twintravelingmama

We were under no pressure to do anything at all. Absolutely lovely. Time to recharge.

 

In the Windjammer during dinner time, I came across Make your own pizza. Can't remember if we had this in previous ships. Here are two short videos. They are very tasty as they come out from the oven piping hot.

 

Did they announce the Make Your Own Pizza in the Daily Compass, or did you just happen to skip dinner in the MDR that night? I know my kids would love this, but we have early seating and might miss it.

Just out of curiosity I went to Trip Advisor to see what the pie place (Stolle) was all about since we will be touring with SPB next month. Trip Advisor says it is closed! Very disappointed.

I was just on Tripadvisor looking at this, and there is no mention of it being closed. The official website for Stolle is also up and running, and it looks like there are multiple locations in and around St. Petersburg. Hoping I am right!

We avoid the crowds in the WJ by eating elsewhere on boarding day. Until just after the muster it is always a zoo on the ship... after that... people spread out. I doubt you'll see a difference. Even at capacity the ships handle crowds well.

What are the other options for food on boarding day? I will be sailing Adventure next month. Thanks!

My family has booked a Grand Suite for next month, so the packing list is well underway. I thought I had read that bottled water was available to suite guests, but I haven't been able to confirm that again. Can anyone tell me whether this is true? The bottled water packages seem super expensive, so for now we are just planning to take our own Brita bottles.

Forget the 5.30 arrival time, disembarkation is usually around 7am unassisted, general disembarkation 7.30 to 9.30.

You'll not have much time to kill, and at that time on a sunday there's really nowhere to kill it, regardless of hauling luggage with you.

I'd be inclined to have a lazy buffet breakfast on board & be among the last to be thrown off the ship, then the timing will be about right

 

The Europcar depot is in a spur off West Quay Road (but still called West Quay Road, just to confuse visitors) and is quite literally a stone's throw from the terminal but outside the dock fence.

 

So only a one-minute walk if you climb the 10ft dock fence directly opposite the cruise terminal :rolleyes:, or more realistically a ten minute walk:

 

Go to your right when you leave the terminal, immediately outside Dock Gate 8 short-cut through the carpark of Holiday Inn, left onto West Quay Road, after the adjacent Renault car dealership bear left into the service road, after the Honda car dealership turn left. Your ship will be directly ahead of you but beyond the fence, Europcar and National are on your left.

https://www.google.com/maps?saddr=Herbert+Walker+Ave&daddr=W+Quay+Rd&hl=en&ll=50.900171,-1.411561&spn=0.005163,0.011255&sll=50.900827,-1.41111&sspn=0.005136,0.011255&geocode=FUauCAMd4Wvq_w%3BFVGxCAMdMXTq_w&oq=Europcar+West+Quay&t=h&dirflg=w&mra=prev&z=17

You can walk, or send a couple of folk to collect the vehicle, or take a short £5 taxi ride.

 

BTW, Europcar rent cars & vans. But a "van" in the UK is a "panel van" in the US. Hopefully you've rented a 4/5-seater car or similar ;)

 

JB :)

Thank you so much, JB. You have been way more help than the rental company. The car we have reserved is an automatic transmission Volkswagen Sharan or similar. Hopefully that works for us!

We will be disembarking at Southampton on 6 July. Ship is to dock at 5:30, so I'm sure they are hoping to have everyone off fairly early. We had planned to rent a van for our party of 6 to explore Winchester/Windsor prior to our 9 PM departure from Heathrow, but as it is a Sunday, the earliest the rental office opens is 10 AM. The rental office is Europcar on West Quay. Any idea how we can kill a few hours if need be with luggage in tow? Or, better yet, where we could possibly stow luggage for a few hours after disembarking? Lastly, is West Quay a walkable distance from the City Cruise Terminal, or will we need a taxi? Thank you!!

We will be in Copenhagen for a day with my parents and our 3 1/2 y/o twins. We plan to catch Bus 26 to Nyhavn to get a canal cruise but from there would like to spend some time at Tivoli. Is the distance between Nyhavn and Tivoli walkable?

Emailed to you - enjoy!

If it's not too much trouble, could you send it to me as well. I tried emailing the other user but apparently she is out of town?

leener33

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Thank you!