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Seeking advice for a planned 7-night New England/Canada cruise, Fall 2024, on Enchanted Princess. Would the departure from NY on 5th October, returning 12th October be good for seeing the spectacular Fall foliage? How about a week later? The other deciding factor is the number of ports. The 5th October departure is 5 ports, whereas the week later is only 4. The additional port is St John (for Bay of Fundy). I quite like a sea day, and the additional port makes it quite port-intensive. Is St John worth a visit? I'll happily have an extra port if the leaves will be more spectacular a week earlier.

So I'm now stuck with Blue Lane because I don't live in the USA? Hmmmmm.

I was sitting at the back of the bus behind you for the Stonehenge trip! Glad you had a good time.

@Gardyloo Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I had the most wonderful visit to the Museum of Flight. Got a taxi no problem after stepping off the ship. Cost was $28. The taxi driver helpfully pointed out that the museum campus is both sides of the road as he dropped me off, telling me to make sure I visit both sides. I was there for over three hours. It was everything I'd hoped it would be. The "tower" with a view over the adjacent runway while listening to the Air Traffic Control chatter was an unexpected bonus. I got the bus back into downtown Seattle no problem at all. They were every 15 minutes. It went through some - ahem - "interesting" parts of town on the way back, which gave me a flavour of Seattle I wouldn't have got from a cruise ship excursion. Given the time when I was travelling back, I just stayed on the bus until near Pike Place Market and had a mosey around and a pint in a brew pub before walking to the ship. Thanks again for the wonderful information. It was so, so much better than any organised excursion would possibly have been.

@Gardyloo Thanks for all the info. I'm travelling alone, so will I just need $2.75 in change? Or does it double to $5.50 because of the length of the journey?

@Gardyloo Great information, thank you. How do you pay for the city bus? Looking at the maps, it seems it's a pleasant half hour walk along the waterfront to get back to Pier 66. This looks like a perfect day trip.

I'm on the Ruby Princess this September, and have a full day in Seattle (9am to 9pm) on Tuesday 20th. Looking at what there is to do and see in the area, I would really like to get to the Museum of Flight. Has anyone done this? Would it just be a case of getting a taxi, and how easy is that at the port?