The above is a map showing the ports on a cruise I'm interested in taking. Given the uncertainties of the cruise industry at the time I write this, I'm not sure of whether my Hawaii cruise will become a reality later this year. Although I've been to 4 of the 6 ports before, I'd take this 10 day cruise on the NCL Joy so that I could visit Boston (again), and to visit the ports of Charlottetown and Sydney. (I'd also gain the 10 Latitudes points I need to achieve Platinum status if my complaint to NCL isn't addressed properly.)
The last time I visited Boston, I was on a cruise with my former cruise partner. She insisted that I hang out with her son and his girlfriend (now wife), while I wanted to go to the Union Oyster House and to see the USS Constitution. If I take this trip, I will likely be able to do both activities I wanted to do on my last trip to Boston AND get back to the cruise terminal in time to return home. It'll be interesting trying to go through a military checkpoint with a male id, while presenting as a female. (And it'll give me a good idea of what to expect when I visit Pearl Harbor, later in the year.)
However, this is not the only trip I might take. There is a 5 day Royal Caribbean cruise out of Bayonne that goes to Halifax (NS) and Saint John (NS). That'd be a much cheaper cruise for me to take AND it would give me an idea of whether I'd cruise with RCCL in the future. Yet, there is another cruise that really piques my interest - a 16 day Princess Cruise out of Brooklyn to Greenland, stopping at Halifax (NS), Sydney (NS), Nuuk (Greenland), Nanortalik (Greenland), Qaqortoq (Greenland), and St. Johns (NL) before returning home. The latter cruise may be a budget buster, and would likely require that I travel as Mario. Saint John (NB) and St. Johns (NL) are not to be confused with each other. The city in New Brunswick is not that interesting. But visitors to Newfoundland praise its town. So this place will be on my list places to visit as I plan future cruises.
Unfortunately, many of the cruises I plan to take will cost some serious coin. But it's the price I have to pay to make up for lost travel time....
