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    Port Saint John

    4.4 (7 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

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    This is one of the signs at the port outside the cruise terminals.  Photo taken October 3, 2019.
    Drew P.

    Port Saint John is located in the southern part of New Brunswick in Saint John. Even though cruise ships come in here, you can see right away that there is quite a bit of cargo ship traffic in and out of here as well. I was here with the Disney Magic cruise ship on October 3, 2019. It would be a chilly day, with temperatures starting in the mid 30s and highs in the mid 50s for the day. There are three different cruise terminals in Port Saint John. On the day we were here, all three main terminals were occupied. The three terminals are the Marco Polo Cruise Terminal, Diamond Jubilee Cruise Terminal and the Long Wharf Cruise Terminal. We were docked at the Diamond Jubilee Cruise Terminal on the day of our visit. This terminal is the furthest of the three from the "action" so to speak, but not too bad of a walk. After passing the other two terminals, we made it to the area where there is an outdoor market, as well as the starting point for a tour that we had booked ahead of time. We wouldn't spend much time at the port itself. After getting to the main area next to the terminals, we went over to the Ambassatours area as we had booked the Big Pink Bus tour for the day. The only thing I was surprised about with that was the wait was over an hour just to get on one of the buses. I guess they were a little overwhelmed having only nine buses and three cruise ships in port for the day. I reviewed my experiences for that portion on the pages for each of the places visited and the tour itself. Overall, the port and Saint John was a great visit. We couldn't do everything in one day, so it may warrant a visit again the future. It was neat to see the sign and mural that was made by children on the Disney Magic back in 2012. If you are considering a visit to this area, I would definitely recommend it.

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    Big Pink Bus - Gray Line Tours - Houses- old

    Big Pink Bus - Gray Line Tours

    2.3(3 reviews)
    0.0 km

    First, they sell too many tickets. You might be very annoyed at how long you have to wait to get on…read moreeven at the port. You may also be annoyed with how long you have to wait to catch another bus at an attraction. Also, the attractions, such as they are, are really bad here. The reversing River Vista point was opposite an ugly paper mill and there was tons of scum floating on the water. And this "attraction" is one of the high points. Our guide certainly tried to make this place seem interesting. Convict labor built the park lakes! Oh boy. There are certainly a lot of souvenir shops and they'll try hard to take your money but unless you are forced to go to this city give it and the pink bus a miss. Literally everywhere else on our cruise was miles better. If you're stuck in this town save your money on the bus and find a bar or restaurant in the Downtown.

    The Big Pink Bus Sightseeing tour is part of the Gray Line Tours company, but is powered by…read moreAmbassatours in Saint John, NB, Canada. This tour is only available on days that cruise ships are in the port. A portion of all proceeds for this tour go to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation; this tour was founded in 2010. My visit here was on October 3, 2019 as I came here via the Disney Magic cruise ship. The meet up point for this tour was at the Marco Polo Cruise Terminal. We were at the other end at the Diamond Jubilee Cruise Terminal. There is a little market near the area of the tour start as well. We got there around 10:15 or so. The line was extremely long. It would take over an hour of waiting until we were able to board a bus. I found out during the wait that they only have nine buses for this. I don't think they were prepared for three cruise ships to be in port that day. They probably should have gotten other buses to use in the interim until the crowds subsided. Finally after an hour or so, we were finally able to board a bus. This is a hop on hop off bus, so you can get off at different stops along the way and pick back up right where you left off. Of course the bus would be full getting on at this initial stop. Including this initial stop, there are a total of 14 stops along the tour (map included in photos). During the tour, we got to learn quite a bit about Saint John, the Reversing Rapids and Falls, and the Great Fire of 1877. We also heard the story of Benedict Arnold, whom was not very welcome here due to his shady business practices. During this tour, there were two locations that we ended up stopping at. On the first loop around, since it was around lunch time, we stopped at Skywalk Saint John and Reversing Falls (stop # 10). We would stay here for a while, as we had lunch at the Reversing Falls Restaurant and then went up to the Skywalk. The Skywalk did have some great views, even if the waters weren't raging along at the time. After finishing the first loop around, we switched to another bus that was going to be leaving shortly. We wanted to go back to a stop that we didn't stop at in the first loop, which was Fallsview Park (stop # 9). Fallsview Park was a great place to stop and see the rapids. At this time of day, the waters were moving in the reverse direction, going up river into the St. John River and eventually the Bay of Fundy. The views were spectacular here as well. Just ignore the industrial buildings and focus on the river. Overall, this was a great way to view Saint John and hit the highlights. My main reason for doing this one was to be able to see different views of the Saint John River and the beauty it shows. Since we got on and off quite a bit, we had several different guides, but all of the guides we had were great when it came to explaining the history and culture of Saint John, including that this would be the first incorporated city in Canada. If you happen to be visiting Saint John via cruise ship, or happen to be there on a day a cruise ship is in port, this is a great tour to get the history and feel of Saint John.

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