themillennialcruiser

Attempting my first live blog! My husband and I are big fans of RCCL, currently Diamond+ & matched to Celebrity Elite status. Last year we sailed on Celebrity Beyond on a 9 night Italian Rivera sailing and it changed so much for us! We are both millennials without children and enjoyed the more upscale experience Celebrity can bring. We were VERY spoiled on our first sailing as we got a celebrity move up bid on the Edge Villa and let me tell you that was a WOW! We also sailed on Celebrity Summit earlier this year and now we are headed out on Celebrity Edge in 7 days. Safe to say we are enjoying it thus far! We also have another Celebrity sailing booked for later this year on Eclipse. I love the loyalty perks Celebrity has to offer and happy to go into that more if you have specific questions!
 
Sailing Details-
7 night Italy, France, and Spain sailing on August 26th
August 26th- Barcelona, Spain
August 27th - Cannes, France
August 28th - Portofino, Italy
August 29th - La Spezia, Italy
August 30th - Rome, Italy
August 31st - Ajaccio, Corsica
September 1st - at sea
September 2nd - Barcelona, Spain
 
Pre-cruise plans-
We are leaving EWR on August 25th for an overnight flight to Barcelona. I know this is very close to our sailing but with our work schedules this is what we had to work with! Luckily we are flying business so we will have a bed to sleep in overnight! We also booked through air2sea to ensure we would make it to our sailing in case of a delay. We have sailed out of Barcelona twice before so we are familiar with the airport and the city. We are doing an Embarkation Day shore excursion this go around to see the sagrada familia because we haven’t seen it yet!
 
Room Selection- 
We booked an Aqua Class room however 20 days before our sailing we were notified we got our move up bid to a Sky Suite! While it isn’t the villa we got last summer we absolutely loved the retreat experience on Beyond and can’t wait to experience it on Edge. 
 
Post Cruise plans-
We are flying from Barcelona to Paris to spend Labor Day weekend. The flight is a short 2 hour trip. 
 
Excited to take you along with us for another amazing celebrity cruise vacation! Feel free to follow along on my instagram too @themillennialcruiser!

That room looks awesome! Would you say that a Sky suite is comparable to a Grand suite (Oasis/Quantum class) on Royal? Like in size/benefits? 

We made it to Barcelona and to the Celebrity Edge! Our trip started with a rainy Friday in New Jersey and when I checked my phone in the morning of our flight Newark had started the day with a ground stop!!! I was worried we would see some major delays with our flight luckily we were only delayed about 45 minutes. Once we got to the airport we stopped into the Polaris lounge for some food and drinks. My husband and I both enjoyed a burger and the mini cookie dessert, so good! 
 
After some food we headed to our gate to board the flight. We hit a delay at this point and I started to get nervous however this cleared up rather quickly. We boarded and got settled in our seats. We had some dinner and headed off to sleep. 

 
We arrived to the Barcelona airport around 40 minutes after our scheduled time. We booked an Embarkation city tour shore excursion through Celebrity for 10:30 am and made it just in time. I really wanted to do this tour to see the sagrada familia. Unfortunately there was a bike race in Barcelona today which cut our tour a little bit short. Based on what the tour was like i am not sure i would recommend it. I felt it skipped over the most important sites in Barcelona on the bus and spent too much time walking around other areas of the city. We hardly got to see sagrada familia because we never got off the bus and were sitting on the wrong side.
After the tour we finally made it to the ship! Suite boarding on celebrity is lovely especially in Barcelona. We were on the ship in 10 minutes from the time we stepped off the bus. As I mentioned earlier we got a move up bid to a sky suite! The sky suite is beautiful and designed in such an efficient way. I love how the bed faces the ocean and how the mirror in the bathroom opens up to look out to the ocean as well. You feel incredibly connected to the sea.

 
After dropping off our bags we went to the Ocean View Cafe. We unfortunately missed the Luminae lunch, they do lobster rolls on the first day of every sailing so i was bummed about missing it. Celebrity does a lot of station type cooking in their buffet such as a pasta station and stir fry station and we love being able to create our own meal as well so I survived! 
 
We wrapped up the afternoon with unpacking and a trip to the suite lounge.  Once we were settled we headed to dinner at Luminae followed by shopping/martini bar show. Celebrity recently changed their butler program for sky suites, more on that tomorrow. Dinner was good but I wasn’t sure why they cut my steak in half? I asked for it medium. 
 
Headed off to catch up on sleep but we arrive in Cannes, France tomorrow! 

We made it to Barcelona and to the Celebrity Edge! Our trip started with a rainy Friday in New Jersey and when I checked my phone in the morning of our flight Newark had started the day with a ground stop!!! I was worried we would see some major delays with our flight luckily we were only delayed about 45 minutes. Once we got to the airport we stopped into the Polaris lounge for some food and drinks. My husband and I both enjoyed a burger and the mini cookie dessert, so good! 
 
After some food we headed to our gate to board the flight. We hit a delay at this point and I started to get nervous however this cleared up rather quickly. We boarded and got settled in our seats. We had some dinner and headed off to sleep. 

 
We arrived to the Barcelona airport around 40 minutes after our scheduled time. We booked an Embarkation city tour shore excursion through Celebrity for 10:30 am and made it just in time. I really wanted to do this tour to see the sagrada familia. Unfortunately there was a bike race in Barcelona today which cut our tour a little bit short. Based on what the tour was like i am not sure i would recommend it. I felt it skipped over the most important sites in Barcelona on the bus and spent too much time walking around other areas of the city. We hardly got to see sagrada familia because we never got off the bus and were sitting on the wrong side.
After the tour we finally made it to the ship! Suite boarding on celebrity is lovely especially in Barcelona. We were on the ship in 10 minutes from the time we stepped off the bus. As I mentioned earlier we got a move up bid to a sky suite! The sky suite is beautiful and designed in such an efficient way. I love how the bed faces the ocean and how the mirror in the bathroom opens up to look out to the ocean as well. You feel incredibly connected to the sea.

 
After dropping off our bags we went to the Ocean View Cafe. We unfortunately missed the Luminae lunch, they do lobster rolls on the first day of every sailing so i was bummed about missing it. Celebrity does a lot of station type cooking in their buffet such as a pasta station and stir fry station and we love being able to create our own meal as well so I survived! 
 
We wrapped up the afternoon with unpacking and a trip to the suite lounge.  Once we were settled we headed to dinner at Luminae followed by shopping/martini bar show. Celebrity recently changed their butler program for sky suites, more on that tomorrow. Dinner was good but I wasn’t sure why they cut my steak in half? I asked for it medium. 
 
Headed off to catch up on sleep but we arrive in Cannes, France tomorrow! 

We made it to Barcelona and to the Celebrity Edge! Our trip started with a rainy Friday in New Jersey and when I checked my phone in the morning of our flight Newark had started the day with a ground stop!!! I was worried we would see some major delays with our flight luckily we were only delayed about 45 minutes. Once we got to the airport we stopped into the Polaris lounge for some food and drinks. My husband and I both enjoyed a burger and the mini cookie dessert, so good! 
 
After some food we headed to our gate to board the flight. We hit a delay at this point and I started to get nervous however this cleared up rather quickly. We boarded and got settled in our seats. We had some dinner and headed off to sleep. 

 
We arrived to the Barcelona airport around 40 minutes after our scheduled time. We booked an Embarkation city tour shore excursion through Celebrity for 10:30 am and made it just in time. I really wanted to do this tour to see the sagrada familia. Unfortunately there was a bike race in Barcelona today which cut our tour a little bit short. Based on what the tour was like i am not sure i would recommend it. I felt it skipped over the most important sites in Barcelona on the bus and spent too much time walking around other areas of the city. We hardly got to see sagrada familia because we never got off the bus and were sitting on the wrong side.
After the tour we finally made it to the ship! Suite boarding on celebrity is lovely especially in Barcelona. We were on the ship in 10 minutes from the time we stepped off the bus. As I mentioned earlier we got a move up bid to a sky suite! The sky suite is beautiful and designed in such an efficient way. I love how the bed faces the ocean and how the mirror in the bathroom opens up to look out to the ocean as well. You feel incredibly connected to the sea.

 
After dropping off our bags we went to the Ocean View Cafe. We unfortunately missed the Luminae lunch, they do lobster rolls on the first day of every sailing so i was bummed about missing it. Celebrity does a lot of station type cooking in their buffet such as a pasta station and stir fry station and we love being able to create our own meal as well so I survived! 
 
We wrapped up the afternoon with unpacking and a trip to the suite lounge.  Once we were settled we headed to dinner at Luminae followed by shopping/martini bar show. Celebrity recently changed their butler program for sky suites, more on that tomorrow. Dinner was good but I wasn’t sure why they cut my steak in half? I asked for it medium. 
 
Headed off to catch up on sleep but we arrive in Cannes, France tomorrow! 

We made it to Barcelona and to the Celebrity Edge! Our trip started with a rainy Friday in New Jersey and when I checked my phone in the morning of our flight Newark had started the day with a ground stop!!! I was worried we would see some major delays with our flight luckily we were only delayed about 45 minutes. Once we got to the airport we stopped into the Polaris lounge for some food and drinks. My husband and I both enjoyed a burger and the mini cookie dessert, so good! 
 
After some food we headed to our gate to board the flight. We hit a delay at this point and I started to get nervous however this cleared up rather quickly. We boarded and got settled in our seats. We had some dinner and headed off to sleep. 

 
We arrived to the Barcelona airport around 40 minutes after our scheduled time. We booked an Embarkation city tour shore excursion through Celebrity for 10:30 am and made it just in time. I really wanted to do this tour to see the sagrada familia. Unfortunately there was a bike race in Barcelona today which cut our tour a little bit short. Based on what the tour was like i am not sure i would recommend it. I felt it skipped over the most important sites in Barcelona on the bus and spent too much time walking around other areas of the city. We hardly got to see sagrada familia because we never got off the bus and were sitting on the wrong side.
After the tour we finally made it to the ship! Suite boarding on celebrity is lovely especially in Barcelona. We were on the ship in 10 minutes from the time we stepped off the bus. As I mentioned earlier we got a move up bid to a sky suite! The sky suite is beautiful and designed in such an efficient way. I love how the bed faces the ocean and how the mirror in the bathroom opens up to look out to the ocean as well. You feel incredibly connected to the sea.

 
After dropping off our bags we went to the Ocean View Cafe. We unfortunately missed the Luminae lunch, they do lobster rolls on the first day of every sailing so i was bummed about missing it. Celebrity does a lot of station type cooking in their buffet such as a pasta station and stir fry station and we love being able to create our own meal as well so I survived! 
 
We wrapped up the afternoon with unpacking and a trip to the suite lounge.  Once we were settled we headed to dinner at Luminae followed by shopping/martini bar show. Celebrity recently changed their butler program for sky suites, more on that tomorrow. Dinner was good but I wasn’t sure why they cut my steak in half? I asked for it medium. 
 
Headed off to catch up on sleep but we arrive in Cannes, France tomorrow! 

We did this cruise last year and it was the BEST!! Just beautiful, and i love ports of call where you can get off the ship and walk/uber anywhere you want to go. The seas were rough on our sailing, i am not sure its always like that heading to Canada but good to prepare if need be. 
Not sure your plans in the ports but I will share some of our favorites for both land trips and cruising!
In Boston you can download the freedom trail app for a self guided tour. We walked this followed by a trip to the JFK library and lunch at Harpoon brewery a short walk from the port. 
In Portland I highly recommend the Holy Donut for breakfast/snack and Eventide for lunch get there right at 11 if you can. Best lobster rolls & oysters. We also ubered to the Allagash brewery.
In bar harbor enjoy a nice lunch at Geddy’s, we loved the lobster pizza 🦞 🍕! The tender process was a little bit of a pain here so get off early with suites or book an excursion!
In halifax we walked to the maritime museum followed by a trip to the titanic grave site and peggys cove. Peggys cove was nice but very very busy. We went in the afternoon as a point of reference.
In saint johns we went to Bay of Fundy to see the low tides and enjoy lunch at a local spot. It was nice to see but a long bus ride to get to so something to keep in mind. 
 
 

Attempting my first live blog! My husband and I are big fans of RCCL, currently Diamond+ & matched to Celebrity Elite status. Last year we sailed on Celebrity Beyond on a 9 night Italian Rivera sailing and it changed so much for us! We are both millennials without children and enjoyed the more upscale experience Celebrity can bring. We were VERY spoiled on our first sailing as we got a celebrity move up bid on the Edge Villa and let me tell you that was a WOW! We also sailed on Celebrity Summit earlier this year and now we are headed out on Celebrity Edge in 7 days. Safe to say we are enjoying it thus far! We also have another Celebrity sailing booked for later this year on Eclipse. I love the loyalty perks Celebrity has to offer and happy to go into that more if you have specific questions!
 
Sailing Details-
7 night Italy, France, and Spain sailing on August 26th
August 26th- Barcelona, Spain
August 27th - Cannes, France
August 28th - Portofino, Italy
August 29th - La Spezia, Italy
August 30th - Rome, Italy
August 31st - Ajaccio, Corsica
September 1st - at sea
September 2nd - Barcelona, Spain
 
Pre-cruise plans-
We are leaving EWR on August 25th for an overnight flight to Barcelona. I know this is very close to our sailing but with our work schedules this is what we had to work with! Luckily we are flying business so we will have a bed to sleep in overnight! We also booked through air2sea to ensure we would make it to our sailing in case of a delay. We have sailed out of Barcelona twice before so we are familiar with the airport and the city. We are doing an Embarkation Day shore excursion this go around to see the sagrada familia because we haven’t seen it yet!
 
Room Selection- 
We booked an Aqua Class room however 20 days before our sailing we were notified we got our move up bid to a Sky Suite! While it isn’t the villa we got last summer we absolutely loved the retreat experience on Beyond and can’t wait to experience it on Edge. 
 
Post Cruise plans-
We are flying from Barcelona to Paris to spend Labor Day weekend. The flight is a short 2 hour trip. 
 
Excited to take you along with us for another amazing celebrity cruise vacation! Feel free to follow along on my instagram too @themillennialcruiser!

Oooh. I'm ready for the adventure!
Fingers and toes crossed and positive vibes sent for your flight day being uneventful.

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Attempting my first live blog! My husband and I are big fans of RCCL, currently Diamond+ & matched to Celebrity Elite status. Last year we sailed on Celebrity Beyond on a 9 night Italian Rivera sailing and it changed so much for us! We are both millennials without children and enjoyed the more upscale experience Celebrity can bring. We were VERY spoiled on our first sailing as we got a celebrity move up bid on the Edge Villa and let me tell you that was a WOW! We also sailed on Celebrity Summit earlier this year and now we are headed out on Celebrity Edge in 7 days. Safe to say we are enjoying it thus far! We also have another Celebrity sailing booked for later this year on Eclipse. I love the loyalty perks Celebrity has to offer and happy to go into that more if you have specific questions!
 
Sailing Details-
7 night Italy, France, and Spain sailing on August 26th
August 26th- Barcelona, Spain
August 27th - Cannes, France
August 28th - Portofino, Italy
August 29th - La Spezia, Italy
August 30th - Rome, Italy
August 31st - Ajaccio, Corsica
September 1st - at sea
September 2nd - Barcelona, Spain
 
Pre-cruise plans-
We are leaving EWR on August 25th for an overnight flight to Barcelona. I know this is very close to our sailing but with our work schedules this is what we had to work with! Luckily we are flying business so we will have a bed to sleep in overnight! We also booked through air2sea to ensure we would make it to our sailing in case of a delay. We have sailed out of Barcelona twice before so we are familiar with the airport and the city. We are doing an Embarkation Day shore excursion this go around to see the sagrada familia because we haven’t seen it yet!
 
Room Selection- 
We booked an Aqua Class room however 20 days before our sailing we were notified we got our move up bid to a Sky Suite! While it isn’t the villa we got last summer we absolutely loved the retreat experience on Beyond and can’t wait to experience it on Edge. 
 
Post Cruise plans-
We are flying from Barcelona to Paris to spend Labor Day weekend. The flight is a short 2 hour trip. 
 
Excited to take you along with us for another amazing celebrity cruise vacation! Feel free to follow along on my instagram too @themillennialcruiser!

Have an amazing time! My wife and I are hoping to book a European/Mediterranean sailing for the first time in 2025! 

Attempting my first live blog! My husband and I are big fans of RCCL, currently Diamond+ & matched to Celebrity Elite status. Last year we sailed on Celebrity Beyond on a 9 night Italian Rivera sailing and it changed so much for us! We are both millennials without children and enjoyed the more upscale experience Celebrity can bring. We were VERY spoiled on our first sailing as we got a celebrity move up bid on the Edge Villa and let me tell you that was a WOW! We also sailed on Celebrity Summit earlier this year and now we are headed out on Celebrity Edge in 7 days. Safe to say we are enjoying it thus far! We also have another Celebrity sailing booked for later this year on Eclipse. I love the loyalty perks Celebrity has to offer and happy to go into that more if you have specific questions!
 
Sailing Details-
7 night Italy, France, and Spain sailing on August 26th
August 26th- Barcelona, Spain
August 27th - Cannes, France
August 28th - Portofino, Italy
August 29th - La Spezia, Italy
August 30th - Rome, Italy
August 31st - Ajaccio, Corsica
September 1st - at sea
September 2nd - Barcelona, Spain
 
Pre-cruise plans-
We are leaving EWR on August 25th for an overnight flight to Barcelona. I know this is very close to our sailing but with our work schedules this is what we had to work with! Luckily we are flying business so we will have a bed to sleep in overnight! We also booked through air2sea to ensure we would make it to our sailing in case of a delay. We have sailed out of Barcelona twice before so we are familiar with the airport and the city. We are doing an Embarkation Day shore excursion this go around to see the sagrada familia because we haven’t seen it yet!
 
Room Selection- 
We booked an Aqua Class room however 20 days before our sailing we were notified we got our move up bid to a Sky Suite! While it isn’t the villa we got last summer we absolutely loved the retreat experience on Beyond and can’t wait to experience it on Edge. 
 
Post Cruise plans-
We are flying from Barcelona to Paris to spend Labor Day weekend. The flight is a short 2 hour trip. 
 
Excited to take you along with us for another amazing celebrity cruise vacation! Feel free to follow along on my instagram too @themillennialcruiser!

Exactly keeping positive thoughts and vibes! 

Stop, now you sound like me. Everything will be fine. I will get to EWR without issue later this week and you will get to BCN. 🙂

It is 😂 but we have done this same flight twice now with no issues fingers crossed! We are trying to maximize our vacation days and we have seen most of Barcelona. Worst case we have done the majority of these ports before so if we had to reschedule or cancel I could live in that world. 

We did this cruise last year and it was the BEST!! Just beautiful, and i love ports of call where you can get off the ship and walk/uber anywhere you want to go. The seas were rough on our sailing, i am not sure its always like that heading to Canada but good to prepare if need be. 
Not sure your plans in the ports but I will share some of our favorites for both land trips and cruising!
In Boston you can download the freedom trail app for a self guided tour. We walked this followed by a trip to the JFK library and lunch at Harpoon brewery a short walk from the port. 
In Portland I highly recommend the Holy Donut for breakfast/snack and Eventide for lunch get there right at 11 if you can. Best lobster rolls & oysters. We also ubered to the Allagash brewery.
In bar harbor enjoy a nice lunch at Geddy’s, we loved the lobster pizza 🦞 🍕! The tender process was a little bit of a pain here so get off early with suites or book an excursion!
In halifax we walked to the maritime museum followed by a trip to the titanic grave site and peggys cove. Peggys cove was nice but very very busy. We went in the afternoon as a point of reference.
In saint johns we went to Bay of Fundy to see the low tides and enjoy lunch at a local spot. It was nice to see but a long bus ride to get to so something to keep in mind. 
 
 

Yes! Direct flight from EWR to Barcelona on United! It arrives at 9 am the next day so the timing is perfect.

Attempting my first live blog! My husband and I are big fans of RCCL, currently Diamond+ & matched to Celebrity Elite status. Last year we sailed on Celebrity Beyond on a 9 night Italian Rivera sailing and it changed so much for us! We are both millennials without children and enjoyed the more upscale experience Celebrity can bring. We were VERY spoiled on our first sailing as we got a celebrity move up bid on the Edge Villa and let me tell you that was a WOW! We also sailed on Celebrity Summit earlier this year and now we are headed out on Celebrity Edge in 7 days. Safe to say we are enjoying it thus far! We also have another Celebrity sailing booked for later this year on Eclipse. I love the loyalty perks Celebrity has to offer and happy to go into that more if you have specific questions!
 
Sailing Details-
7 night Italy, France, and Spain sailing on August 26th
August 26th- Barcelona, Spain
August 27th - Cannes, France
August 28th - Portofino, Italy
August 29th - La Spezia, Italy
August 30th - Rome, Italy
August 31st - Ajaccio, Corsica
September 1st - at sea
September 2nd - Barcelona, Spain
 
Pre-cruise plans-
We are leaving EWR on August 25th for an overnight flight to Barcelona. I know this is very close to our sailing but with our work schedules this is what we had to work with! Luckily we are flying business so we will have a bed to sleep in overnight! We also booked through air2sea to ensure we would make it to our sailing in case of a delay. We have sailed out of Barcelona twice before so we are familiar with the airport and the city. We are doing an Embarkation Day shore excursion this go around to see the sagrada familia because we haven’t seen it yet!
 
Room Selection- 
We booked an Aqua Class room however 20 days before our sailing we were notified we got our move up bid to a Sky Suite! While it isn’t the villa we got last summer we absolutely loved the retreat experience on Beyond and can’t wait to experience it on Edge. 
 
Post Cruise plans-
We are flying from Barcelona to Paris to spend Labor Day weekend. The flight is a short 2 hour trip. 
 
Excited to take you along with us for another amazing celebrity cruise vacation! Feel free to follow along on my instagram too @themillennialcruiser!

Attempting my first live blog! My husband and I are big fans of RCCL, currently Diamond+ & matched to Celebrity Elite status. Last year we sailed on Celebrity Beyond on a 9 night Italian Rivera sailing and it changed so much for us! We are both millennials without children and enjoyed the more upscale experience Celebrity can bring. We were VERY spoiled on our first sailing as we got a celebrity move up bid on the Edge Villa and let me tell you that was a WOW! We also sailed on Celebrity Summit earlier this year and now we are headed out on Celebrity Edge in 7 days. Safe to say we are enjoying it thus far! We also have another Celebrity sailing booked for later this year on Eclipse. I love the loyalty perks Celebrity has to offer and happy to go into that more if you have specific questions!
 
Sailing Details-
7 night Italy, France, and Spain sailing on August 26th
August 26th- Barcelona, Spain
August 27th - Cannes, France
August 28th - Portofino, Italy
August 29th - La Spezia, Italy
August 30th - Rome, Italy
August 31st - Ajaccio, Corsica
September 1st - at sea
September 2nd - Barcelona, Spain
 
Pre-cruise plans-
We are leaving EWR on August 25th for an overnight flight to Barcelona. I know this is very close to our sailing but with our work schedules this is what we had to work with! Luckily we are flying business so we will have a bed to sleep in overnight! We also booked through air2sea to ensure we would make it to our sailing in case of a delay. We have sailed out of Barcelona twice before so we are familiar with the airport and the city. We are doing an Embarkation Day shore excursion this go around to see the sagrada familia because we haven’t seen it yet!
 
Room Selection- 
We booked an Aqua Class room however 20 days before our sailing we were notified we got our move up bid to a Sky Suite! While it isn’t the villa we got last summer we absolutely loved the retreat experience on Beyond and can’t wait to experience it on Edge. 
 
Post Cruise plans-
We are flying from Barcelona to Paris to spend Labor Day weekend. The flight is a short 2 hour trip. 
 
Excited to take you along with us for another amazing celebrity cruise vacation! Feel free to follow along on my instagram too @themillennialcruiser!

Haha! You knew what I meant earlier when I said donuts and Portland! I have had my eye on this place since 2020. 
 
Someone else also mentioned this place to me a few days ago so I am definitely going to have to read some reviews and look at their menu to see if it might suit us. 
 
For most of the ports we have an excursion booked for the morning (some self and some through Royal), and then afternoon free to wander and do our own thing. 

We did this cruise last year and it was the BEST!! Just beautiful, and i love ports of call where you can get off the ship and walk/uber anywhere you want to go. The seas were rough on our sailing, i am not sure its always like that heading to Canada but good to prepare if need be. 
Not sure your plans in the ports but I will share some of our favorites for both land trips and cruising!
In Boston you can download the freedom trail app for a self guided tour. We walked this followed by a trip to the JFK library and lunch at Harpoon brewery a short walk from the port. 
In Portland I highly recommend the Holy Donut for breakfast/snack and Eventide for lunch get there right at 11 if you can. Best lobster rolls & oysters. We also ubered to the Allagash brewery.
In bar harbor enjoy a nice lunch at Geddy’s, we loved the lobster pizza 🦞 🍕! The tender process was a little bit of a pain here so get off early with suites or book an excursion!
In halifax we walked to the maritime museum followed by a trip to the titanic grave site and peggys cove. Peggys cove was nice but very very busy. We went in the afternoon as a point of reference.
In saint johns we went to Bay of Fundy to see the low tides and enjoy lunch at a local spot. It was nice to see but a long bus ride to get to so something to keep in mind. 
 
 

I did the Jewels of Cinque Terre excursion approx. 1 year ago with my husband and it was fantastic. It was through Royal and took us on a tour of three of the five villages via boat and we had time on our own in each to explore. I HIGHLY recommend seeing the villages by boat as this is how you will get the post card type photos and see the most. This was an ALL DAY excursion, around 10 hours and included an incredible lunch & wine in one of the villages. I think it is too difficult to do on your own and you would risk missing the boat.

I am currently in an ocean view balcony and thank you!! Keeping my fingers crossed!

I am still waiting on my royalup for the 12/31 Symphony sailing, all are showing expired except for the grand suite which says pending and cannot be modified. Keeping my fingers crossed! Is this a positive sign?