Just got back from the CB and had a wonderful cruise. It was a last minute cruise and we had cabin R742...Last balcony cabin aft on the Port Side. Loved the cabin and would get it again in a minute. Quiet, one side completely blocked the wind and covered which is good for a New England cruise. I understand that the week before the weather was not so good, but this week, it could not have been more perfect. Arrived the night before and stayed at the Brooklyn Comfort Inn. Good place for a night....Clean, cheap, comfortable and a free shuttle to the pier. Best of all, it may be an industrial neighborhood but walk a couple of blocks.( and yes, it is safe) and you come to Columbia Avenue....More great and inexpensive restaurants of all kinds....and a wine store that sells wine several bucks cheaper than across the tunnel. In fact, if you like Thai food, one of the best Thai restaurants in the country is located there....Called Pok Pok...Check it out....that is worth going to Brooklyn....:)

Had a good nights sleep and the shuttle took us to the ship about 11 AM.....It took about 10 minutes to get on board. We brought 3 bottles of wine which they checked and stamped one....which promptly fell out of the backpack on the way up the gangway...and shattered into a gazillion pieces....and closed down the gangway....:(....was settled into the cabin and unpacked and explored the ship. The ship is in good repair...I saw nothing shabby about it at all. Even the bed was too bad...The room steward was great....Could not ask for a better one.

The itinerary was a 7 day New England and Canadian cruise. It went to Boston, Newport, RI, Bar Harbor, ME, St John, New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Although I am originally from NYC and have gone to most of those places numerous times, it was the first time from a ship. I have never been to the Canadian Ports on the East Coast. It was one of the better itineraries that I have been on. Read more