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An Overview
We really like cruising out of Cape Liberty so the choices are few. We've sailed on Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas several times. Sailing out of Cape Liberty in New Jersey an easy 2-1/2 hour drive from home. No air travel, hotels, and shuttles. The itinerary for this cruise included a couple stops in New England and three in Canada.
Advance forecast for all of the ports we were scheduled to visit called for clouds and rain. What we actually got was perfect sunny warm weather EVERY day.
Per usual, we booked an Inside GTY and tried our luck with the RoyalUP bidding process. Like before, we won a bid and ended up with an Inside Promenade View Cabin.
Boston, MA
For this port we decided to try going on a Duck Tour of Boston. This was one of the excursions offered on Royal's website. We've never done something like this before so the adventurous side of us decided to give it a try. It was interesting and fun.
Portland ME
Per It's been YEARS since our last visit to Portland and it wasn't by cruise ship. We didn't book an excursion and figured we'd wander around. We happened across this antique fire truck and thought it would be an interesting tour. They were booked but had a cancellation on a later trip. No problem, it was hot and the Starbucks across the street was just the place to wait for our turn. It was a short tour but interesting none the less.
Canada
There were three stops in Canada all of which we've visited before. We booked an excursion in Halifax out to Peggy's Cove since it's been years before our last visit. A lot of improvements and changes have been mad. The crowds, however, are the same. We didn't book any excursions in St.John and in Sydney so we decided to simply wander around the port area. As mentioned elsewhere, we had perfect weather for checking out the area on foot.
There were three stops in Canada all of which we've visited before. We booked an excursion in Halifax out to Peggy's Cove since it's been years before our last visit. A lot of improvements and changes have been mad. The crowds, however, are the same. We didn't book any excursions in St.John and in Sydney so we decided to simply wander around the port area. As mentioned elsewhere, we had perfect weather for checking out the area on foot.
