Whale Watching out of Boston

I'm sure this has been asked and answered but I couldn't find it anywhere.

My DW desperately wants to see whales on our upcoming Canada/NE cruise on October 6. The only whale watching excursion offered by Princess is out of Bar Harbor and we would prefer to go to Acadia there. That leaves me with using a private excursion.

We use Costco as our TA and they have private excursions and I found the perfect alternative out of Boston but there is one small concern. The itinerary of the cruise shows us docking at 11am and the whale watching excursion leaves at noon. The excursion website says it is about a 5-10 minute taxi ride from the port. This all seems a little tight on time to me but I'm not that familiar with Boston port. It feels like if just one little thing goes wrong, we won't make it in time.

How big is the Boston port? Is it easy to find a taxi/Uber? Opinions?

One alternative may be to not book anything in advance and see if we can hop onto an independent whale watching tour when we get to Boston. Anyone know where they leave from? Suggestions for an operator?

Thanks in advance and sorry if a repost.

The port is very easy, just get out and you will find a taxi line, or the Silver Line inbound.

You can look up Boston Harbor Cruises for a whale watch.

I'm sure this has been asked and answered but I couldn't find it anywhere.

 

My DW desperately wants to see whales on our upcoming Canada/NE cruise on October 6. The only whale watching excursion offered by Princess is out of Bar Harbor and we would prefer to go to Acadia there. That leaves me with using a private excursion.

 

We use Costco as our TA and they have private excursions and I found the perfect alternative out of Boston but there is one small concern. The itinerary of the cruise shows us docking at 11am and the whale watching excursion leaves at noon. The excursion website says it is about a 5-10 minute taxi ride from the port. This all seems a little tight on time to me but I'm not that familiar with Boston port. It feels like if just one little thing goes wrong, we won't make it in time.

 

How big is the Boston port? Is it easy to find a taxi/Uber? Opinions?

 

One alternative may be to not book anything in advance and see if we can hop onto an independent whale watching tour when we get to Boston. Anyone know where they leave from? Suggestions for an operator?

 

Thanks in advance and sorry if a repost.

What day of the week are you in Boston? What tour provider are you considering?

Are any of the Harbor tours close to the cruise port? (A mile or less) Thanks.

Not really that close. Most leave from Long Wharf or maybe you could find one from near Boston's World Trade Center, which is closer to the pier but I'm not sure they still go from there

I should have mentioned we arrive in Boston on Monday, 10/8/2018

This is the on-your-own whale watching trip I was thinking about: https://www.bostonharborcruises.com/whale-watch/

Given the time and descriptions of this one and the Costco one, I suspect they are one in the same.

I think my plan now is to go with this one. If we dock on time, get of the ship quickly and get a cab, great. If not, we are not out any money.

We used a tour that left from near the aquarium. We saw some minke whales but not the humpbacks that you might see in Alaska.