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We looked at flight ease for an upcoming trip where we're going into one city and back from another. That's two one way flights on flight ease. Instead I used the 'multi city' selection (depending on the airline it's with the round trip or one way selection) on my favorite airline's site. The multi city choice was a little more then the round trip price but not as pricey as two one ways on the site. I would recommend looking at the multi city option if you have a favorite airline and want to be in complete control of your booking. Not all airlines offer it, eg Delta does, Jetblue does not.

Thanks. I’ll check that out.

Did you find the transfer in with the shore excursions, or some other way? We have to go from SeaTac to Canada Place next September. I would love to take the train but the very early and very late departures aren't convenient. Quick Shuttle is fine if you really love riding on a bus and making a lot of stops! Amtrak does run a bus a few times a day from the King Street station on better times, that can be an option but in the end we might just do the one hour flight unless HAL offers a shuttle.

We're on a Japan cruise from Vancouver next year. The ship stops at Yokohama (for those just doing the trans-Pacific) and then goes around Japan. We'll disembark at a port simply called 'Tokyo'. I understand Yokohama is a city of course but they indicate Tokyo tours are available from there. So what is the 'Tokyo' cruise port?

Thanks woodinville cruisers and ferry watcher for your input! I appreciate it.

I can’t answer your question but do you mind a question? How was the weather? I know it varies year to year but I’m trying to convince my husband to take a similar trip next fall and he worries about rough seas. Thank you.

This subject is interesting to me. We have a HAL cruise scheduled for Sept '24 going to Turkey and Egypt. Hoping it goes but reading the Celebrity forum is not making me optimistic.

Roy - thanks so much for the pic Roy, Thanks so much for the pictures. Yikes that would be difficult with luggage so a taxi would be needed.

Could you walk from the hotel to the port? It’s not a Holiday Inn anymore but it’s still there under another name.

Good idea, I will.

Thank you for the recommendation!

I know there are public transportation options for this journey but with our luggage we won't be using them. I was wondering if anyone has recommendations for car services from the airport to the terminal area. We actually will stay at a hotel near the port the night before so a shuttle to the cruise port wouldn't really help. Thanks for your help!

thanks so much. I’m surprised they’re not posting Normandy or Paris excursions because that seems like enough time. Maybe they’re yet to come.

I was going to post almost the same ? as the original OP. We're on a 3 day cruise (QM2) next May, I need to find out how long we'll be in port for Le Havre. They haven't posted any WWII excursions and that's what I want. Anyone know where I can find the port info for Le Havre online? That would seem to be the best bet. Thanks.

They might not have known how big of an attack it was immediately and that could explain the delay in notification. We were there in 2017 coming back from a private tour and we heard gunfire, etc. Our guide just sort of shrugged it off like they heard stuff like that ( and worse) all the time.

Yes I’m sorry I was thinking about the summer and fall, I thought some were offered there in the past. That’s what I didn’t see on the website , I should have been more specific. Thanks

I’ll be the first to admit I’m not good with website searches sometimes. I’ve been looking for ‘grand’ cruises in 24 and 25 but I can’t find anything other then the world cruises and the pole to pole ones. Am I missing something or are none being offered? I thought HAL was going to be doing more of them not less.

Thanks again for all the information, it’s so helpful. Not surprisingly downtown hotels on the weekend in June are very expensive so we decided to stay at the Hilton at the airport. We’ll only be going downtown one day so I don’t think it will be a big deal.

Thanks for everyone's input. I did change our flight. I don't mind a little stress but DH does so why go through it? We actually decided to stay a couple of nights, probably in Amsterdam or at the airport because I think there's pretty good transportation to downtown. Thanks again!

Thanks for your response. Do you happen to remember when people were allowed to self disembark by any chance?

For those who have taken cruises out of Rotterdam. We're on a Norway cruise round trip out of Rotterdam next year. The ship is only going to Norway ports, will we have to go through customs when we debark? I'm wondering because we have a pre-noon flight out of Amsterdam I want to make sure (as much as it is possible) that we can make it. We intend to self disembark and get a car service (looking for one now). Thank you.

Would any of you who have done it worry about making an 11:35 international flight after debarking at Rotterdam? We would self disembark and line up private transport (though I haven't looked into that so I would welcome recommendations). Also, it is a Saturday.

We're 4* on HAL and Diamond on Cunard so we've been on both a lot. We like the more international nature of the passengers, I mean we can talk to Americans anytime right? There's no comparison in speakers (enrichment talks), Cunard wins that one and that's important to us, but not to all I understand. We've been on Cunard with John Cleese as a speaker and the just recently retired Governor General of Australia...when we were going around Australia! That Australia trip was part of the 2020 world cruise that ended (like HALs) in Fremantle. The difference being Cunard took care of everyone's plane reservations (whether you flew with them or not) among other things. They really shined during that crisis. Obviously we love both lines and really I don't think you can go wrong if the ship is going where you want to go.

We did that excursion on the VOV. We loved it but if they told you that New Englanders attacked remember here in NE we like to think of it as the British attacking.🤔

Get used to that. We just got off the Zuiderdam on Saturday the 26th (voyage of the vikings cruise). The rolls and pastries were always dry, bordering on stale. We thought they might have been previously frozen.