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Thank you Celebrity and Roothy123.:)

A Saturday !!! :)

Makes a delay between airports much much less-likely.

I'm not the expert you need, but being a Saturday it's worth checking deeper into the viability. :)

 

JB :)

Thank you JB.:)

We flew out of barcelona last month from the Epic and we caught a taxi at 6:45 am. Our balcony was on the terminal side and I could see taxis sitting at 6:00 am, not many but there were a few waiting and a very few passengers leaving. We had a very short line through security but that was before the new measures. Miami was much more of a headache than Barcelona.

 

 

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Do you remember how long was your taxi ride from the port to the airport? How much was the taxi fare? Did you fly out on weekday or weekend?

Thank you in advance for your information!:)

Hi JB,

Thank you for the information.

The ship's debarkation time indicates 6 a.m. and Princess' website says no flight before 10 a.m. The flight I have in mind will be 10:15 a.m. The flight out of BCN will be on a Saturday (May 9, 2015).

It sounds kind of complicated and risky; I guess I will just cross out that choice and continue to look for flights that have connection at LHR.

Thank you.:)

Hi JB,

Just recently came back from my Transatlantic cruise; I followed your suggestions for my 8 hours port stop at Southampton, and it turned out very nice. Thank you. :)

I just booked my Transatlantic cruise for next April, and now am looking for flights from BCN (Barcelona) back to U.S. I would like to use American Airlines miles, and so far, the only option available is from BCN to LGW (London Gatwick) and 4 hours later, connection flight from LHR (London Heathrow) back to U.S.

My questions are:

1. What options do I have to get from LGW airport to LHR airport?

2. I would like to get to LHR airport at least 2 hours before the connection flight leaves, which mean I have maximum of 2 hours to get from LGW to LHR, is that possible?

3. What are your thoughts on connecting flight in London from two different airports?

Thank you in advance for your assistance. :)

Thank you Danish Viking!:)

Here it is with walking times in minutes.

The Hilton is located at the tip at the wing structure.

http://www.cph.dk/Images/For-rejsende/F%C3%B8r%20rejsen/Transferpassagerer/walking-distances-map.jpg

In your prior post, you mentioned terminal 3 and Hilton have its own Metro station, could you kindly tell me the whereabout of the Metro station on your map (the link above).

Thank you.

Very useful information.

Thank you Globaliser and MADflyer.:)

Does anyone know the walking direction from Rotterdam's cruise terminal to the Wilhelminaplein Metro D station? How much time to walk there?

Thank you.

1) No need to find a metro station as the airport got its very own station at Terminal 3 and Hilton.

 

 

2) The city pass cost 80 kroner anbd covers the area around Copenhagen including the airport.

Thank you so much for your information.:)

You take metro line M2 towards Vanløse and get off at Kongens Nytorv.

 

 

Here is the walking route, I added Rosenborg (with the crown Jewels) and Rundetaarn.

 

 

https://www.google.dk/maps/dir/Kongens+Nytorv+st+(Metro),+1050+K%C3%B8benhavn/Nyhavn,+K%C3%B8benhavn/Amalienborg,+Amalienborg+Slotsplads,+1257+K%C3%B8benhavn+K/Rosenborg+Castle,+%C3%98ster+Voldgade+4A,+1350+K%C3%B8benhavn/The+Round+Tower,+K%C3%B8bmagergade+52A,+1150+K%C3%B8benhavn/Christiansborg+Slotsplads,+K%C3%B8benhavn/Kongens+Nytorv+st+(Metro)/@55.6817055,12.5741023,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m44!4m43!1m5!1m1!1s0x46525317956e2adf:0x67a7f566287b63c3!2m2!1d12.585228!2d55.679185!1m5!1m1!1s0x4652533d333847a7:0xafc1003221f627d1!2m2!1d12.5899411!2d55.6796963!1m5!1m1!1s0x46525322363e0673:0x5cf17fab9d15553f!2m2!1d12.59302!2d55.684059!1m5!1m1!1s0x4652531b429e531d:0x52359c3345281b3c!2m2!1d12.577269!2d55.685827!1m5!1m1!1s0x4652531083fb9ba1:0xe73a9f6da33ea437!2m2!1d12.57573!2d55.681347!1m5!1m1!1s0x46525316ed5e13e1:0x863773a047a49059!2m2!1d12.580801!2d55.6770469!1m5!1m1!1s0x46525317956e2adf:0x67a7f566287b63c3!2m2!1d12.585228!2d55.679185!3e2

 

 

 

If you plan on visiting any of the places you can safe alot of money by buying the Copenhagen Card.

 

 

The 24 hour card costs 329 kroner but if you are taking a canal tour from Nyhavn, visiting Amalienborg, Rosenborg, Rundetaarn and Christiansborg and add the free public transportation you will save 211 kroner.

Thank you for the valuable information. I still have a few more questions, and would appreciate it if you can help me.

1. Can we walk to the Metro station from the airport or Hilton Airport Hotel? If so, how long will the walk be?

2. We don't plan to do the canal tour or do any inside visits of the palaces, because we have already done it on our land tour. If so, should we still buy the 24-hour card or can buy something else?

Thank you.

Hello Danish Viking,

We will be debarking from a Princess cruise on May 12 at Oceankaj terminal. Our plan is to leave the ship around 9 a.m. and take a taxi from the Oceankaj terminal to Hilton Copenhagen Airport hotel. If it is too early to check-in, then we will store our luggage at the bell desk. We will be staying for only one night. Our plan is to DIY from 10 a.m. to about 7 p.m. We visited Tivoli Garden years ago on a land tour, so we don't plan to go there again. We would like to visit the following places if it can be easily DIY from the hotel or from the airport (according to the description of the hotel site, the Hilton Airport hotel is only a two-minute walk from Terminal 3 arrival hall via a covered walkway). We are interested to visit Nyhavn waterfront, Christiansborg Palace, Amalienborg Palace, and any other interesting nearby attractions or shopping areas.

Could you kindly advise us on:

1. What transportation option (walking, metro, HOHO...) do we have to go to those places?

2. How do we get to those transportation option from the hotel or from the airport?

3. Any advice on the order of which place to visit first/last?

4. Any suggestions for nearby interesting places that I didn't mentioned?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.:)

Yes a small fee will be added, I'm not sure how much but 1,5-3% is not a bad guess.

Thanks.

Oh sorry, I was sure that it was the Marriott.

 

But then I would say 400, people last year payed 360 kroner and the new cruise terminal is located further out in the harbour so 400 kroner is most likely the price.

 

If you type in the Hilton hotel yourself on the map you can see that its a good idea to ask driver to avoid the freeway.

 

The 2 routes that uses the regular road has a length of around 13-14 kilometers but the freeway/motorway is probably quicker but is around 21 kilometers long.

 

As the taxi is running on the meter (is that was its called) the distance will affect the price.

I forgot to ask this question - can we pay with credit card for the taxi (from pier to Hilton airport hotel)? If so, besides the taxi fare, will I have to pay additional for using the credit card? Thanks.

Oh sorry, I was sure that it was the Marriott.

 

But then I would say 400, people last year payed 360 kroner and the new cruise terminal is located further out in the harbour so 400 kroner is most likely the price.

 

If you type in the Hilton hotel yourself on the map you can see that its a good idea to ask driver to avoid the freeway.

 

The 2 routes that uses the regular road has a length of around 13-14 kilometers but the freeway/motorway is probably quicker but is around 21 kilometers long.

 

As the taxi is running on the meter (is that was its called) the distance will affect the price.

Thank you.:)

Its 8,9 kilometres, I´m guessing that around 200-250 kroner will do it.

 

 

https://www.google.dk/maps/dir/Oceankaj,+K%C3%B8benhavn/Copenhagen+Marriott+Hotel,+Kalvebod+Brygge+5,+1560+K%C3%B8benhavn/@55.6931011,12.5556569,13z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x465252b848542021:0x5125d6ae3b01baee!2m2!1d12.6196867!2d55.713825!1m5!1m1!1s0x4652536c9fb4c9f1:0xdc499d72e12f74b8!2m2!1d12.573781!2d55.669129!3e0

I clicked on your link, and it is for the Marriott hotel. The hotel I will be staying is the Hilton Airport Copenhagen hotel. Do you know the approximate taxi fare from Oceankaj cruise terminal to that hotel? According to the hotel description, it is a 2 minutes walk from the hotel to terminal #3 of airport. Also, do you know how long is the ride?

Thanks.

Yes with 5 people the price will almost be the same because a single ticket costs 36 kroner and that is around 180 kroner in total.

 

A taxi to Østerport is around 100-150 kroner and around 400 to the airport.

 

But if its not a weekend you can take bus 26 to Østerport and then a train to the airport and then you only pay 36 kroner in total per person.

Do you know approximately how much will the taxi cost be from Oceankaj cruise terminal to Hilton Airport Copenhagen hotel? And how long is the ride?

Thank you.

Thank you JB.

I will check your suggested route on my map, and if I have questions, I will ask again.:p

JB,

 

My most sincere appreciation for your thoughtfulness in answering my questions even when you are on the ship and using pricey Wi-Fi. :)

 

Our port time is from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. We plan to leave the ship around 11 a.m., and be back on the ship by 5 p.m. After some researches, my plan is to do the QE2 mile DIY tour, starting from the cruise port and ending at East Park (Andrew Park).

http://cruisesouthampton.com/markers/the-qe2-mile

 

Then do some shopping at the West Quay mall. And if we are not too tired, and if time allowed, then do the Old Town walking tour from Bargate Street to Castle Way to Forest view to Bugle St, and then continue to go South to town Quay, then back to the ship.

http://www.discoversouthampton.co.uk...p.original.pdf

 

I have a few more questions, but please wait until you are off the ship before you answer the questions; please don't use the pricey Wi-Fi for my answers. My cruise starts in about 7 weeks, so I don't mind to wait for the answers.

 

My questions are:

1. How long is the walk from Ocean terminal to Town Quay and High St.? Is it a safe and easy walk on good road?

2. After shopping at West Quay mall, if we are too tired, and decide to take a taxi from the mall to the cruise terminal, is taxi easily available outside the mall?

3. If we are not tired and decide to continue southbound from the mall back to the ship using the Old Town walking tour, how long is the walk from Bargate St. to Castle Way to Hamtum St. to Bugle Street to Town Quay, back to the ship? We don't plan to do any inside visits. Is that a safe route on good roads?

 

Thank you in advance for your assistance!!

JB,

I don't want this thread to get lost, so I am submitting this post to keep it on the list. After you get off the ship, and when you have time, I would appreciate it if you could answer my three above mentioned questions.

Thank you.:)

Hi, c.p.

Very brief coc I,m on ships wifi.

From ocean terminal without luggage you can walk to barrage / bargate st in about 15 mins, if it's for a meet allow 25.

I,d guess a walking tour of old town needs about 2 hrs if you want to see inside the Tudor merchants house etc but the actual walking time is probably 40 mins. If you want to include sights in oxford st and above bar mebbe add another 30. Plus an hour in sea city titanic museum at the civic centre.

There's a big mall right at bargate st, called west quay mall.

On the same side of the mall as bargate street is the old-established main shopping street, called Above Bar, which is mainly pedestrianised.

 

Have a good one, scuse typos, ships wifi charges make it too pricy to correct

 

JB:)

JB,

My most sincere appreciation for your thoughtfulness in answering my questions even when you are on the ship and using pricey Wi-Fi. :)

Our port time is from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. We plan to leave the ship around 11 a.m., and be back on the ship by 5 p.m. After some researches, my plan is to do the QE2 mile DIY tour, starting from the cruise port and ending at East Park (Andrew Park).

http://cruisesouthampton.com/markers/the-qe2-mile

Then do some shopping at the West Quay mall. And if we are not too tired, and if time allowed, then do the Old Town walking tour from Bargate Street to Castle Way to Forest view to Bugle St, and then continue to go South to town Quay, then back to the ship.

http://www.discoversouthampton.co.uk...p.original.pdf

I have a few more questions, but please wait until you are off the ship before you answer the questions; please don't use the pricey Wi-Fi for my answers. My cruise starts in about 7 weeks, so I don't mind to wait for the answers.

My questions are:

1. How long is the walk from Ocean terminal to Town Quay and High St.? Is it a safe and easy walk on good road?

2. After shopping at West Quay mall, if we are too tired, and decide to take a taxi from the mall to the cruise terminal, is taxi easily available outside the mall?

3. If we are not tired and decide to continue southbound from the mall back to the ship using the Old Town walking tour, how long is the walk from Bargate St. to Castle Way to Hamtum St. to Bugle Street to Town Quay, back to the ship? We don't plan to do any inside visits. Is that a safe route on good roads?

Thank you in advance for your assistance!!

Being a local, I know a fair bit about the city & the surrounding places of interest.

But being a local, I only know about it from a local's perspective - I've never looked for a "tour" or a guide.

Bearing those two things in mind, here's my four-penn'orth.

 

Southampton isn't a tourist city, it's a working port & city. Although 2 or 3 or 4 ships turn around each day, Southampton is rarely a mid-cruise port-of-call so there's no great tourist infrastructure.

The city does have some sights, certainly enough to keep a busy tourist interested for half a day, or make that a full day for a lazy tourist.

Most sights, such as the Tudor Merchant's House & the Medieval Merchant's Hall, are on an easy circular walking tour in the old part of the city, these can be self-guided or you can join a walking tour or fix a private walking tour with

http://www.stga.org.uk/

The Bargate is right in the centre of the city, it was the main entrance to the walled city, a large part of the walls survive

The old part adjoins the new city centre shopping area at The Bargate (old part runs south from The Bargate, shopping centre runs north from the Bargate). At the other end of the main shopping street (Above Bar) is a new Sea City museum located in the Civic Centre.

So if you want to combine some interesting, if unexceptional, sights with some shopping, you can have a pleasant & inexpensive day.

Plenty of info at

http://www.visit-southampton.co.uk/site/historic-old-town

(check out maps & other pages on that website)

The city sights & shops are easily walkable from City cruise terminal & Ocean terminal, but from Mayflower or QE11 terminals you'll need a short £5 to £7 taxi ride.

 

Although Southampton itself is quite limited it's a great base for sights beyond the city, including some quite distant but very accessible for a day-trip by train. Here's a few examples:

 

http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/

Take the little http://www.hytheferry.co.uk/travel.php from Town Quay (ten to fifteen min walk from City or Ocean terminals) across Southampton Water to Hythe, & a 6 mile taxi ride from the taxi rank at Hythe pier across a corner of the New Forest to Beaulieu. Arrange a time for the driver to return for you - there's no taxi rank at Beaulieu. The place is worth a minimum of two hours, up to a full day. No guide required.

(I've just noticed, the Hythe Ferry map has the names of City & Mayflower terminals transposed)

 

Salisbury & Stonehenge.

Very easy to visit by train. Half-hourly direct service to Salisbury, journey time about 30 mins, day-return costs about £10. Take the Stonehenge ho-ho

http://www.thestonehengetour.info/route.shtml

from the station to Stonehenge, on the return alight in Salisbury city centre for the cathedral etc, then ho-ho or walk or taxi hop to the station for the return train.

There's an audio tour at Stonehenge, alternatively you can hire a private guide to collect you from the ship or meet you at Salisbury or at Stonehenge. This will be expensive, worthwhile only for folk with a deep interest in Stonehenge.

http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/search

 

Bath.

A spa town with roman baths etc, magnificent Georgian architecture, Jane Austen connections. Very popular with visitors from overseas. About an hour by train, hourly service (passes through Salisbury, but you'll not have time to combine Bath & Salisbury). Guides available locally, either private or join a walking tour.

http://visitbath.co.uk/

 

Winchester

Only about 15 mins by train, about 3 direct trains per hour. Quite similar to Salisbury, the main attraction is its cathedral. Not so laid-back as Salisbury. I guess guides are available, but its easy to visit independently with a little research.

http://www.visitwinchester.co.uk/

 

Portsmouth & Southsea.

About 30 mins by train, half-hourly direct service. By remaining on the train past the main Portsmouth & Southsea station to its terminus at Portsmouth Harbour, you are right alongside the historic dockyard & ships. Much more to offer close by, such as Gunwharf Quays & Spinnaker Tower, then perhaps a short taxi ride to Southsea seafront for another batch of sights including the D-Day museum, the adjacent Southsea Castle (small, but free admission), & views across the Solent to the Isle of Wight. Again, there are doubtless local guides but no real need.

http://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk/

 

For all the above, the only transport you'll need is as mentioned, plus possibly a short taxi hop from ship to rail station - these places are easily walkable once you've arrived. Other than the Stonehenge ho-ho (which is essential) the ho-ho buses IMHO aren't worthwhile.

Bath or Portsmouth/Southsea will be very full days, worth an early start, the others pretty easy.

 

If you want to tour by car, a whole host of other options are available. Google New Forest, Jurassic coast, Glastonbury/Wells/Cheddar. You can of course combine various options.

I really don't think you'll find a "guided tour" of these places. You may be able to meet up with a guide at some of them, but a good option is West Quay Cars. They're used a lot by CC members for airport transfers etc, but they've set up a subsidiary

http://www.discoverthesouth.co.uk/

These are driver/guides. Not qualified guides, but drivers hand-picked for their general knowledge of tourist sights & a friendly and informative disposition.A pretty pointless expense if you simply wanted to visit, say, Beaulieu motor museum or Portsmouth historic dockyard, but a good option for a tour.

 

JB :)

Hi JB,

Southampton will be one of our ports for our TA cruise. We will be there in early May from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. I am thinking of just doing a relaxing day and just DIY in Southampton. We will be arriving at the Ocean terminal. I got some information from the site you gave us http://www.discoversouthampton.co.uk/uploads/media_items/old-town-walk-map.original.pdf , and I am thinking of doing the Old Town walking tour. According to the map, our self-guided tour will start at Bargate Street.

I have a few questions:

1. From our cruise terminal, do we need to take a cab to get to Bargate St.?

2. If we can walk to Bargate St., how much walking time do you think we need?

3. How much time do you think we need to do the entire walking tour?

4. After our walking tour, if we still have time, I am thinking of doing

some shopping. Is there any big mall around Bargate Street?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

We had a 31" luggage. Up to a few years ago, Cathay Pacific airline allowed 70 lbs per luggage. Now I use only 27"; to fill that up, it is already over the 50 lbs limit that is currently allowed on all the airlines.

Not even 2 large suitcases?? Wow, that is bad. Would they let you put one of them in the front seat (or in the back with a person in front), or did you try that?

 

Was this to/from the airport? I could maybe see the townies not expecting people to have luggage but airport pickups would surprise me if they aren't prepared for 2 suitcases in the trunk.

We had a big suitcase, so it wouldn't fit in the front seat or back seat with a person. We took the taxi from the hotel to the Kowloon station.

We were figuring 3 people in one and 2 in another. But each with a large suitcase. Do you think 3 large (29") suitcases is too much for a taxi trunk there? I assume 3 people inside is OK (1 in front, 2 in the back) with a small carry-on in in our lap or between the back seats?

Trunks of taxis are always loaded with a lot of stuffs of the taxi driver. Last time two of us, each with one large suitcase, and the taxi driver insisted we take 2 taxis, because there was no way they could fit two large suitcases in the trunk.

Oh, thank you. I totally missed the "N" routes. I was only looking at the "A" routes.

 

They do have an N21 at night similar to the A21, unfortunately it doesn't take the same turn at the end that comes within a block of our hotel. The closest stop along the N21 is on Nathan Rd a quarter of a mile a way. Still not too bad, but with 5 of us dragging our luggage through a longer route of twists and turns, I'm not sure. Have to think about that one.

 

The good news is it's even cheaper (I think). Says HK$23 (US$3 pp), but then it drops to 14 and 8 on later stops. I'm guessing that's the price for people getting on at stops later in the route. Does that sound right?

Yes, the price is lower for people getting on at later stops as the bus gets closer to town.