So we're in Canada, eh? We arrived late last night (got to our room about midnight!) and took the public train to our hotel on the waterfront. The hotel is literally steps away from the cruise ship dock - in fact the staging area for the cruiselines is in the "basement" of the hotel. We received an email a few days ago telling us not to even try to board until after 2pm, since they have 4 cruise ships boarding from the same area today. Deb got up early and went down to the hotel pool for a swim and a soak in the hot tub. The views are extraordinary! She could actually look down onto the deck of our ship from the pool area. We packed up our luggage and headed over to have breakfast ... read more