truel1111

https://worldcruiseawards.com/winners/2023

I wonder how NCL got this award. 

was there long wait for cable car in Sep ?

On 6/20/2017 at 12:31 PM, Danish viking said:

What is the melody?

 

 

They should have done Bridge over troubled water

zzzz

On 10/21/2018 at 5:51 AM, ceejilly said:

Hi

In all the years I have cruised I have never backed up my memory cards and have got away with it but this coming January we are sailing around New Zealand and I reckon I ought to sort this dilemma out.  So experts can you advise me please what is the best way ahead, I haven't and really do not want to purchase a laptop to backup but would an iPad do the job? I am a Apple user so a iPad seems to be the best answer but I would like your advice.  My idea would be to download photos/videos from my Nikon and GoPro daily onto the iPad and then transfer them onto a Scandisk IXpand 64GB flash drive for iPhone & iPad, once home transfer them all onto my iMac.

Would this be the best option I have without purchasing a laptop?  Your collective thoughts would be appreciated

Craig

If your camera has NFC or WiFi , you can transfer photo or video from camera  to your smart phone. 

From your smart phone you can:

a) If your smart phone accepts micro SD memory card, you move/copy files from your phone onto micro SD memory. 

b) upload photo/video from smart phone to cloud when Wifi is available in port. 

Get a  Western Digital  "MY PASSPORT WIRELESS PRO"    

https://www.wd.com/products/portable-storage/my-passport-wireless-pro.html#WDBVPL0010BBK-NESN 

it read SD card for backup .

Perfect for backup memory cards when travelling.

If anyone could provide info of transportation from Barcelona airport to Norwegian Cruise Port::

Hi Thomas:

I use info from this site:

https://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/airport/transport/barcelona-pier-to-airport.html

I booked the same cruise.

I use info from this site:

https://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/airport/transport/barcelona-pier-to-airport.html

thanks Heartgrove, i will try to get some krones before departing from barcelona airport to the cruise in germany, but just in case i dont get krones i wanted to know about alternatives

see message #452

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=53355739#post53355739

When I was in Copenhagen for 5 days, I use Metro more than train. #25 bus goes to Norreport which is a Metro station.

From Norreport you can walk to Rosenborg Slot.

Metro stop Kongens Nytorv is near Storget street which has lots of shops, this is the main shopping area. Illum is on Storget

From Kongens Nytorv, you can walk to Nyhaven.

From Kongens Nytorv, take 1A bus to Royal Palace.

Bus 1A also goes to Copenhagen Citadel, Mermaid is just a bit north of Citadel.

From Metro stop Christianshavn, you can visit Church our Saviour which has a spiral staircase to the top.

From Metro stop Christianshavn take bus 9A to Paper Island which as food court (forget the proper name).

From Paper Island you walk across bridge to Nyhaven, if you have more time walk to Storget shopping area.

From Nyhaven you can take a boat ride to Black Diamond or Royal Library.

The above is my experience,

From google map, seems Schwerin Hbf station is farther away compare to Schwerin Mitte

This bus stop for #25 #27 is across from the UNICEF building. See yellow circle.

I high lighted the building with UNICEF sign:

It is a short walk from cruise terminal, follow the green dots on pavement to bus stop.

Bus #25 has lots of space luggage. #27 is a regular city bus, so there is no extra space for luggage. #27 bus driver told us that luggage cannot block middle aisle. He stopped the bus and told us to put luggage on seat.

We were at Oceankaj bus stop on a June Tue morning around 7:20AM. According to posted bus schedule, the first #25 bus at Oceankaj is 8:00AM. We did not want to wait for another 40 minutes so we took #27 instead. There was a #27 bus there when we reached the bus stop.

All passengers were from cruise ship, #27 was quite fast to reach train station. May be it so early in the morning there was no local passenger.

If I remember correctly, #27 bus driver accept $3USD or 3 Euro cash or Danish kroner. I took so many bus/metro in different cities, hope I did not get this mixed up.

Are you serious that you don't know the melody? That's Love Boat theme song. Search "Love Boat" on youtube.

http://www.princess.com/news/backgrounders_and_fact_sheets/factsheet/Princess-Cruises-and-%22The-Love-Boat%22-Connection-2.html

Here is my instruction to find bus 25 Stop. I have Norreport metro station circled. Cafe au Lait circled.

The yellow bus is #25 which is across from Cafe au Lait circled.

The down side of using Schwerin Mitte station is there is nowhere to sit. We took next available train from Schwerin Mitte to Schwerin Hbf which has a sitting area.

I'm on the Regal Princess in August and will be in Stockholm on August 16. I believe my cruise tenders in nynashamn and doesn't go through the archipelago.

 

Now I read on this thread about the Regal going though. Does it vary?

From July 27 onward, seems Regal will dock in Nynashamn, but you will have 5 more hours in port compare to docking in Stockholm.

Schwerin Castle photo

We took train from Warnemunde to Schwerin Mitte station on 5 June 2017 (Regal Princess). Change train in Rostock. From Schwerin Mitte station is a short walk to the Schwerin Castle. We bought ticket online. Took the 8:33am train from Warnemunde, Took the 13:44 train from Schwerin Mitte to Rostock. Took a tram to Rostock down town. Back to Warnemunde with lots of spare time. 27 Euro round trip ticket/person.

Schwerin Castle is one of top 10 in the world. Worth a visit. The garden face the lake is beautiful.

If you visit Schwerin castle inside, there are 2 separate entrances for different exhibits. Make sure you visit both. We almost missed one.

Go early to avoid those on excursion tour. When we came out of castle there were many excursion tourists. No need to join excursion, this is an easy DIY.

Usually folks on CC are followers. Someone on the roll call does all the research and sets it up and then others read about it and join in. lol. Your ship/sailing might have had Alla and maybe another ship/sailing had another company. Plus how could you really notice for sure as everything is so hectic and aren't the vans unmarked? Regardless being in the majority doesn't make it better.

Vans are unmarked, buy tour guides have signs with either ALLA Tour or SPB Tour. I am just stating what I saw. Of course majority/more/popular does not equate better.

The most important factor is the people in your group. If everyone is in sync, on time, follow the guide, you should be fine.

If you have one person who is late, does not follow instruction, ask stupid questions, walk slow, the rest suffers.

We were in St. Petersburg on June 8,9. Seems Alla had more vans than SPG, that's just my impression.

I got off from Regal Princess in Oceankaj this morning. We followed the green dots on pavement to the bus stop. The bus stop is across from a building with UNICEF sign on it . According to posted bus schedule, #25 starts at 8am. We were at bus stop around 7:15am so we took #27 instead. Posted bus fare is $3USD, 3 Euro, or 24 Kroner. It is very easy to ride the bus to train station, and into all other attractions.

I try to follow direction of msg no. 204 on page 11, I found bus stop for no. 25 no problem. The bus stop is right across Cafe Au Lait. On Google map search for Cafe au Lait. This is a very wide street, there is a big and long divider in the middle to divide traffic in both directions. You want to cross on to the divider.

On June 1, 2017. I went to Malmo from Copenhagen for the day. There was no passport check. The were two ticket inspectors on board to check tickets. Same day round trip ticket costs 178K. We took bus no. 2 to go see Turning Torso. Bus no. 2 stops right in front of the building. At Copenhagen central station, platform 5 is the train to Malmo . Check with train conductor first. Return from Malmo is track 1B.

Washroom in Malmo train station is 10SEK. You can also pay with Denmark Kroner but no coin.

Train crossing the bridge is no big deal for me. I am not impressed.

If I buy a Lander ticket online for 8:33AM departure from Warnemünde for June 5, 2017 which is a public holiday. Can I use the ticket for a later/earlier departure or am I restricted for 8:33AM train ?

Thank you CruiseMH and Travelanni. My mind was not working earlier. June 5, 2017 is a public holiday Whit Monday. I can buy a 2-person Mecklenburg Lander Ticket for 27 Euro. This ticket will be good for all day for June 5 traveling between Warnemunde and Schwerin .