by The Inside Cabin | Oct 19, 2016 | USA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, North America, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
When we left Port Canaveral last night, about 3 hours late due to the computer problems caused by the power failure, the Captain said that they would be able to go faster during the night to still arrive at Fort Lauderdale on time at 7 AM. I woke up about 6 AM and...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 18, 2016 | Port Canaveral, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam, USA, Florida, North America
Today will be our last full day of the cruise as well as our final day in port. We usually prefer the final day to be a sea day since we can start packing throughout the day and we seem to be less rushed. We arrived in Port Canaveral at 8 AM and would depart at 7 PM...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 17, 2016 | Sea Day, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
We were greeted this morning by a long wake extending toward the horizon as we continued our southerly track toward Port Canaveral. The seas continue to be smooth and the temperatures are warming up nicely. There is something special about staring into a ship’s wake...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 16, 2016 | 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam, Sea Day
As we continued our journey south, the weather became nicer, with blue puffy clouds and calmer seas. It still wasn’t quite warm enough for us to take advantage of our larger than normal aft facing deck. We are in cabin 4176 which we selected some time ago since we...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 15, 2016 | USA, Massachusetts, North America, Boston, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
We arrived at the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal in Boston before 8am and we were cleared to go ashore shortly thereafter. I was intrigued by the name Black Falcon Cruise Terminal, and learned that it is also the name of the street that runs alongside the terminal, so...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 14, 2016 | USA, Maine, North America, Portland, Knitting, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
The poor weather earlier in the cruise were a distant memory as we arrived in Portland to another wonderful day. Today we would be taking a Craft Cruise Excursion visiting the Maine Fiberarts Center followed by 3 yarn shops with some time for a local lunch. This was...
