sunnyinchagrin

Thank you for the clarification.  This helps so much..  Right now I am at 96 days so I need to work to get it down to 89.

So if my ship stops at Phillipsburg (Dutch), sails for 5 days, stops at Tenerife (Spanish), sails for two days...... do I also lose the sailing days as if I am in Shengen? Does the clock start at Phillipsburg and then continue because I have not checked out?  I'm thinking it does.

So appreciated.

Thank you so much for this discussion!  These are exactly the answers I was looking for as I, too, will cruise to Europe and plan to travel for 90 days, stopping at several European ports.  I appreciate the suggestion of spending some time in Croatia and Bulgaria which are destinations I want, anyway.

Question:  When I get to Croatia since I do not need a visa (US citizen), do I go to passport control to insure my passport reflects my time out of Schengen area?  Do I need to file paper work?