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anyone who is cruised on the Caribbean princess. 
 

Question about deck 14 aft. Is there any way to go onto the Terrace Pool area from the aft cabins on deck 14?

The deck plans make it look like there’s a solid wall there, but that makes no sense. 
 

thanks in advance. 

32 minutes ago, alyssamma said:

Sorry, I misunderstood. You are looking for a hotel, and then transportation from the hotel to the port?

 

In that case, there are dozens of hotels there as it is right by the main rail station (and the cruise port). Taxis/Ubers/whatever will be plentiful to get you from the hotel to the port.

 

I do not believe HAL sets this up.

 

If you want a specific recommendation, go into the Amsterdam port of call forum...but really, there are a bunch of really nice hotels, and some right next to the port.

Thanks. 
 

I live and cruise out of Florida so usually don’t have to deal with pre-cruise hotels😎

Since we arrive in Amsterdam late on the 25th/early on the 26th we are looking for something close to both the train station and cruise port to minimize travel time. 
 

will check out the Amsterdam forum. 

1 hour ago, alyssamma said:

It's about a 15-20min walk...or you can take a taxi I believe.

 

They should. But it's under Travel Planning...

 

Thanks. I saw that but when you go to the pre-cruise tab all it talks about is transportation from the airport to the cruise port. Nothing else is available at this time. 
 

12will be cruising out of Amsterdam on Aug 26 on the Rotterdam. 
 

Does anyone know if HAL offers a pre-cruise hotel with transportation to the cruise port (I can’t find anything in the cruise planner).

we will be taking the train from London on Aug 25 (actually, we are getting off the QM2 in Southampton on the25th).
 

For anyone familiar with Amsterdam:

How far is the Amsterdam rail station from the cruise port and/or hotels? Our train is scheduled to arrive about 11:30 pm. Will taxis be available at the train station?

Our only experience with Amsterdam is getting off a river cruise and taking the train to Germany, so any input would be very helpful. 

A cabin to avoid is 4101 on the HAL Zuiderdam. This is sold as a partial sea view cabin. What is not listed is the fact that one of the tender winches is located directly outside the window. This resulted in a totally greasy window. In addition, whenever there were tender operations, usually quite early in the morning, there were crew members walking around on the catwalk outside our window and the entire cabin vibrated from the noise of the winch being used.

When this was brought to the attention of Guest Services there reaction was to put a letter out to impacted cabins.

We realize the tenders need to be raised/lowered but feel HAL should disclose the fact that this cabin (and others) will feel vibrations, hear noise, and see crew members outside their window, whenever tenders are used.

We cruise HAL a lot, but will probably avoid the Zuiderdam in the future.

We are booked onto all five cruises but have are looking for some feedback on two questions:

1. Rotterdam -is there any type of locker facility at the cruise port? some place to stow the dress clothing/jewelry used on a cruise but not while touring Europe?

2. Any suggestions on what, originating/returning to Barcelona, could be done in place of one of the five day segments?

Thanks....