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Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Newport and New York

Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Newport and New York

[Editors note: We catch-up again with Mary Alyce on our virtual cruise on board the Holland American Eurodam as she visits Newport, Rhode Island, and New York City.]

Newport
Another sunny warm day on the Eurodam.

We sailed into Newport Harbor with clear skies and calm seas. The sailboats were out in force and filled the horizon [...]

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Virtual Cruise with Mary Alyce: Boston, Massachusetts

Virtual Cruise with Mary Alyce: Boston, Massachusetts

[Editor's Note: We continue our Virtual Cruise with Mary Alyce on board the Holland American Eurodam. Today she shares with us her stop in Boston.]

We docked in Boston with 2 other ships, Caribbean Princess and Crystal Symphony. It was very crowded in Boston with the regular tourists, school trips and all the cruisers. [...]

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Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Halifax, St. Johns, and Bar Harbor

Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce:  Halifax, St. Johns, and Bar Harbor

[Editors Note: We get caught up today with Mary Alyce and her Virtual Cruise on the Eurodam with her reports on Hlifax, St. Johns, and Bar Harbor.]

Halifax
A sunny day in Halifax Nova Scotia. We played some basketball for “dam” dollars and then headed out for a walk about in Halifax.

They have a [...]

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Virtual Cruise with Mary Alyce: Sydney, Nova Scotia

Virtual Cruise with Mary Alyce: Sydney, Nova Scotia

[Editor's Note: Mary Alyce continues her virtual cruise reporting from the Holland American ship, ms Eurodam]

We sailed into the Sydney, Nova Scotia harbor at 8am and for the first time there was sun.
After 4 visits of rain and clouds here we were pleasantly surprised to find sunshine.

We had watched the Indiana Jones movie in [...]

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Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

[Editor's Note: Mary Alyce continues her virtual cruise reporting from the ms Eurodam]

We enjoyed the blue mussels of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown.

PEI is the home Lucy Montgomery the author of Anne of Green Gables. You can visit the farm that is the home of Anne and the woods she played in.

It is beautiful [...]

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Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Corner Brook, Newfoundland

Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Corner Brook, Newfoundland

We braved 60 mile an hour winds to get to the bay of Newfoundland. We could hear the wind whistling but the ship held steady. It is really doing well in Gale force winds. We were late in arriving, as the rain whipped around and the sun shown over the mountains.

The area is beautiful surrounded [...]

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Virtual Cruise with Mary Alyce: Ville de Saguenay, Quebec

Virtual Cruise with Mary Alyce: Ville de Saguenay, Quebec

[Editor's Note: Mary Alyce continues her virtual cruise reporting from the ms Eurodam]

We arrived early this morning to a cloudy and misty La Baie.

The Lido Deck has a great variety of Breakfast choices, waffles, eggs, cereal, fruit and anything your pallete desires. The tables are teak and the chairs are in shades of brown, gold [...]

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Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Eurodam Sea Day

Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Eurodam Sea Day

It was a windy day at sea but we were able to get a walk in around the deck.

Today, we explored more of the ship. The Explorations Cafe (library & internet) is on the observation deck next to the Crow’s Nest.  The color palette is brown and turquoise with hints of cream. The cabins are [...]

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Virtual Cruise with Mary Alyce: Eurodam and Quebec City

Virtual Cruise with Mary Alyce: Eurodam and Quebec City

[Editor's Note: Cruise Talk would like to announce a new contributor here at Cruise Talk Central. Her name is Mary Alyce.  She and her husband are avid cruisers taking many cruises a year. She and her husband are veteran cruisers having sailed well over 30 times. She loves to write daily logs [...]

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Cruise Talk Names Mendenhall Glacier Helicopter Tour Best All Time Excursion

Cruise Talk Names Mendenhall Glacier Helicopter Tour Best All Time Excursion

Of all of our cruise excursions including Snorkeling at Trunk Bay in St Johns, Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii, The Marigalante Pirate Boat in Mexico, Night Clubs in San Juan, Cliff Diving in Acapulco, etc, the winner of the best all time excursion goes to The Mendenhall Glacier Helicopter Tour in Juneau, Alaska.

We [...]

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