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Excellent, thanks for the information, everyone!

I was very close to going with a very cheap Air France flight but I ended up following all of your good advice and just purchased four tickets for the train, it wasn't that bad even adding the "premier standard" cabin which apparently has better seats and meals, the kids should have fun there. Got my tickets on my phone wallet and I am ready to go, too bad its until April. Thanks, guys! Any tips for someone who isn't from europe or the USA on such a trip? As far as immigration, passports, etc?

That's what I expected out of mine too... but they only act that way when other kids they know are around, all of a sudden the little demons are too old to use a stroller and to be carried around... but when its only strangers around they don't mind it one bit.

Would Eurostar.com be the best place to buy those tickets for the train?

Yeah, it's a double stroller and we use it for trips where a lot of walking will take place, such as Disney and stuff like that. It's more for us than them...

Hi all, I've taken this route before, always on airplane, for some reason I've never used the Eurostar. In April I am taking my wife and two small kids (8 and 6) from London to Paris before going on a Royal Caribbean cruise from Barcelona. I have almost everything set including every flight but the only thing I haven't purchased is the that trip because I am not sure if we should take the train or the plane. Everything is better on the train of course, better experience, avoiding airports, etc. My problem is we will have two maybe three big luggage pieces and a double stroller and me being the dad I have the honor and pleasure of carrying everyone's crap more often than not. It's my experience taking trains in other countries that having a lot of luggage isn't always fun, especially if they are bigger pieces because the compartments to put luggage are always sort of just there and you just make it work, something tells me I am going to end up with one or two luggage's in one cart, another in the next and the stroller somewhere in between. Should I just go for a flight? It's such a pain but paying for luggage and checking it in along with the stroller is such a comfort that I am not sure if it offsets the crappiness of flying. So what do you guys recommend? And if you do recommend the train, could you direct me to which specific train and a link where I could purchase tickets in advance? I feel much better purchasing things in advance even when it isn't necessary, such as train travel. Later! Can't wait for the cruise!

Hey all! I hope you are doing ok. I have a few questions regarding a cruise I plan to take my family on, it's next year, I'll try to keep questions as simple as possible. There's a really nice brilliance sailing for next year, July 3, 2023. Parts from Barcelona with only one sea day, it's a one week cruise, stops in portofino, Genoa, Marsellie, Nice and Florence, it ends in Rome. The trip would be with wife and two kids, so things like extended tours and stuff like that are sort of out of the question, plus we've already been to some of those places. My doubts are regarding how easy it is to simply arrive and walk around to nice parts of places like portofino, genoa and marsellie? Because I've already been to florence, the ship stops at livorno and you need to take a long bus in order to get to florence, which is what we're going to do, I find it very important to go and see the David and all around Florence is an incredible place but I know it's not a "walk out of the ship and viola! everything is there!" kind of thing. I already know my way around civitavechia, barcelona and Nice, in Nice it's easy to get an uber to Monaco (return is trickier) or just take the train, or maybe just stay at the beach near the ship. So those are fine, my problem is the other three, portofino, marsellie and genoa, these are places I really want to get to know, walk around, experience the food and culture but without having to be on a tour. Do you guys know if any of these places are like florence? Where I would be forced to get a car or a bus just to be able to get to the good stuff? Or will it be fine if we decide to do everything on our own? My other question (questions I guess) is about travels before the cruise departs. We were originally planning to arrive three days before to Paris then fly to Barcelona for a day before taking our cruise but I am thinking of adding another three days before paris to get to London first, so the trip in total would be three days in london, three in paris, one in barcelona, the cruise which ends in rome, three days in rome and go back home. The flight from Paris to Barcelona is easy, we've done that same trip before for a cruise it was seamless. Adding London into the mix before paris makes me a bit nervous. I know the UK has never been part of the Schengen but I dunno if brexit made things more difficult, as I haven't been there since brexit. I have a mexican passport, my kids have both mexican and USA passports, we would all be flying into London for three days before paris, which means we have the chance to take either the eurostar to paris or a flight. I know the train is the best, most hassle free option but we would have luggage, four big pieces, with a stroller, I am not sure the eurostar is the best option for that kind of travel, wouldn't it be easier to simply fly to paris? Flying around europe isn't that expensive. Anyway, any tips you guys may have or recommendations would be appreciated, the trip is already sort of set in stone as far as locations we would travel to, I already even paid for the cruise, but the london part of the trip is the only one that's still up in the air, I may do it, change it or simply not do anything at all and arrive directly to paris, it's just the kids would love to know both places, especially my 9 year old girl.