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Yes, that is the one in a strip center on the other side of the street from the Embassy Suites. We used a drive through Walgreens about 3 miles away because we had a rental car but Lab Doctor seemed pretty popular -there were always several people waiting outside.

I found a highly rated liquor/wine store 1 block from our hotel in Amsterdam. I'm taking a neoprene duo wine carrier with me.

We have not but have only taken 3 NE/Canada cruises - one in Summer, two in the Fall (we did see whales in our one Alaska cruise as well as in Iceland).

Thank you for taking the time on your vacation to do such an interesting and informative review. It's good to hear testing at CPH was efficient.

We went on this tour in March when we were in Colon on Vision of the Seas. I do not know if it was a common experience or not but I have to say the logistics were frustrating. 1-1/2 hours from port to the ferry. Then we waited well over an hour for the Canal pilot to show up. By the time he arrived, the security gates had been closed so we then waited another 35 minutes or so for security to arrive and unlock the gate for the pilot. When we finally set off and got to the first lock, we again waited per canal rules for other ships to fill the space - in our case a container ship small enough to use the old locks. Then another 1-1/2 hour back to port. Due to all the delays we did not arrive back to port until more than 1 after announced all aboard time. We met the bus at 6:15 sm and did not arrive back until 5:40 pm. It was a very long day with lots of just sitting around. Lunch was just so-so. Cold drinks (water, grape drink) were plentiful. Although we were happy to experience the locks, enjoyed the engineering marvel and got some great photos we agreed we would not repeat this experience. it was not clear to us who was in charge of arranging the pilot (the tour co or the ferry co) but clearly some poor communication.

Thank you - great information. Looks very convenient with extended hours and only a 15 minute walk from our hotel.