ORTravelGal Posted Sunday at 07:36 AM #26 Share Posted Sunday at 07:36 AM 17 hours ago, *Miss G* said: I must have been on the same sailing as @ORTravelGal We were on the Rotterdam and the time changes were the same. Yes, we were there! Great trip. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted Sunday at 09:24 AM #27 Share Posted Sunday at 09:24 AM Both ways is a great way to travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare QuattroRomeo Posted Sunday at 02:04 PM #28 Share Posted Sunday at 02:04 PM Very helpful thread! We are considering an eastbound and I hoped it would be enough to ease us into the new time zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare QuattroRomeo Posted Sunday at 02:05 PM #29 Share Posted Sunday at 02:05 PM (edited) . Edited Sunday at 02:22 PM by QuattroRomeo duplicate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLCruiser97 Posted Sunday at 02:32 PM #30 Share Posted Sunday at 02:32 PM 5 hours ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said: Both ways is a great way to travel. Just curious...I would love to do round trip TAs, however, wouldn't you have to stay in Europe from Spring to Fall or vise versa? That's about 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted Sunday at 03:19 PM #31 Share Posted Sunday at 03:19 PM 45 minutes ago, FLCruiser97 said: Just curious...I would love to do round trip TAs, however, wouldn't you have to stay in Europe from Spring to Fall or vise versa? That's about 6 months. We fly one way into Amsterdam every August. And take the ship back to Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLCruiser97 Posted Sunday at 03:53 PM #32 Share Posted Sunday at 03:53 PM 33 minutes ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said: We fly one way into Amsterdam every August. And take the ship back to Florida. Yep, that's what we do, well similar. I was just wondering how you could do a round trip sailing both ways without staying in Europe for 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartgrove Posted Sunday at 03:56 PM #33 Share Posted Sunday at 03:56 PM We have our second Transatlantic in two weeks and again on HAL. It is a westbound on the Rotterdam from Rotterdam. Our first was also westbound on the Oosterdam from Barcelona. We choose Port side staterooms for the sunny side. Next Spring we decided to take an eastbound Transatlantic for a change. Originally we were going to sail for the first time on Celebrity to Barcelona. We changed our plans to doing the EB on the Oosterdam to Barcelona, changing piers in Barcelona to board the Celebrity Equinox to Istanbul to disembark in Civitavecchia. Then another change of piers to the MSC Splendida to Spain returning to Civitavecchia. This will be 32 days aboard three cruise ships without a hotel stay. After that a land trip through Northern Italy and Switzerland and flying home. Although excited about trying Celebrity for the first time, we are thoroughly familiar with HAL for the crossing. - Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmoo here Posted Sunday at 05:11 PM #34 Share Posted Sunday at 05:11 PM 2 hours ago, FLCruiser97 said: Just curious...I would love to do round trip TAs, however, wouldn't you have to stay in Europe from Spring to Fall or vise versa? That's about 6 months. We just did a Voyage of the Vikings. Basically, a B2B 17 day & 18 day cruises, sold as one cruise for 35 days. Boston to Rotterdam, Rotterdam to Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ready2go11 Posted Sunday at 05:29 PM #35 Share Posted Sunday at 05:29 PM Have done Atlantic TA’s both ways and both were great trips and very smooth sailings. have three more booked; one eastbound and two westbound so we are a huge fans. We do slightly prefer the westbound because you arrive on the ship and when you were very excited and full of energy, you have all of the ports first. Then you have a relaxing week at sea and gain back all your time day by day. My personality is to get the hard work over first and then enjoy the relaxation and the westbound TAs do that for me. We have also done a Pacific ocean, westbound from San Diego, and it could have been a fluke, but the seas were much, much rougher. I think the ships that do the time changes at 2 PM rather than in the middle of the night do it to help the crew so they do not lose an hour of sleep when they go to bed late and have to be up early. It seems they do that more frequently on the Pacific voyages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted Sunday at 05:51 PM #36 Share Posted Sunday at 05:51 PM 3 hours ago, FLCruiser97 said: Just curious...I would love to do round trip TAs, however, wouldn't you have to stay in Europe from Spring to Fall or vise versa? That's about 6 months. Look at Queen Mary 2 for the other direction. Roy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLCruiser97 Posted Sunday at 06:13 PM #37 Share Posted Sunday at 06:13 PM 20 minutes ago, rafinmd said: Look at Queen Mary 2 for the other direction. Roy OK. Noted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnivaljunkie Posted Sunday at 07:48 PM #38 Share Posted Sunday at 07:48 PM Look at the October 7, 2025 to November 21, 2025 Volendam to the Med. from New York to New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLCruiser97 Posted Sunday at 08:18 PM #39 Share Posted Sunday at 08:18 PM 28 minutes ago, carnivaljunkie said: Look at the October 7, 2025 to November 21, 2025 Volendam to the Med. from New York to New York. That would be a good one, however I have a TA from Rotterdam to Ft. Lauderdale on Oct 11, 2025. But good to know for future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakridger Posted Monday at 05:40 AM #40 Share Posted Monday at 05:40 AM 11 hours ago, rafinmd said: Look at Queen Mary 2 for the other direction. Roy Good to see you posting Roy @rafinmd!! 🙂 ~Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernphoenix Posted Tuesday at 10:41 PM #41 Share Posted Tuesday at 10:41 PM On 9/29/2024 at 4:18 PM, FLCruiser97 said: That would be a good one, however I have a TA from Rotterdam to Ft. Lauderdale on Oct 11, 2025. But good to know for future. Joining on this itinerary… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvaark Posted Tuesday at 11:21 PM #42 Share Posted Tuesday at 11:21 PM On 9/27/2024 at 7:40 AM, a.madruga said: Pro and Con on both directions by those who have cruised Transatlantic with HAL thanks for your experiences suggestions Westbound. Usually a TA starts in Europe with several days there, then sets off across the pond to the US. You can get worn out in the early days and recover during the transit yourself. Plus, changing time zones is easier westbound. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dockman Posted Tuesday at 11:54 PM #43 Share Posted Tuesday at 11:54 PM westbound..go to europe first tour around and get on the ship exhausted and relax on way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaisonRose Posted Wednesday at 12:05 PM #44 Share Posted Wednesday at 12:05 PM On 9/27/2024 at 1:40 PM, a.madruga said: Pro and Con on both directions by those who have cruised Transatlantic with HAL thanks for your experiences suggestions Going west: you keep gaining time as you go 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sambamama Posted Wednesday at 01:55 PM #45 Share Posted Wednesday at 01:55 PM I only go to Europe first. I go early and bop around Europe first, and then enjoy gaining my hour every night and my week of sea days. Perhaps if I was retired, I'd take the QE2 over, but that isn't a reality yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLCruiser97 Posted 14 hours ago #46 Share Posted 14 hours ago On 10/1/2024 at 6:41 PM, northernphoenix said: Joining on this itinerary… Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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