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It's an inside cabin at the end of an "inside" hallway, but very convenient to the elevators - three left turns passing maybe 12 cabins. . It does backup to a service area, so I'm not sure about noise.

It's an inside cabin, on an "inside" hallway. But close to the aft elevators

The 2nd part of the tour was on a bus through Portland and to the Portland Head Light Lighthouse. The bus didn't stop except for at the lighthouse, so no pics in town.

We did the Portland by Land and Sea excursion. The first two was aboard the Bagheera, a 72-foot wooden hull schooner built in 1928. We ended up "racing" the Timberwind, a sister ship owned by the same company: We left them in our wake! Saw a few sights in the bay

Yes! I bought two of them One "disappeared". 😝

Not as breezy as the main pools. I do have to qualify my experience with the fact that even though I am from Alabama, I have a very high tolerance for cold weather. 🙂

I walked into Portland for Some Holy Donuts:

Open, but heated and well surrounded so no breeze.

Up at 7:30 this morning in Portland It's 47°F - great for water aerobics in the heated Solarium pool and some time in the hot tub. It was a bit chilly getting out, but I can tolerate it fairly well.

Getting ready to leave Bay Harbor Dinner in Giovanni's - steak for me (yes, I still think it's better than Chops) shrimp for Jan. The wine menu we watched the Broadway Rhythm & Rhyme show.. meh. The band was great, the lead make was good, the others were underwhelming. Now it's time to talk about the elephant in the room...

Wow! It wasn't that bad for us. Just a cluster of people trying to figure out which line - tender, bus tour, or whale tour. We may have waited 10 minutes in the tent to board the tender.

We've had fun at some of the art auctions. On one cruise, we went to them each day they were held. We noticed the first day, it was very slow-paced and easy going. Often time, an item would bid up and then someone would win, but then they would say they had more copies, and would give them to everyone who bid at the next-to-last-bid price. A few times, they just said everyone was getting it for free. By the last day, things were fast-paced and prices would rise without bids, as you saw. No way would I ever buy anything like that! I also believe there are shills in the audience. The first day, about the 3rd piece auctioned, was an original Peter Max - not a copy - that sold for $12K. The couple that bought it just didn't strike me as people who would pay that kind of money for art. We saw them later on during the cruise and they definitely did not act like people who would have $12K to spend on art. But of course you can't judge a book by its cover, so maybe these people where just very frugal about everything else so they could afford art. It was that sort of thing that we found entertaining. We also went home with a bunch of "free" posters that cost us $35 to ship them all. They were just slightly pushing frames and mounting, which were very expensive. A few of the prints we took to Michael's or Hobby Lobby and paid less than 1/3 of their prices to frame. I did make one purchase at an auction. It was a pencil drawing of Mikey Mouse, hand created and signed by the artists (one of Disney's animators). I had seen these for sale by Disney for well over $100. They caught me looking at it during preview and agreed to sell it to me for $100. So when it cam up for auction, it opened at $100, I bid, and then it was immediately sold. That one did not require shipping - I came and collected it on the last day of the cruise.

Yeah, mine showed that, too. I think once you get on the ship, or at least that morning, it will have the correct hours, and will also list all (or most) of the onboard activities.

The last hour of the tour was lunch at "The Bistro" at The Atlantis Oceanside Hotel. We had a limited menu, and we chose the clam chowder and lobster roll plus blueberry pie for dessert. It was all very good. The server explained that they bake their own bread, and the lobster can from the bay this morning. The blueberry pie was amazing - made from local blueberries and even local butter for the crust. The chef there is big on local-sourced ingredients. We did a bit of souvenir shopping at shore, then headed back to the ship. Figuring our where to get back to the tender was a challenge. It was crowded with a bunch of people boarding a bus for a your, plus people lining up for other boat tours. They need better signs, or an RCCL rep at the head of the dock directing people. Back on the ship, we walked around and enjoyed to mazing weather. Grabbed some drinks and sat by the pool, chatting with another couple from South Carolina. Then back to the room for a bit of rest before dinner in Giovanni's Table tonight.

We were up early with a quick bit for breakfast in The Windjammer. We had to meet in the theater at 8:45am for our Ultimate Bar Harbor excursion. This port is tendered and they use lifeboats, plus a few larger port-provided tenders. We were on a lifeboat. The excursion was great. It was 4 hours, 3 of which were touring Acadia National Park in a 14-passenger "luxury" shuttle bus. It was very nice and comfortable. The driver/tour guide was great and it was a fantastic day for it. Some photos from the peak: On the way down: Thunder Hole:

No, Chops was not open for lunch in embarkation day for some reason. The only specialty open that day was Giovanni's. On Voyager, normally it's only Chops, but for some reason they swapped them on this cruise.

No crapd tables. 😒

I will! I do know that one cabernet that I tried to order a glass of in Giovannis was not available, so they substituted another brand that was over the $13 limit of my DBP, but they did not charge me. I didn't look at the wine menu on Chops but just asked for a glass of cabernet and I think he brought me the same thing. I've asked Jan to remind me to get pics.

Last night, the seas were rocking the ship quite a bit. Not enough to make waling difficult or cause any issue, but it was more motion than we usually feel on s hip not in a storm. I guess it's because we were running parallel to the waves. It did make me sleep fairly well, though! Good morning Bar Harbor! We're getting up and ready for our excursion (Ultimate Bar Harbor).

Last night was Chops for dinner. Valentin was our waiter and he was excellent. Appetizers were shrimp cocktail for Jan and the bacon/pork belly for me. The bacon was not that great - a bit too fatty and the sauce was very ketchupy. The shrimp were good. Jan had the bone-in ribeye with a baked potato and I had the filet with asparagus. Both were very good, and we tried some of each others, but I thought the filet was the best. We were too full for dessert. It was 9:00pm after we ate so we walked around the ship a bit. Jan had a latte at Cafe Promenade, and she was disappointed that no pumpkin lattes were available. We had to get up early the next day for an 8:45am start to our Bar Harbor shorex, so we decided to turn in.

We were a little late leaving our due to traffic. But the skies were colorful. you could almost swim to the airport

By the time the massage was over, our room was ready. no luggage yet, but then i found it - on the dock!

My wife Jan and I boarded Voyager this morning in Boston. This is our journey. Yesterday, Saturday, we drove from home south of Birmingham, AL, to Nashville. We did this in order to have a direct flight to Boston. The drive was easy on the flight uneventful. We checked into our hotel, the Westin seaport around 10pm. We were up and out this morning slightly after 10 for our 10:30 boarding. We were at the terminal through security and on the ship shortly after 11. first beverages in the VK lounge. Then lunch at Giovannis (should have been Chops but it wasn't open) We then had a couples massage in the spa. It was great, except for the selling. We just kept saying no thanks.

Boarded Voyager out of Boston this morning. Absolutely ZERO COVID questions boarding. It was not mentioned. No one was asking about vaccines, health, nothing. Passport and SeaPass is all we needed.

My comments about not being asked for a vaccine card are based on the changes implemented Sept. 9th. I am sure that before the, they were asking to see vaccines cards as they pretty much required passengers to be vaccinated. Have you cruised since Sept 9th and been asked to show your vaccine card?