lisad63 Posted September 6, 2023 #1 Share Posted September 6, 2023 We are booked on Celebrity Silhouette for transatlantic cruise in April. We also booked the next leg to Norway as B2B with transatlantic. We would love to be able to get off the ship in Amsterdam to take a tour to Keukenhof Gardens to see the tulip fields. Does anyone know if that is possible since we will have to disembark and go through customs, and then re-board for 2nd leg? The last B2B we did in Caribbean, Celebrity had all passengers wait until everyone else was off the ship, then walked us through customer and reboarded us together. Do they do the same in Amsterdam? Thanks, Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted September 6, 2023 #2 Share Posted September 6, 2023 27 minutes ago, lisad63 said: We are booked on Celebrity Silhouette for transatlantic cruise in April. We also booked the next leg to Norway as B2B with transatlantic. We would love to be able to get off the ship in Amsterdam to take a tour to Keukenhof Gardens to see the tulip fields. Does anyone know if that is possible since we will have to disembark and go through customs, and then re-board for 2nd leg? The last B2B we did in Caribbean, Celebrity had all passengers wait until everyone else was off the ship, then walked us through customer and reboarded us together. Do they do the same in Amsterdam? Thanks, Lisa Was your turnaround port in the USA? Ireland is a fair distance from Amsterdam Some European ports may have this but in Amsterdam there was no customs to go through when disembarking We walked off picked up our bags got a cab to the airport We have done turnarounds in Denmark we could stay onboard or go ashore no one checked us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldBear Posted September 6, 2023 #3 Share Posted September 6, 2023 We've done several transatlantic round trips. As an 'in transit' passenger there were no customs / immigration formalities - likely due to passport screening [UK Border Force] during the eastbound crossing to Southampton. The only exception was in LeHavre in 2017 - the overworked French port official needed to stamp passports before and after shore excursions. Passports were not checked on our 2019 visit. Passports were not checked in Hamburg. At all the ports (Southampton, LeHavre, Hamburg) where there was a mix of disembarking, embarking and in transit passengers - presenting the ship's card and saying you were 'in transit' allowed you to bypass terminal lines. (still needed to go through security) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Airbalancer Posted September 6, 2023 #4 Share Posted September 6, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, lisad63 said: We are booked on Celebrity Silhouette for transatlantic cruise in April. We also booked the next leg to Norway as B2B with transatlantic. We would love to be able to get off the ship in Amsterdam to take a tour to Keukenhof Gardens to see the tulip fields. Does anyone know if that is possible since we will have to disembark and go through customs, and then re-board for 2nd leg? The last B2B we did in Caribbean, Celebrity had all passengers wait until everyone else was off the ship, then walked us through customer and reboarded us together. Do they do the same in Amsterdam? Thanks, Lisa You should join your roll call , there are probably other people also heading to Keukenhof for the day Edited September 6, 2023 by Ex-Airbalancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisad63 Posted September 6, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted September 6, 2023 4 hours ago, LHT28 said: Was your turnaround port in the USA? Ireland is a fair distance from Amsterdam Some European ports may have this but in Amsterdam there was no customs to go through when disembarking We walked off picked up our bags got a cab to the airport We have done turnarounds in Denmark we could stay onboard or go ashore no one checked us Yes, our turnaround port was in USA. So, in Amsterdam, we can disembark any time that morning? Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted September 6, 2023 #6 Share Posted September 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, lisad63 said: Yes, our turnaround port was in USA. So, in Amsterdam, we can disembark any time that morning? Lisa When we have been there it was just walk off when you are ready The cruise line will give you instructions if you are continuing on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisad63 Posted September 6, 2023 Author #7 Share Posted September 6, 2023 3 hours ago, TheOldBear said: We've done several transatlantic round trips. As an 'in transit' passenger there were no customs / immigration formalities - likely due to passport screening [UK Border Force] during the eastbound crossing to Southampton. The only exception was in LeHavre in 2017 - the overworked French port official needed to stamp passports before and after shore excursions. Passports were not checked on our 2019 visit. Passports were not checked in Hamburg. At all the ports (Southampton, LeHavre, Hamburg) where there was a mix of disembarking, embarking and in transit passengers - presenting the ship's card and saying you were 'in transit' allowed you to bypass terminal lines. (still needed to go through security) If we can disembark any time that morning, that would be perfect! How do they handle collecting the first leg card and issuing the new one for leg 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisad63 Posted September 6, 2023 Author #8 Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 minute ago, LHT28 said: When we have been there it was just walk off when you are ready Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisad63 Posted September 6, 2023 Author #9 Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Ex-Airbalancer said: You should join your roll call , there are probably other people also heading to Keukenhof for the day I have joined the roll call for both legs of our B2B, just trying to figure out the turnaround day process in Amsterdam. Thanks, Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Airbalancer Posted September 6, 2023 #10 Share Posted September 6, 2023 6 minutes ago, lisad63 said: I have joined the roll call for both legs of our B2B, just trying to figure out the turnaround day process in Amsterdam. Thanks, Lisa Have you ask on the Celebrity forum Each cruise line will be different and each port can be different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldBear Posted September 7, 2023 #11 Share Posted September 7, 2023 On 9/6/2023 at 6:07 PM, lisad63 said: If we can disembark any time that morning, that would be perfect! How do they handle collecting the first leg card and issuing the new one for leg 2? If you are back to back, and in-transit between cruise segments on the same ship - you are not disembarking. All your stuff stays unpacked in your room [assuming you have the same room for the next segment]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBoozeCruise Posted September 15, 2023 #12 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Amsterdam is a big city. Are the tulip fields close? If not there are a million things to see and do in Amsterdam. Also cobh is a 2 hour flight from Amsterdam and you would want to check the frequency of flights. Shannon is hours away from cobh, as is Dublin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SbbquilterUT Posted October 8, 2023 #13 Share Posted October 8, 2023 We did B2B through Amsterdam - we collected an In Transit pass from the officer who was handling the B2B group (met in a specific place). We were only warned we could not reboard until general boarding started (around 11am). Once you are back you actually go around the general boarding line to the front of the line. The port was still right near the train station so you can easily explore farther afield than Amsterdam though we always fill our time there. The tulips should be lovely in April though very crowded so get tickets before you go. I even found a lovely farmers market where we tasted cheese and bought a bouquet of local flowers to take back with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted October 13, 2023 #14 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Yes , Keukenhof can be done as a day trip from Amsterdam, but it does take time. We have done it on our own by doing a Train/bus combination or simply booking a tour that would be all bus. Another option is to simply rent a car and drive yourself (about an hour each way). When we have done back to backs on Celebrity, they issued a new cruise card (sometimes the prior day and other times on the morning of the new leg). Other cruise lines often just issue a single cruise card for the entire voyage but we are not sure if X has adopted this model. Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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