arebee Posted November 18, 2019 Report Share Posted November 18, 2019 I thought about calling RC but figured I would try here first since this is the all knowing Star Class people. We are looking at the Canada\New England cruise next October. Confused to which airport and which port the ship would be in. Can ya help a brother out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat mom Posted November 18, 2019 Report Share Posted November 18, 2019 There are several cruises to New England/Canada leaving from Cape Liberty in NJ next Sept and Oct, Newark airport is only 15 mins from the port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arebee Posted November 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2019 Sorry, forget to mention. The cruise leaves from Quebec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted November 18, 2019 Report Share Posted November 18, 2019 @arebee You might want to check out this blog by @twangster. It has some great info on it about cruising out of Quebec. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/topic/9521-adventure-ots-13-night-snowbird-migration-quebec-to-ft-lauderdale-oct-8-2018/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted November 18, 2019 Report Share Posted November 18, 2019 Are there going to be Star Class ships porting out of a Quebec ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 You can fly into Quebec City. I'd love to take a cruise from Quebec. I spent my first 27 years only a couple hours drive from Quebec City in Maine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 For cruises from Quebec City the closest airport is YQB. For cruises from Montreal on Empress the closest airport is YUL. When I sailed from Quebec City I couldn't find good connections into YQB which is a smaller airport in terms of flights per day. Instead I flew to Montreal YUL. YUL is a Canadian gateway airport that has numerous international flights to Europe and other destinations. It's a much bigger airport compared to YQB. Flying into Montreal meant finding a way a few hours up the road to Quebec City. There are buses, VIA Rail and rental cars. I rented a car one way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arebee Posted November 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 11 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Are there going to be Star Class ships porting out of a Quebec ? Don't know, thats out of my league. I'm lucky to get a window. This is the Empress, doesn't even have balconys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arebee Posted November 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 8 hours ago, twangster said: For cruises from Quebec City the closest airport is YQB. For cruises from Montreal on Empress the closest airport is YUL. When I sailed from Quebec City I couldn't find good connections into YQB which is a smaller airport in terms of flights per day. Instead I flew to Montreal YUL. YUL is a Canadian gateway airport that has numerous international flights to Europe and other destinations. It's a much bigger airport compared to YQB. Flying into Montreal meant finding a way a few hours up the road to Quebec City. There are buses, VIA Rail and rental cars. I rented a car one way. Found a direct flight from Orlando to Quebec, only 3 hour long. I looked at your blog that Lovetocruise2002 posted. Don't think I want to drive 3 hours but who knows. I'm a hilton honors so the hilton you stayed in would work. I have a lot of research but its still 11 months away. We want to start the booking by next month. I'm trying MEI, we have one with them now for February. They haven't done anything for us yet but figured we'd give them a try on this one. I'm used to doing everything and haven't had any issues. twangster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, arebee said: Found a direct flight from Orlando to Quebec, only 3 hour long. 18 minutes ago, arebee said: This is the Empress, doesn't even have balconys. Empress from Quebec City? A number of Empress itineraries are from Montreal. The larger ships like Adventure or Vision can't make it any further up the river than Quebec City but Empress goes all the way to Montreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arebee Posted November 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 15 minutes ago, twangster said: Empress from Quebec City? A number of Empress itineraries are from Montreal. The larger ships like Adventure or Vision can't make it any further up the river than Quebec City but Empress goes all the way to Montreal. I was just looking at that. Now I'm more confused. It leaves from Montreal, Quebec. So I must be leaving from Montreal? Is that the port at 200 de la commune? Guess the problem is I don't know much about Canada, only been to Vancouver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 It is confusing since the Province is named Quebec and the Provincial capital city is Quebec City. Montreal is a much larger city, second largest in the country. It is further along the St. Lawrence river so not all ships can make it that far. From the ocean to Quebec City the river is wider. From Quebec City to Montreal the river is more narrow in places. Going all the way to Montreal is kind of unique and a benefit of Empress given her size. You should find more flight options into Montreal since it has a larger population base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arebee Posted November 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, twangster said: It is confusing since the Province is named Quebec and the Provincial capital city is Quebec City. Montreal is a much larger city, second largest in the country. It is further along the St. Lawrence river so not all ships can make it that far. From the ocean to Quebec City the river is wider. From Quebec City to Montreal the river is more narrow in places. You should find more flight options into Montreal since it has a larger population base. Thanks for the help, hope to get this on the books soon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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