Celebrity cruise tour Paris/London

[itsanita]

We are taking a cruise out of London, and want to see some of London and Paris either before or after our cruise. We will look into doing this on our own, but have looked at the land tour that Celebrity offers. Has anyone done this? It looks like it is about 2 days in each city, includes transfers from airport to hotel, then the Chunnel between Paris and London, a few breakfasts, a couple city tours (very few actual stops) and transfers to the ship.

Just curious what this is like...what hotels they use and if we will need to add some time in each city in addition to the 2 days they offer.

I'll post this on the Europe site as well, but am interested in Celebrity specifically.

 

Thanks for your help

[scdreamer]

I've never done an actual ship-based cruise tour before or after a cruise, but have stayed pre and post cruise in many cities, both in Europe and the US and Canada on our own.

 

My guess is if you are more comfortable having them make your travel arrangements, and moving along en masse with a group, it could be okay. We always opt to make our own arrangements and do smaller private tours, as we tried a ship tour once and found that there were many passengers with mobility issues, which slowed everything down considerably. Getting on and off the bus seemed to take up half the time.

 

I realize not everyone is at a place where they can go it independently, but if one can do so, it seems preferable.