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What is the best way to get from the cruise pier to St. Marks square?

How can you find out if your shipboard credit has been posted to your account? Is there a place on the HAL site you can check and see?

Does HAL still give shipboard credit for owning stock? Would it be $250 for an 18 day cruise?

Yes we would continue to sail on HAL.Speaking on behalf of 4 HAL cruisers we would sail on HAL only if they kept their current policy of smoking on balconies. I have often wondered what these people that can't stand the smell of smoke did 15 or more years ago when smoking was allowed everywhere.

We have just returned from our 12 day Baltic Sea cruise. It was wonderful,but exhausting.The main reason for this post is to help with transportation in the cities. To start we took the ship's shuttle from the airport. So as not to get to the port too early we had a lovely hour plus tour of Copenhagen thrown in for the $44 per person.

Tallinn- You are docked about a 20 minute walk to town. Easy to do,but there were taxis and vans by the ship.

St Petersburg-took a tour with SPB that was excellent.

Helsinki- There is a shuttle by the ship that goes to the middle of town. It is $12 round trip. You pay at the bus and they take anything cash wise-no credit cards. Worked well didn't have to wait long on either end.They also have hop on hop off buses that take you to the Rock Church and Sibelius statue,etc. That was $29.

Stockholm-We were docked the 1st night and anchored the 2nd.From our pier #167 you could walk to Gamla Stan. It took about 30-40 minutes. We did a hop on hop off boat which was docked right next to the ship. It was 20 euro for 2 days.It went to about 7 different stops. The next day the tenders took you right to the island near the Royal Place (don't miss the changing of the guards)

Berlin-We did the all day tour to Berlin with SPB,but they did offer a free shuttle to downtown Rostock.

Kiel-there is really nothing there.There are no shops or anything to see. Some people went to the Maritime Musuem and enjoyed it. Others went to Lubeck and said it was okay.

Copenhagen-We caught bus 26 which was a block or 2 from the ship. You can buy your ticket at a kiosh right across from the dock. The cost was 96 kronas roundtrip.We got off at City Hall Square,walked around and then went to Rosenborg Palace-great- and caught the bus right next to the Palace. We did have to wait awhile on both ends,but for the price it was worth it. The docks are a long way from town-not walkable.

Hope this helps if you are planning on doing some cities on your own.

One more thing. We have a Capital one Venture card with no chip or pin. We used it in little shops,etc and never had a problem. They ask if you have a pin and if you say no they push a button and go on We were told in Berlin that most places don't take credit cards,except high end.We had to go to an ATM machine to get euros.There was an ATM machine right by baggage in the Copenhagen airport.

Thank you so much for your review.We leave soon for a Baltic cruise on the Eurodam. I do have a few questions Do you know if there are shuttle buses in Copenhagen,Stockholm and Helsinki provided by the ship?

Did you take different currencies for each port? Can I use a regular credit card without a pin?

How did you pay for your taxi to the airport in Copenhagen. The price seems extremely high and very different from a few others that have quoted their cost.Was it because you had 4 people maybe?

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Can you tell me if it is easy to walk from the ship to where you catch bus #26 to go to town? How can you pay for the bus-do you have to have KRs? I take it the ship does not provide a shuttle. Also what is the cost of taxi from airport to port?

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Can someone tell me where the shuttle drops you off in Stockholm and Helsinki? What is the cost and can you pay on board?

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Could someone who has just been on the Eurodam Baltic cruise please tell me what they think is the best way to get to town in Copenhagen,Stockholm and Helsinki. We want to see those cities on our own. Is Stockholm a tender and if so where does the tender land?

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We took a tour of a penguin colony in Punta Arenas,Chile. It was about and hour from the ship and we saw about 25 penguins march from the sea to their boroughs. Very cute.

Has anyone taken a bus or train to the cruise terminal from the airport in Copenhagen? If so can you tell me how to do it? What are some other ways other than the HAL shuttle?

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Thanks for the pictures. They were great! We are in a mini suite on the Sun for 22 days in April. What was your room number?