Relaxing New England and Nova Scotia Cruise

Item: Grandeur of the Seas
Rating: 4.2
Author: Thomas4

Grandeur of the Seas Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

Thomas4

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Reviews: 11

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Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

9 Night Canada & New England (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 07, 2018

Ship: Grandeur of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 3529

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Cruise was awesome. Would not hesitate to book that itinerary again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Very quick and efficient. App 20 minutes from arriving with an Uber until boarding the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Quality and variety of the food at the MDR and Windjammer was outstanding. As we arrived and departed at Washington Dulles Airport we thought they should offer a transfer to that airport. But they only offered a transfer to Baltimore Airport. So we took an Uber to Avis at the Radisson Hotel and rented a car to get to Dulles. It was cheap and I would do that again. That’s maybe useful information for someone departing the same way.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Amazing service. Every staff memeber gives his best for the guests always with a smile. We loved it.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

The ship is an older one and that is to be seen in the layout but we loved the ships size. It’s not that big like the newer ones and that is really nice because you don’t have to walk a mile from your cabin to the pool.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Ship tip

The interior cabin was the smallest cabin we ever experienced. That was the part of our vacation we would have changed if we knew before. Especially the bathroom was extremely small. Never again an inside stateroom in this type of ship. That’s the only sad thing about our cruise.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Baltimore, Maryland

5 out of 5

Very easy to get there. Very efficient from the moment we arrived and the same on departure day. Would cruise from here again.

Thumbs Up 10

Boston, Massachusetts

5 out of 5

Took an Uber to Aquarium. At this point you can book trolley tours, whale watching and other activities. It’s a excellent spot to start exploring the city. We liked it.

Thumbs Up 5

Portland, Maine

5 out of 5

We did a trolley tour incl. Cape Elizabeth. It was entertaining and informative. We enjoyed our time.

Thumbs Up 4

Bar Harbor, Maine

5 out of 5

Cute little village with lots of shopping around. Nice restaurants at the pier. Excellent lobster dinner.

Thumbs Up 5

Saint John, New Brunswick

3 out of 5

We did an excursion by royal because of the early all on board time. So we were afraid to manage it on our own. That’s why we chose a ships excursion. It was called The top 10 of Saint John. I was expecting to see the caves because that’s Top 1 of the area. Should be included. But it was not unfortunately. That was disappointing but nevertheless we enjoyed what we saw. That excursion I would not choose again.

Thumbs Up 2

Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5

Absolute clean and nice boardwalk. We went to the citadelle. Really nice and interesting.

Thumbs Up 6