Shadowmeboy's Norwegian Dawn Canada/New England Pictorial Review

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not feeling up to walking the garden and some of Acadia was my biggest let down with having this leg infection. I was under antibiotics, so I got zapped easily and thus didn't get to do as much as I could. I loved every minute of the time in Acadia and hope if you go to Bar Harbor, you get to explore it as well.

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

After the garden, we started to head back to Bar Harbor, as our four hours was almost done!

 

 

 

 

 

Our driver asked us where we wanted to get dropped off at. We said the best lobster restaurant in Bar Harbor or one she recommends. She recommended Side Street Café. We said our farewells and tipped her for a excellent tour. I highly recommend doing a tour through At-your-Service taxi.

 

Here is their website if any of you are interested: https://www.atyourservicetours.net/

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

Susan and I shared a Lobster roll. She wanted salad and I wanted chowder. We got a lobster roll with salad, and then I got a bowl of New England clam chowder. 

 

 

The chowder was good, but I think Ivar's (Seattle area - https://www.ivars.com/ ) and Mo's (Oregon Coast - https://www.moschowder.com/) have better chowder.

 

 

Maria got the Hot Lobster Sammy

 

 

Trace got a burger, The Adam Bomb.

 

 

Another look at the lobster roll.

 

 

After lunch, Trace and Maria split from Susan and I. We headed off to see the shops in Bar Harbor.

 

 

Acadia information spot and a place to catch the bus that will take you through the park.

 

 

We got Ice Cream in one of the local shops. they had a flavor called The Dude. Trace is a dude person. We had to take a picture for him! 

 

 

We got our Ice Cream at Mt. Desert island Ice Cream

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pies smelled amazing as you walked by. Susan and I were stuffed and they still smelled amazing.

 

 

back to the tender we went.

 

 

sorry about the washed out picture. They don't seem to clean the windows of the tender boats very often.

 

 

 

back at the ship.

[cruisegil]

10 hours ago, shadowmeboy said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pies smelled amazing as you walked by. Susan and I were stuffed and they still smelled amazing.

 

 

back to the tender we went.

 

 

sorry about the washed out picture. They don't seem to clean the windows of the tender boats very often.

 

 

 

back at the ship.

Hello again. I am thoroughly enjoying your posts and photos. I have another question. How long does it take the tender boat to get to/from shore from/to the ship? The ship looks anchored a lot farther out than I would've expected so am curious. We're in Bar Harbor 8am-6pm and have a non-NCL tour reserved for 10am. Think we'll be ok? Thanks again for your tips!

[shadowmeboy]

33 minutes ago, cruisegil said:

Hello again. I am thoroughly enjoying your posts and photos. I have another question. How long does it take the tender boat to get to/from shore from/to the ship? The ship looks anchored a lot farther out than I would've expected so am curious. We're in Bar Harbor 8am-6pm and have a non-NCL tour reserved for 10am. Think we'll be ok? Thanks again for your tips!

 

We were off the ship by 9 am. The concern is immigration, if you aren’t in the first two or three groups to clear immigration after ncl excursions, then you could be late. It will depend on the effectiveness of the CBP officers and if fellow passengers are ready with their documents when they get to the officers. The tender ride was 5 - 10 minutes, Newport was 2 to 2.5 times longer than Bar Harbor.

[LeesaB]

Still loving your review!  Thanks for taking the time to post these awesome pictures, even though real life is getting in the way.

 

(Ha!)

[cruisegil]

1 hour ago, shadowmeboy said:

 

We were off the ship by 9 am. The concern is immigration, if you aren’t in the first two or three groups to clear immigration after ncl excursions, then you could be late. It will depend on the effectiveness of the CBP officers and if fellow passengers are ready with their documents when they get to the officers. The tender ride was 5 - 10 minutes, Newport was 2 to 2.5 times longer than Bar Harbor.

Thanks so much for the info and details! We will be arriving in Bar Harbor from Portland so hopefully won't have the immigration issues (we head to Halifax next so guess we'll hit Canadian immigration then). Sounds like we may be ok for our 10am tour on shore. The Newport info is much appreciated as well. Thanks again!

[drumming cruisers]

Love your review. Pretty in summer. Have been on that cruise in  October for the Fall colors, but never thought to go in Summer. 

[shadowmeboy]

12 hours ago, cruisegil said:

Thanks so much for the info and details! We will be arriving in Bar Harbor from Portland so hopefully won't have the immigration issues (we head to Halifax next so guess we'll hit Canadian immigration then). Sounds like we may be ok for our 10am tour on shore. The Newport info is much appreciated as well. Thanks again!

 

you are welcome!

[shadowmeboy]

12 hours ago, LeesaB said:

Still loving your review!  Thanks for taking the time to post these awesome pictures, even though real life is getting in the way.

 

(Ha!)

 

I know, right! 😉

[shadowmeboy]

27 minutes ago, drumming cruisers said:

Love your review. Pretty in summer. Have been on that cruise in  October for the Fall colors, but never thought to go in Summer. 

 

I would love to go in the fall, but it was very pretty in June. Weather might be a bit better in June as well.

[Christophene]

Hi Shadowmeboy,

Your pictorial tour of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park is very thorough and accurate. Great job. I live a few minutes from Bar Harbor. I don’t know if you realize just how amazing the weather was for you that day. This past June we had nearly 10” of rain, much more than normal. The kind of day you had is more often seen in September when the wind is from the northwest. We call those days “sparklers” (pronounced “spaahklah). 

Best,

Jay

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

2 hours ago, Christophene said:

Hi Shadowmeboy,

Your pictorial tour of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park is very thorough and accurate. Great job. I live a few minutes from Bar Harbor. I don’t know if you realize just how amazing the weather was for you that day. This past June we had nearly 10” of rain, much more than normal. The kind of day you had is more often seen in September when the wind is from the northwest. We call those days “sparklers” (pronounced “spaahklah). 

Best,

Jay

 

 

 

If you have read my past pictorial reviews, you know we have had bad weather especially in Alaska. I take each day like we had in Bar Harbor as a gift. I appreciate it even more when it is gorgeous like it was. Acadia is an awesome park and I am thankful I got to visit and see it.

 

Thank you for your kind words on the accuracy and thoroughness, I try to pay attention and look things up to make sure I am right, if unsure.

[shadowmeboy]

 

The second part of Halifax day posted today on the YouTube channel.

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

Simply Beautiful!

 

 

 

 

Pilot Boat coming out to pick up the pilot.

 

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

I was not feeling well and was sleeping in the stateroom this evening. Susan went to the performance of The Fantast of P.C. Lai at 7 pm.

 

 

Afterwards, she went to that evening's "game show" - Wheel of Ill Will.

 

 

the contestants spin the wheel, if it lands on space like heart breakers, they have to do a task to get their points.

 

 

 

such as dancing back to back with a stranger

 

 

Susan went to the MDR for dinner.

 

 

 

 

Southwestern Smoked Turkey Salad

 

 

Potato Gnocchi

 

 

Dessert Menu

 

 

Black Forest Cake

 

Everything was really good! The MDR even sent her back with the Breaded Flounder Fillet for me to have for Dinner. It was really good too!

 

End of Bar Harbor - Day 5.

Edited August 9, 2019 by shadowmeboy

[david_sobe]

Enjoying the photos, videos, and review.  Sorry to hear you were not feeling well on this night.  Hope you had a bounce back the next day.

[shadowmeboy]

18 hours ago, david_sobe said:

Enjoying the photos, videos, and review.  Sorry to hear you were not feeling well on this night.  Hope you had a bounce back the next day.

 

It was a cumulation of the days events and I got wore out. I felt better after napping and then going to bed early that night.

[shadowmeboy]

Day 6 -Portland, Maine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I got up early to watch us sail into Portland harbor.

 

 

 

 

 

The first look at Portland Head Lighthouse.

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pictures above were taken on my iPhone. Below are on the DSLR.

 

 

 

 

 

The iPhone picture quality goes down when zoomed in on some shots. Part of why I love my DSLR still!

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

Breakfast!

 

 

Susan's starter

 

 

My starters

 

 

Steak & Eggs with bacon and hash brown.

 

 

Susan got French Toast

 

 

Portland Port Photo

[drumming cruisers]

17 minutes ago, shadowmeboy said:

 

Breakfast!

 

 

Susan's starter

 

 

My starters

 

 

Steak & Eggs with bacon and hash brown.

 

 

Susan got French Toast

 

 

Portland Port Photo

 

Really cute picture of you two!

[paradiseawaitsme]

Loving your review.  Haven't got any cruises booked on Dawn or Canada/New England itinerary, but may have to rethink it.....maybe for the fall.   I have been out east a few times, driving through Vermont and Maine, but I think cruising it would be fun.

(I live close to Toronto so it is a nice road trip for us).  If you go again, try to get to Peggy's Cove, it is gorgeous there.

 

Hope your leg has healed up and you were in better shape to enjoy your latest trip.  Thanks for posting.....I have enjoyed all your trip reports and pics....especially of the ships and itineraries I am cruising after you.

Take care

 

Angela

[shadowmeboy]

18 hours ago, drumming cruisers said:

 

Really cute picture of you two!

 

Thank you!