We're considering a cruise on the Emerald Princess that begins in Boston, and ends in Quebec City. As much as we'd like to stay and tour in Quebec City a second day (our ship is in port the day before and overnight before disembarkation), our time is very limited. We need to be home ASAP.
Flights from Quebec City are few, expensive and LONG.Montreal has more frequent, shorter and cheaper flights
Montreal Disembarkation starts at 6AM. We know it's a quick trip to the train station, from where we'd like to take a train to Montreal Airport, hoping to get a non-stop flight back to Boston, from where we will drive home (about 3 hours).
Our problem is figuring out the timing. How rough or smooth disembarkation off the Emerald Princess is in Quebec City starts the whole chain. Is it usually smooth, or notoriously disorganised and chaotic? I do know stuff can happen. I'm just looking for an average situation.
Is it possible to buy a ticket for an earlier train and then exchange it for a later one if there's availability? Or can we buy the tickets when we get there, thereby avoiding the pre-purchase time debacle? At that hour of the day, there's a 4+ hour difference between the first one we could get and the next, so the first one is infinitely preferable, but I realise how tight that is. Not quite as bad as flying, however.
Has anyone done this, and how did it work?