Shadowmeboy's Norwegian Dawn Canada/New England Pictorial Review

[gtaylor]

How much did the Uber cost?

 

gary

[30palms]

I love your reviews and am especially looking forward to this one since you’ll be visiting my home state, RI. 

[shadowmeboy]

16 hours ago, NYcruzzer said:

Great pics so far. We were on same cruise as you... Cannot wait to relive cruise through your pictures and comments..

 

Hope you had an enjoyable time as we did!

 

16 hours ago, snowey22 said:

Thanks  for taking the time to do your reviews!  They are so detailed and I love “traveling” with you and Susan.  Hoping to someday cruising with the two of you.  We’ll be on the Dawn Feb 2020 for 14 days.. hubby and I are so excited !! Thanks again.

 

Thank you! We are always excited to meet people who read the reviews and enjoy them. In fact, we met someone at Paradise Point in St. Thomas when we were on the Norwegian Bliss cruise last November.

 

15 hours ago, Jasonmom said:

Thanks for the review.  Not planning a trip on this ship nor itinerary, but looking forward to seeing your trip.  Especially with all the photos.  May have to go back and see one of your old reviews. 

 

Your Welcome. Feel free to look back, I do these for me. I want to relive my trips and this is sort of a journal of sorts. If you all enjoy them, then great!

[shadowmeboy]

14 hours ago, Sailing Smooth said:

Traveling on the Dawn this December.  Love catching a glimpse at the Dailies.  Thanks!

 

Have fun!

 

6 hours ago, PortFees45 said:

Thank you bags are cute. If you really want to make the crew happy, stick some money in there along with/in place of the chocolate. 

 

As I mentioned when I posted that we do put a tip in it. The feedback from the crew we have gotten after they have received a bag like a day or two later is that they love the chocolate. Its something most of them don't have onboard, when they go ashore its not to get chocolate generally. We want them to be special, but to each their own.

[shadowmeboy]

 

4 hours ago, gtaylor said:

How much did the Uber cost?

 

gary

 

The Uber was $73 including the tip. We took an Uber XL just to have room and space for baggage.

 

4 hours ago, 30palms said:

I love your reviews and am especially looking forward to this one since you’ll be visiting my home state, RI. 

 

Awesome! Loved Newport!

[shadowmeboy]

It was finally time to take our positions on Trace and Maria's aft balcony and enjoy the sail away from New York City.

 

 

 

Sailing down the Hudson

 

 

We departed from Pier 90 of the New York Cruise Terminal 

 

 

 

Princess and the peace Boat were at Pier 88.

 

 

I wish I had time to visit the Intrepid.

 

 

 

 

We couldn't have asked for better sailaway weather.

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

A look at Jersey!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Ferry terminal

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

One World Tower - we got to go up this later this trip!!!

 

 

 

 

Trace playing tour guide.

 

 

Lower Manhattan

 

 

Communipaw Terminal (Jersey City Terminal) - Central Railroad of New Jersey's waterfront passenger terminal. I love seeing things like this and then doing a little research on what it is and learning something.

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

Looking up the Hudson

 

 

 

First look at the Brooklyn Bridge. I loved David McCullough's book on it.

 

 

 

Wish we had time to ride the Staten Island Ferry. Next time.

 

 

Ellis Island National Historic Park

 

 

Lady Liberty

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow! So beautiful!

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sailing under the Verrazano Bridge

 

 

 

 

 

After the bridge, we made our way back to our room. We relaxed and finished the Thank You bags.

 

 

-- I will conclude Day 1 tomorrow 

[purpleally]

Seeing these pictures makes me want to sail from New York!

[Deb and Jack]

Thanks for the memories. Sailed Gem to Canada and New England back in 15 and meeting all 4 of you last fall in the Bliss. Your reviews are amazing.  🙂

[Jasonmom]

Sailed into New York once.  One of those moments in life that can move you to tears.

Loving the pictures

[rocklinmom]

Wow this makes me want to sail from NY also! We've been thinking about the Canada New England cruise, time to look into it!

[david_sobe]

Amazing pics.  Looking forward to more.

[oncruisecontrol]

Shadowmeboy, as always, you're reviews always wow us and never disappoint.  Love your photos of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. I can remember years ago (like back in 1995 or thereabout) I was stuck on the bottom level of the Verrazano in standstill traffic on the day before Thanksgiving because drivers were rubber-necking at the cruise ship that was about to transit under the bridge-----it was a Carnival ship of the Fantasy class era!   

I also appreciate your photos of Liberty State Park (Communipaw Terminal).  I have some wonderful photos of the Twin Towers from that vantage point from way back in 1989.  Never ever gave it a thought that they would ever not be there.

[fastpitchdad]

Following. Great start as always. I hope the philly cheesesteak sandwich was better than it looked.

Edited July 16, 2019 by fastpitchdad

[shadowmeboy]

17 hours ago, purpleally said:

Seeing these pictures makes me want to sail from New York!

 

I loved it! It was so pretty, we couldn't have asked for a better day!

 

15 hours ago, Deb and Jack said:

Thanks for the memories. Sailed Gem to Canada and New England back in 15 and meeting all 4 of you last fall in the Bliss. Your reviews are amazing.  🙂

 

Thank you Deb! It was a lot of fun sailing with you! Glad to have you along!

[shadowmeboy]

15 hours ago, Jasonmom said:

Sailed into New York once.  One of those moments in life that can move you to tears.

Loving the pictures

 

Thank you. It was an awesome sailaway!

 

13 hours ago, rocklinmom said:

Wow this makes me want to sail from NY also! We've been thinking about the Canada New England cruise, time to look into it!

 

It was a great itinerary. Port heavy, but awesome.

 

2 hours ago, david_sobe said:

Amazing pics.  Looking forward to more.

 

Thank you

[shadowmeboy]

1 hour ago, oncruisecontrol said:

Shadowmeboy, as always, you're reviews always wow us and never disappoint.  Love your photos of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. I can remember years ago (like back in 1995 or thereabout) I was stuck on the bottom level of the Verrazano in standstill traffic on the day before Thanksgiving because drivers were rubber-necking at the cruise ship that was about to transit under the bridge-----it was a Carnival ship of the Fantasy class era!   

I also appreciate your photos of Liberty State Park (Communipaw Terminal).  I have some wonderful photos of the Twin Towers from that vantage point from way back in 1989.  Never ever gave it a thought that they would ever not be there.

 

Thank you. Sometimes I don't know what I have until I look back at my pictures when I download them at home. I sometimes go how did I get that shot. That picture of the Communipaw Terminal was one of them.

 

I luckily have sailed out of Vancouver BC a few times. The Lions Gate bridge up there made for a lovely test subject for this sailaway.

 

31 minutes ago, fastpitchdad said:

Following. Great start as always. I hope the philly cheesesteak sandwich was better than it looked.

 

Thank you Andy. I can't remember if Trace liked it or not. 

 

Your seeing the pictures at the same time as everyone else, I haven't uploaded them to facebook, yet!

[shadowmeboy]

So I have a treat for you!

 

Here is our Sailaway from New York in video form!

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

Dinner was at Moderno tonight.

 

 

 

Salad Bar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Salad Plates

 

 

 

Raspberry Guava Mojito from Sugarcane - I heart this drink!

 

 

 

 

 

Papaya Cream

 

 

Chocolate-Coconut Tres Leches Cake

 

So, Moderno is one of my favorite Specialty Restaurants. I got whenever I can. Unfortunately, all four of us were disappointed by undercooked food. Bacon wrapped sirloin with almost raw bacon, chewy meats, and others still mooing (not even rare meat) are just a few examples. It took over 30 minutes to get a supervisor up to the restaurant, and I am still disappointed. I may choose not to go to Moderno, but the Pineapple makes that a hard choice.

 

Time will tell.

 

After dinner, Susan and I headed back to the room and crashed. I was exhausted.

Edited July 16, 2019 by shadowmeboy

[shadowmeboy]

Day 2 - Sea Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- I am headed for bed. I am sorry I am not getting farther each day. Today was day 15 out of 18 in a row at work. I am working on it as my time allows, so please be patient!

[fastpitchdad]

6 minutes ago, shadowmeboy said:

Dinner was at Moderno tonight.

 

 

 

 

So, Moderno is one of my favorite Specialty Restaurants. I got whenever I can. Unfortunately, all four of us were disappointed by undercooked food. Bacon wrapped sirloin with almost raw bacon, chewy meats, and others still mooing (not even rare meat) are just a few examples. It took over 30 minutes to get a supervisor up to the restaurant, and I am still disappointed. I may choose not to go to Moderno, but the Pineapple makes that a hard choice.

 

Time will tell.

 

After dinner, Susan and I headed back to the room and crashed. I was exhausted.

 

That was similar to my one and only experience with Moderno. 

Edited July 16, 2019 by fastpitchdad

[david_sobe]

I do agree paying attention to detail helps any company or business especially cruise lines.  I know the Dawn sails the Caribbean frequently but each boarding photo should reflect the itinerary you sail.  Its a tiny detail but just makes the boarding photo reflect the sailing.

I always thought Moderno was over-rated.  But not having a supervisor around is a sign of poor management.