by The Inside Cabin | Oct 18, 2016 | USA, Florida, North America, Port Canaveral, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
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 15, 2016 | 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam, USA, Massachusetts, North America, Boston
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 | Portland, Knitting, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam, USA, Maine, North America
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...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 13, 2016 | North America, Bar Harbor, Knitting, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam, USA, Maine
Bar Harbor would be our first and only tender port. We were assigned a closer anchorage so our boat ride would be less than 10 minutes. There was an NCL ship anchored further out that probably had a 20 minute tender ride. Since this was our first USA port, we were...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 12, 2016 | Canada, Halifax, Knitting, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam, North America
After 2 unscheduled sea days we arrived in Halifax last night and were looking forward to our day ashore. The temperature was in the high fifties to low sixties with clear, blue skies. The poor weather of the last few days was a fading memory. Craft Cruises arranged a...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 8, 2016 | North America, Canada, Saguenay, Knitting, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
The Zuiderdam sailed about 150 miles from Quebec City down the Saint Lawrence Seaway until we reached the Saguenay River where we turned left for another 75 miles until we arrived at La Baie a little before 8 am. Although the port call is advertised on the itinerary...
