Took 5 night cruise to Canada ports: Saint John and Halifax July 11-16, 2011.
Canada could be a lot colder than USA. In Saint John we had nice day 78F, but Halifax reached only 57F.
We got to the port after 11am. Stayed at hotel 2 nights prior cruise in Manhattan, took taxi from there (about 8$ plus tip). Embarkation process took about 40 min. First on a ship, went to customer service to set our cash account (last night got money back what didn't spend).