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Thank you, @hallasm.Very helpful!

27 minutes ago, dlwfarm said:

 

How will you get the dkk from SKAGEN?   We are going to be on the brilliance the 24th of June. 

Yup, that's our sailing! 🙂

I figure I'll stop by an ATM somewhere and pick up a small amount of DKK buy a treat at some point with cash during the day and save the rest for Copenhagen.

I read the link provided by @hallasm but admit that I'm a little confused about Skagen. We are travelling with someone with mobility issues, and I can't figure out where the ship docks (we're on the Brilliance, and will be in Skagen on 25 June. The things we're most interested in seeing are: the gray lighthouse/Skagen Bunkermuseum, the sand-buried church, and the Skagen art museum.

I think we have to get on the S1 bus, go North for 3-4 stops for the lighthouse and bunker museum (Grenen bus stop), then get back on the S1 going South and take it to Flagbakkevej bus stop. At some point we can take it back north again and spend time in the Skagen Museum before getting back on the ship. 

My questions are: 

1) What is the closest buss (S1) station to where the ship will dock? Skagen Station? 

2) Is there a shuttle that will take us from the port to Skagen Station? (my mom has trouble walking long distances)

3) Which should we try to do first to avoid crowds as much as possible?

4) Does this sound reasonable for 7am-4pm? Is there something else you'd recommend?

On 6/11/2019 at 9:10 AM, dlwfarm said:

Thanks for the advice on my earlier question, but I have another.  

Is there a place to use credit cards near the bus pickup , bus 26 to city center, where the brilliance of the sea docks.  I heard that it is at c190 Langelinie.  

If there is a place to purchase tickets using credit cards, which ticket do I get and how much does it cost?  Thnak you.  Mary

Hi Mary, I'm also on a Brilliance sailing (maybe same as you?). The Brilliance itinerary I'm on includes another port in Denmark before Copenhagen - Skagen - so I plan to just save some of the DKK from that port for bus use in Copenhagen. If your itinerary is similar you may want to do the same.

Thank you all for your thoughts! We ended up selecting a private tour, so we're going to decide on the morning, I think, once we see how everyone in our party is feeling. I really appreciate all of your comments, though, and I'll be passing it on to our party. :)

Thank you, Lagerta!

On 11/23/2018 at 5:55 PM, John Bull said:

Truly central to the city would be on or near Damrak, which runs from Centraal station to Dam Square.

Renaissance on Kattengat fits the bill. 100 yards from the nearest canal-side cafes, a five minute walk to the canal boats on Damrak, ten mins to Ann Frank House, Dam Square & the Red Light district. And only a 5 minute walk from the station (for the airport?), and a 5 min drive from the cruise terminal. But I'd venture it's much more peaceful than places like Damrak or Dam Square.

On location I'd give it ten out of ten.

I found this very helpful. Thanks so much for the advice!

Other than the somewhat unique experience of riding the hydrofoil, what’s the primary reason to look for a tour that offers this? Saves time? Different entrance to Peterhof?

I've sailed Hawaii three times (once on NCL, 2x on RCCI). On NCL we sailed in July, on RCCl we sailed both times in November, and on longer cruises. Out of a total of 30 days sailing Hawaii, we only had 1 day/night that was "rough" and even then it was fairly mild to other locations we've been in.

I have several pair of Tevas and Crocs and they're okay, but not great. My Fit Flops, on the other hand are without a doubt the most comfortable pair of sandals I own. I'm not a fan of the look as much as the others, but HOLY SMOKES they are SOOOOOO worth the money. I wore them all day, every day at Disney World 6 years ago, and they are just as good today as they were then - still look great and feel perfect. Totally worth every penny!

We sailed with HAL on one of their Canada/New England routes when DS was 5. He LOVED Club HAL (still talks about it, in fact), and the ladies running the programs were fabulous. There were no beepers handed out on our ship, but as a previous poster said we were expected to let them know (roughly) where we would be, and what time we were expected to return. Even though DS was 5 when we went, he was still having difficulty with staying dry throughout the day (mostly he didn't want to stop whatever fun activity he was doing to have to go off to the bathroom!), so we made sure to stop at the restroom before and after each trip to Club HAL - we had no problems while we were onboard. :)

I got married a lot longer ago than 2011 (last fall we celebrated our 10 year anniversary), but I had a 4 year engagement and thought I'd researched enough to anticipate everything that could possibly happen. We did plan for most things, but the one single thing I wish I'd known was that neither I nor DH would be up to actually eating anything at the reception because we were too keyed up with nerves. We ended up leaving our hotel at midnight and going in search of any fast food place that was still open - so our first married meal together was actually at In-n-Out for double doubles and fries. ;) So my advice would be to arrange to have room service bring you something post-wedding, or to make sure you've got some snacks in your cabin.

Not a cruise, but my aunt and uncle were supposed to be flying home from Singapore after adopting their new daughter a few days prior in Vietnam. They made it onto the plane, but everyone was forced to get off the plane and the airline explained what had happened. They ended up staying in Singapore for a full week (fully paid for by the airline - go Singapore Air!) because they could return to the US.

Celebrity has very good food, from what I've been told, and they have West Coast departures that go to Hawaii and back. Celebrity also does Pacific Coastal cruises that are in and out of Los Angeles (Santa Barbara, San Francisco (2 days), Monterrey, Catalina, Ensenada). We're considering that cruise for next year.

I was actually quite pleased with the food I got on Disney - I'd say it was at least equal to what we got on Princess. There are Disney cruises that go up and down the California coast (San Diego, Ensenada, San Francisco, and into and out of Los Angeles) that might be a good option.

When will people ever learn to listen to their waiter. Oy!

Well, I don't particularly enjoy some foods (steak, chops, slabs of meat of just about any kind) so when my waiter gives me a rec for one of those I'm definitely going to ignore it and pick something else. :rolleyes:

DH and MIL both ordered Fish & Chips for lunch last summer in Alaska (on Princess). Both of them took one bite, declared it to be "nasty!" and decided we should leave the dining room and head for the buffet.

I thought RCCL's lobster bisque was mediocre (I've had much better); their other bisques were much more to my liking. That being said, I'm a sucker for any kind of shellfish bisque of any kind so I still enjoyed it.

has claws and is steamed whole fresh and alive screaming in their Neptune language while they turn red. Best place to eat a lobster is in New England or a top quality steak house. Lobster should be a minimum of 2 lbs and up to 5-6 lbs. No the bigger ones are not tough and are really tasty and worth the effort. The body and claws have excellent meat, some of which you have to work a little to find. Ship board tails are usually from warm water clawless crustations and don't have mush taste since they have been frozen for weeks or months. You can find these in Sams or Costco and are easy to cook. On lobster night there are usually really good choices for dinner. And for those into competitive eating to see how many of these things they can eat, they probably never eat a real steamed lobster. Even most shrimp have more flavor. I am a lobster snob and won't waste my time on inferior food.

 

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Didn't mean to denigrate the lobster in Britain or even France. I just didn't think that the lobster tails on shipboard would be considered the real thing except by Americans from the Blue states.

I'd love to say I've rarely heard anything so blatantly elitist and condescending, but I've been reading (though rarely posting) on these boards for a while, so...

I had to laugh at the Blue State comment. Anyone who knows politics knows that the Blue States refer to those states with predominantly liberal tendencies, which just happen to be primarily coastal states and the states with the highest per capita income, including coastal New England and, uh, Maine... So, you basically just said the cruisers who enjoy the lobster nights are from states where the people are most likely to eat fresh cold water lobster regularly. You definitely made your point m steve. Good job! :rolleyes:

I used to be an artisan cheese buyer and part of my job was to assist in the selection of wines to go with the various cheeses. I've eaten a lot of fine cheese and drank a lot of beautiful wines - heck, I even attended a cheese and wine conference in the Piedmont region of Italy (tough job... mwahahaha!). But when all is said and done, having a taste for the finer things has never prevented me from enjoying a couple of beers, some tortilla chips, and a bowl of ooey, gooey, melty, made-from-precessed-cheese-food queso, or from drinking some glasses of wine at my mother-in-law's house that I wouldn't have been caught dead recommending to a customer. We make the best of the situations we find ourselves in, yes?

Do I enjoy fresh Maine lobster? You bet your sweet patootie I do. Do I enjoy the lobster tails on the cruises? Absolutely. Looking forward to it next month on our upcoming cruise. I already know I'll order two. At least. :cool: