Thanks so much for all this advice. Location is everything so being close to transportation is a plus. It would be really handy if we could get Celebrity to do the transfers the morning of the cruise. That's a time saver. We'll ask when we call.
Flights are a worry too. We can't fly too many places direct from Halifax, NS and we'd really like to avoid Toronto but maybe by next year the airlines and airports will have their acts together. We may fly into Paris, tour around there and then rent a car and drive to Amsterdam.