crazy city. My last cruise was 12 days, Quebec to Fort Lauderdale…looking see if there is a cruise in the spring going back. PS I did not use RC.
Royal Caribbean cruise planner prices for shore excursion and Vitality Spa this summer in Australia is insanely expensive. AU$560 for a 50 minute Swedish massage, they gotta be dreaming! AU$11,400 to upgrade my suite from JS to GS for three guests on seven night cruise, dreaming!
Perfect timing, as we are in the planning stages for this cruise!
Are the excursions worth it, or would you suggest simply touring the stops on our own?
UP NEXT!
You should have taken the cruise going to Quebec City with the Jewel of the Seas
I would love to do that!
@@RoyalCaribbeanBlog I live in Quebec City and we had very good weathers last october but, like some said in the comment, the second visit of the Jewel was the first snow day in Quebec City.
Are there any cruises at leaves out of Quebec and then comes back into Quebec?
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Just wondering if staying in a cabin above two70 on Quantum will I hear music at night time level 7
Hi Matt, we would love to do a Canada/New England cruise. Royal Caribbean does not currently have an itinerary listed online that includes going to Quebec. Do you think one will be listed soon, or maybe will there not be one until after 2025? Also, are there many wildlife watching opportunities besides whale watching on these trips? Many thanks.
Are there less kids on these cruises?
I found that there were less kids.
My last one was 12 days, the talk of the ship was either 4 or 5 kids. All small ones, each night it was funny taking about your kid sightings that day
Lunenburg is pronounced Loon-in-burg.
Great video. I’m from Atlantic Canada so I don’t think this is cruise for me. FYI - it is pronounced loon-in-berg
You are correct LA is horrible, why can't they at least make a covered area for us to wait in? We had boarding time of 10:30. We didn't get on board until noon, it was H-O-T! No shade or water or hardly a place to sit. Horrible place!
I cannot understand why they feel the need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to the embarkation process