Which Itinerary Should I Choose?

[Lovincruisin1321]

My husband and I are planning a Baltic cruise August 2007. The Constellation has two that are slightly different. Has anyone done these? Which one should I choose?

 

Here is the first one:

Date

Port/City

Activity

Description

Sat, Aug 04

Dover, England

Departure



Depart 5:00 PM

Sun, Aug 05

At Sea







Mon, Aug 06

Helsingborg, Sweden

Tendered

Arrive 8:00 AM

Depart 5:00 PM

Tue, Aug 07

Berlin (Warnemunde), Germany

Docked

Arrive 7:00 AM

Depart 9:30 PM

Wed, Aug 08

At Sea







Thu, Aug 09

Helsinki, Finland

Docked

Arrive 7:00 AM

Depart 6:00 PM

Fri, Aug 10

St. Petersburg, Russia

Docked

Arrive 7:00 AM



Sat, Aug 11

St. Petersburg, Russia

Docked



Depart 6:00 PM

Sun, Aug 12

Tallinn, Estonia

Docked

Arrive 7:00 AM

Depart 4:00 PM

Mon, Aug 13

Riga, Latvia

Docked

Arrive 9:00 AM

Depart 6:00 PM

Tue, Aug 14

Klaipeda, Lithuania

Docked

Arrive 9:00 AM

Depart 6:00 PM

Wed, Aug 15

Copenhagen, Denmark

Docked

Arrive 7:00 PM



Thu, Aug 16

Copenhagen, Denmark

Docked



Depart 4:30 PM

Fri, Aug 17

At Sea







Sat, Aug 18

Dover, England

Arrival

Arrive 4:00 AM

Here is the second one:

Date

Port/City

Activity

Description

Sat, Aug 18

Dover, England

Departure



Depart 5:00 PM

Sun, Aug 19

At Sea







Mon, Aug 20

At Sea







Tue, Aug 21

Tallinn, Estonia

Docked

Arrive 12:00 PM

Depart 6:00 PM

Wed, Aug 22

St. Petersburg, Russia

Docked

Arrive 7:00 AM



Thu, Aug 23

St. Petersburg, Russia

Docked



Depart 6:00 PM

Fri, Aug 24

Helsinki, Finland

Docked

Arrive 7:00 AM

Depart 6:00 PM

Sat, Aug 25

Stockholm, Sweden

Docked

Arrive 9:00 AM

Depart 5:00 PM

Sun, Aug 26

Riga, Latvia

Docked

Arrive 10:00 AM

Depart 7:00 PM

Mon, Aug 27

At Sea







Tue, Aug 28

Berlin (Warnemunde), Germany

Docked

Arrive 7:00 AM

Depart 9:30 PM

Wed, Aug 29

Copenhagen, Denmark

Docked

Arrive 12:00 PM



Thu, Aug 30

Copenhagen, Denmark

Docked



Depart 6:00 AM

Thu, Aug 30

Helsingborg, Sweden

Tendered

Arrive 9:00 AM

Depart 5:00 PM

Fri, Aug 31

At Sea







Sat, Sep 01

Dover, England

Arrival

Arrive 7:00 AM

[Lovincruisin1321]

Sorry everyone. I tried to cut and paste the table. It looked great until I clicked on "post". If it is too hard to read, I'll type it out. Let me know.

[Artemis]

It's hard to answer because everyone's interests are different.

 

There is only one port difference. #1 goes to Klaipeda. #2 goes to Stockholm. I thought Stockholm was a highlight, so I'd probably have to go for #2. But I know zip about Klaipeda.

 

OTOH, #2 has two port situations less desirable than they are presented on #1: (1) you are in Tallin only 1/2 day (vs. a full 7a-4p day on itin. #1), and (2) you are in Copenhagen only from noon-overnight (vs. a 7p arrival with overnight plus full day til 4:30p on itin. #1).

 

It would be nice to hear personal feedback on Klaipeda. Otherwise, I think you'll need to hit the books and research Stockholm, Klaipeda, Tallin and Copenhagen to figure out which itinerary is the best match for you. NOTE in considering Stockholm, the very important issue is WHERE the Connie docks. If they are pulling in at Nynashamn, you will be roughly an hour from the city, which will decrease your actual visiting time accordingly, plus you will miss cruising through the spectacular archipelago between that point and Stockholm. There is a lot of discussion about porting in Nynashamn in the archives here, so you can get up to speed on that quite quickly.

 

Have fun researching and planning. In the grand scheme of things, you can't go wrong. We enjoyed our Baltics cruise immensely!

[SF]

Is there a website that will tell where a ship is going to dock? Would like to know ahead of time where Connie will dock in Stockholm for our cruise.

[Al_Frescoe]

Is there a website that will tell where a ship is going to dock? Would like to know ahead of time where Connie will dock in Stockholm for our cruise.

Don't worry, the Connie does not go anywhere near Nynashamn. Princess cruises and I think P&O are the only lines that dock in Nynashamn. In fact I think P&O owns Princess (or vise versa), anyway they both use Nynashamn :confused:.

 

Stockholm Harbor authority - you can find a whole list of expected ships and where they will dock.

 

http://www.stockholmshamn.se/intranet/configuration.nsf/index_external.html?ReadForm&language=en

 

and another site, a little more user friendly:

 

http://www.stockholmcruise.com/templates/startpage_visitors____1344.aspx

[dileep]

We did something very close to the first one and loved it. Klaipeda and Riga were great. They were not cities that we would see if they were not on the cruise itinerary. You can find a pointer to my notes and video in my signature. The video will show our ports. We did not go to Helsingborg. We stopped in Stockholm and had just one day in Copenhagen.