Spooky seafaring with Mark Nesbitt on fall ‘ghost-hunting’ cruise

We’ve heard about vampires slated to hit the high seas, so news of this ghost-hunting cruise didn’t surprise us. This fall, on Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas, Mark Nesbitt — historian, former park ranger, tour guide and author of the “Ghosts of Gettysburg” series — will headline a themed cruise meant to send chills up your spine.

The five-night New England/Canada cruise, Oct. 17 to 22, arrives and departs from Boston. Ports along the journey include Portland and Bar Harbor, Maine, and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

On board, Nesbitt will tell scary stories, but it sounds like the frightful fun begins in earnest off the ship. In Portland and Bar Harbor, participants can opt to join “spooky” tours, and a “ghost walk” is scheduled for Halifax. Other add-ons include an overnight stay at the allegedly haunted Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, and led by Nesbitt, a tour of Boston, with due mentions, of course, of Lizzie Borden and the Boston Strangler.

Cost: The cost for just the cruise starts at $514 per person for interior rooms, including taxes and port charges and based on double occupancy. The Portland, Bar Harbor and Halifax excursions costs $65 per person for the lot. The Park Plaza Hotel stay and the Boston tour costs $120 per person to add on.

Contact: Cruise Holidays of Alexandria, (866) 368-7327.

– Susan Derby, Special to the Los Angeles Times

[Photo: Author Mark Nesbitt. Credit: Cruise Holidays of Alexandria]

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