what to do in pei...

[kwazi]

hello to everyone...im getting all excited about my cruise on connie on sep23...i just cant decide what to do in pei....ive tried renting a car but they close by 1pm...so id have to return to airport for later time...? will it be worth to rent a car to get to know the island on my own...want to see bridge and perserve comp...and want to find a place to eat those great mussles...any sugestions would be geatly appreciated...tks

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[fideauxdon]

A bridge is a bridge. We saw it, and drove over it. It's not worth a special trip from Charlottetown.

[portbook]

We hired Billy, a local driver that we read about on CC, to drive us around PEI. He was great and customized a tour for us based on what we wanted to see and how much time we had. His minivan seats at least 5 and he charges $50/hour. You can cover a lot of ground in a few hours at a fraction of the cost of a ship's excursion.

 

There aren't many drivers at the PEI dock so getoff the ship early and ask for him. His buddy Harry is pretty good too. We used both drivers since we had a party of 9.;)

[MonaCD]

hello to everyone...im getting all excited about my cruise on connie on sep23...i just cant decide what to do in pei....ive tried renting a car but they close by 1pm...so id have to return to airport for later time...? will it be worth to rent a car to get to know the island on my own...want to see bridge and perserve comp...and want to find a place to eat those great mussles...any sugestions would be geatly appreciated...tks

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Here are a few recent threads in which I"ve pretty much answered the same question, lots of good info links and input from other cruisers. If you have any other questions, I'll try to answer them.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=788572

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=778880

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=825707

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=828425

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=818547

 

As for the Confederation Bridge, to some it might be just another bridge but to others it's an engineering marvel and actually quite a beautiful sight to see. It is the longest bridge over ice covered water in the world and was featured in an episode of one of the Mega Projects series on the Discovery Channel.