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I'd say train, but Canada's train infrastructure (especially out east) is even worse than America's, so that generally means paying as much as I would to fly to take 10-15 times longer (Halifax to Montreal is a 1.5-hour flight, a 12-hour drive, or a 23-hour train ride). Conceptually, I like trains much better than flying, just because flying is such a miserable experience (the actual experience of being in the air is fine, but the seats are rarely comfortable, planes tend to be ridiculously crowded, security delays and overbookings make actually getting to the plane a stressful hassle, and I'm pretty much constantly worried about any checked baggage), but the infrastructure just isn't there to treat them as a viable alternative to even driving, let alone flying.

Boats are kind of a special case. I like taking ferries well enough and will gladly do so to give me a break if the price/comfort/convenience factor is right, but they're generally an intermediate step in a longer car trip, rather than being the primary mode of travelling. Cruises are different, of course (which is what you actually asked), but I've never taken a cruise and therefore don't really have a frame of reference for that except a general dislike of cruise ship people. That's perhaps based on an unfair, biased sample consisting of the many clueless tourists I've seen living in a city with a major harbour for most of my life (and my girlfriend's worked in several museums and faced the real brunt of their idiocy, so she's got it even worse), but it's all I've got.