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On 6/11/2020 at 8:38 PM, erinsmom03 said:

We have toned it down over the years.  But we still try to wear something nicer than usual, dress it up a little, slacks and a nice shirt for my husband, dress capris and dressy shirt for me.  Next year, our daughter will be 18, and she has informed us that she wants to dress up nicely for formal night... I see a nice family pic in our future!

We basically did the same... I do think our cruise next May (hopefully) I am going to find something a little nicer and my hubby said he wanted to make sure to have a tie... also so we can get at least one set of good pictures.

We are booked for October 8 to the 17th on Royal Caribbean, hopefully we will have good weather/leaves... not that we can't see them in Pennsylvania is just seems like a cool time to go North.

22 hours ago, Host Carolyn said:

It's a totally luck.. Have done this cruise 4 times and the only time the leaves had really changed in all the ports was last time when we went about Oct. 15. It had been warm and then very cold at night (in fact they had record low temps that week in Maine with daytime highs in low 40s and windy).  In mid- late Sept. once it was in the 70s and 80s; another time in October they had changed in New Brunswick and outside Halifax in Mahone Bay but not in Maine and another time just a little bit higher elevations in Arcadia.  Just book the cruise in mid-October and keep your fingers crossed would be my advice.  If they have chilly early fall in Canada the peak may be over but have never really seen in Maine and New England before October. 

 

It's a lovely itinerary IMHO and one that a lot of people overlook.  Ports are great, food delicious.  If you do a one-way to Quebec City (or from Quebec) leaf peak may be earlier than mid-October as it's further north.  That would be my ideal as Quebec is charming city and you get most of the same ports

Thank you!   We are booking for October 8 through the 17, 2020, so hopefully we will have both good weather and see the leaves in that area!

I was trying to determine what is the best week to cruise to New England/Canada to see the leaves change.  Any info. is appreciated.

I bought the luggage tag holders on Amazon and they worked fine... the one thing I did do, was tape the top where you hook it around to make sure it held in place.

We were on the Breakaway in October and we did Escape the BigTop and enjoyed it, there were 2 younger kids with the family that we were grouped with and the one did well (he was older). My husband and I enjoyed it, some of the group went to each station to get clues and myself and another lady stayed at the table doing those clues, it is something that any age (that understands the puzzles) can enjoy. You do need to make reservations, as it fills up. We tried to do all of our reservations either before we left or the first evening on board.

We just got back and were on the breakaway, we did have the dining package and ate at Cagney's twice, really enjoyed it there! If we didn't have the dining package, we still would have ate there at least once! I believe it was already said but they do not have lobster anymore. I got the filet and shrimp both times and wasn't disappointed either time.

We just sailed on the breakaway last week and didn't have issues with much vibrations. I could tell I wasn't walking on the outside ground but I expected that since we were on a big ship in the water with waves. The only night that I really noticed anything was Monday evening at Cagney's and then in our stateroom but the waves were high that evening. I didn't notice anything in the buffet and we ate breakfast and lunch there. Our Cabin Steward RC was amazing and very friendly!!