Yankee Seaports American Eagle - June 2024 My 8th cruise with American Cruise Lines explored the east coast from New York City to Boston

American Eagle in Sag Harbor, New York

This was the planned itinerary for the cruise:


Extremely windy conditions at sea forced a slight change to the itinerary.
We had to skip Port Jefferson, and change the order that we visited the next few cities.
 

I flew in to New York City a few days before the cruise so that I would have some time to explore.
I stayed in a fantastic high-rise hotel in Manhattan, the Residence Inn.
My room on the 49th floor had an awesome view!

I spent hours exploring Central Park in New York City, and I loved it!
It was so much bigger and better than I realized, and it was only three blocks from my hotel.

My favorite place we visited was Essex, Connecticut.  It's a very small town on the Connecticut River.
It was so peaceful there!

Newport, Rhode Island was also very interesting to me.
I flew my drone out to this little island to get some photos and videos of the lighthouse.


Note the two kids playing in the yard.  So, I guess a family lives there.

Here's a photo of the ship docked in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Since my cabin was on the right side of the ship, I had a great view of all the boats in the harbor.

There's a lot going on in this next picture.  It captures a little slice of cruise ship life.
Deck hands are tying the ship up to the dock, as the captain watches from just outside the pilothouse.
A couple of passengers are enjoying watching everything from a viewing deck at the bow.
Lots of other passengers are watching from their balconies.

The craziest sunset I've seen in a long time happened while we were in Plymouth!

The next night, a much less dramatic sunset, but I appreciated it as I watched it from this daybed.

While we were in Essex, I got to go sailing on a re-creation of a type of sailboat that was used in the 1600s.
I shared it with five other guests and four crew members!

They had a fantastic bunch of crew members on this ship!


Kalei, the girl on the right, is one of my favorite ACL employees.  I've sailed with her three times.
The first time she was a server in the restaurant.  The second and third times she was the guest services coordinator.
At the end of this cruise, she informed me that she's training to become the manager of the ship's restaurant.

The still photos I shot were nice, but you should see the YouTube video I made about this cruise!
If you've got 25 minutes to enjoy a travel video, click the triangle in the middle of the screen to start the video.
I think you'll enjoy it.

To make the video fill the screen (recommended) click the little symbol in the lower right corner of the video player.
For best picture quality, click on the little symbol that looks like a gear, and set it use the highest video resolution.

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Other Cruise Ships I've Been On

If you've enjoyed this page, you would probably also enjoy reading my web pages about:

My first river cruise: American Harmony
My second river cruise:  American Melody
Viking's new Expedition Ship:  Viking Octantis
July 2021 Iceland Cruise on Viking Sky
January 2020 Carnival Panorama
December 2019 cruise in The Haven on Norwegian Joy
May 2019 Carnival Horizon cruise
April 2019 Norwegian Breakaway cruise
January 2019 Caribbean cruise on the Viking Sea
December 2018 country music cruise on the Norwegian Getaway
May 2018 Panama Canal cruise on the Norwegian Bliss
January 2018 cruise on MSC Seaside in a suite with a private Jacuzzi
September 2017 Carnival Vista cruise in a Havana Suite
October 2017 Norwegian Sky cruise in the owner's suite
The $1600 per night owners suite:  January 2017 Norwegian Pearl
An Un-crowded Small Ship Experience:  Viking Star
One Of The Best Waterslides At Sea:  Liberty Of The Seas
Quite Possibly The Best Cruise Ship In The World:  Anthem Of The Seas
January 2017 Allure Of The Seas
One of the best cruise ships we've ever experienced: The Norwegian Escape
2015 Carnival Breeze back-to-back cruises
Back-to-back cruises on Independence Of The Seas
World's largest cruise ship: Allure Of The Seas
2015 Carnival Freedom repositioning cruise
Our first VIP cruise in The Haven: The Norwegian Getaway
Our June 2014 Alaska cruisetour with Princess
Our first cruise with Princess!  January 2014 Sapphire Princess
2014 back-to-back eastern/western Caribbean cruises on the Carnival Glory
The completely refurbished Carnival Sunshine
One of Carnival's best ships, the Carnival Breeze
A sister ship to the Breeze, the Carnival Magic
Our 2013 cruise on the Carnival Conquest
One of the oldest ships in the fleet, the Carnival Inspiration
Our first Caribbean cruise:  the Carnival Glory
Our many cruises on the Carnival Spirit
Our February 2010 cruise on the Carnival Splendor
Our January 2008 cruise on the Carnival Elation
Our April 2008 cruise on the Norwegian Star
Our first cruise!  1996 on Carnival Cruise Line's MS Holiday

Click here to see the complete chronology of all the cruises we've ever taken.

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