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5 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

House closing went fine, actually went back to CB, grsbbed some more stuff and back in Ocala.

 Headed home in the morning.  Hopefully catch up Friday

 

Totally unrelated to the thread but thought if I quoted you it may grab your attention since there's no PM function

 

You may already be aware of this but just a heads up that Andrew Lloyd  Webber has been broadcasting one of his shows every weekend for the last few weeks on YouTube. Show starts at 7pm UK time on a Friday and is available for 24 hours. Coming up tomorrow is Cats - just in case you're missing your fix 

 

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13 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

What cruise line did you use?  We've been looking at Viking for a river cruise.  Looks very interesting.


Viking is the luxury end of river cruising and can be pricey. 
We used an Australian company , APT Touring, but booked through their UK office, we should have been with them again this past April but the pandemic cancelled that. It worked out in our favour as instead of being on a sister ship to the one we were on last year we are now going to be on their brand new Travelmarvel Polaris in September 2021 , looks amazing with more luxury. There is a fab promo video on YouTube of it. 
American friends have used Gate 1 travel . 
 

Apologies for hijacking John. 
 

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1 hour ago, heatherb1958 said:


Viking is the luxury end of river cruising and can be pricey. 
We used an Australian company , APT Touring, but booked through their UK office, we should have been with them again this past April but the pandemic cancelled that. It worked out in our favour as instead of being on a sister ship to the one we were on last year we are now going to be on their brand new Travelmarvel Polaris in September 2021 , looks amazing with more luxury. There is a fab promo video on YouTube of it. 
American friends have used Gate 1 travel . 
 

Apologies for hijacking John. 
 

 

No worries, I'm out of pocket, so converse away

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2 hours ago, heatherb1958 said:


Viking is the luxury end of river cruising and can be pricey. 
We used an Australian company , APT Touring, but booked through their UK office, we should have been with them again this past April but the pandemic cancelled that. It worked out in our favour as instead of being on a sister ship to the one we were on last year we are now going to be on their brand new Travelmarvel Polaris in September 2021 , looks amazing with more luxury. There is a fab promo video on YouTube of it. 
American friends have used Gate 1 travel . 
 

Apologies for hijacking John. 
 

What did your American friends have to say about Gate 1, have they done land tours with them before? if so what countries?

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4 hours ago, Jimbo said:

What did your American friends have to say about Gate 1, have they done land tours with them before? if so what countries?


They thoroughly enjoyed them , visited several countries and recommended the company to a joint Canadian friend who did Eastern Europe with them last year visiting Romania , a country we have visited many moons ago for a Christmas skiing holiday in 1991  !!! . He was due to travel again with them in March and April to three separate countries including Peru but we all know what happened then 😔 .

Travel is all about research, research , research and more research , plenty of info out there on the web , reviews, photos etc.  Enjoy exploring. 😎
 

 

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Back on the ship

 

We had ABBA trivia before dinner and then caught the first performance of the night

I wanted to make it back to the cabin to experience going thru the locks

Here are a few shots of us leaving Amsterdam. I wasn't paying attention during trivia

 

The terminal

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This building has an observation platform and a swing that goes over the side

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The Botel

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The crane is actually a hotel with 2-3 suites and a bungee cord attraction

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ABBAMAX - The UK's finest Abba Tribute Band

They were fun, we must have skipped dinner to get front row seats

Having a Genie aleviated that challenge for Mama Mia on the Allure TA😉

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Laura got up and danced. I may have video, but this is all I'm sharing

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Out to sea

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Went back to Laura's cabin to enjoy the locks, but there were some issues and we were delayed going thru

Here are a couple pictures right before the locks

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I waited around a bit, but Sleeping Beauty was wore out and I said good night and headed back to our cabin.

 

And sure enough, right after that we entered the locks. 

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They are in the process of building new locks, so I got to watch a little of that

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No mules like in the PC, you just drive in and out

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It's very slow and boring

Probably would have been more interesting from the aft cabin

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Here is the exit

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I guess an old fort at the entrance to the canal

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Our last day on the ship, not much going on. Weather was very nice

Saw a Holland ship while walking above the pool deck

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This was the final round of Progressive Trivia.

I think we were in 3rd place and finished there as well.

Unfortunately, It got very confusing at the end and they only gave a prize of the winners

No mention of 2nd or 3rd place. 

Kind of a letdown considering how long we played 

 

We got our transit certificate, pretty well done

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I think the previous year's one had to be altered after the ports all changed due to weather

 

Our afternoon snack was very good

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And since we were not staying for the Baltic leg, I needed to give away the 'Champagne' I had collected this trip

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A quick post on our roll call found a lucky recipient

 

Well tomorrow is Copenhagen, we are staying one night, then flying back to Orlando

Our plan is to do the HOHO, Tivoli, and the canal tour

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On 5/14/2020 at 12:42 AM, Bobal said:

 

Totally unrelated to the thread but thought if I quoted you it may grab your attention since there's no PM function

 

You may already be aware of this but just a heads up that Andrew Lloyd  Webber has been broadcasting one of his shows every weekend for the last few weeks on YouTube. Show starts at 7pm UK time on a Friday and is available for 24 hours. Coming up tomorrow is Cats - just in case you're missing your fix 

 

 

Bobal, thanks so much for posting the link to Cats. I watched it and shared the link with a few others.

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May 12, 2019 Day 17 - Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Arrival was uneventful, Mario escorted us off  after our last breakfast in Giovanni's

 

Took a cab to the airport hotel and was able to check in almost immediately

I don't recall the price, but I think it was around $60 for the three of us.

 

We stayed at the Clarion Hotel Copenhagen Airport

It was a little chilly that morning

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It's an atrium style building, very modern compared to our last hotel in Copenhagen, The Bethel in Nyhaven

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Laura and I finally shared a room. I thing Pat was glad to get rid of me.

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There was a free transfer bus into the city where we would catch the HOHO

It was free because we kept stopping and picking up more people.😉

 

Some sites near the airport

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It took over an hour to get into town, not sure I'd do that again

Luckily it was just Pat and I. Pretty sure Laura would have been annoyed waiting at each stop.

 

BTW, since our hotel was actually in the airport train station, we could have taken the train, but I'm just not that adventurous.

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Copenhagen by HOHO

 

We went with the Mermaid Tour, took about 90 minutes not including our stops at the Little Mermaid and Tivoli

 

It covers most of the core city and costs around $30

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Copenhagen's Princess🧜‍♀️

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She seems sad on her little rock......

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Totally overwhelmed by tourists

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The Royal Yacht is nice

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We stayed about 30 minutes, but I didn't want to fight the crowds, so we wandered around the marina

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Serenade on the left

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Pat even took some pictures

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Back on the Bus

 

Here are a few tips on the HOHO system

Make sure you always get on your bus, there are at least two companies that use red buses

Try and work your way to the front seats on the upper deck for the best views.  

It may take a few stops to snag the prime seats, and you have to be quick, but it's worth it

 

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Train Station near Tivoli

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Nyhaven stop

You can get Carlsburg for $1 here

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Danish flag

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This is where the Hotel/Airport bus dropped us in the morning

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There are some modern buildings in town

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And yes, that's a glass bottom pool

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Some places were tight

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Tivoli for lunch

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General admission is around $15, but you then pay for each ride based on how many tickets it requires

Kind of like a carnival in the US

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We went to have lunch, enjoy the weather and ride a few rides

Oh, and have some beers

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Woodhouse was upstairs

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I think we got the combo's

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Burger was very good

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Polar bears were weird

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Double Decker Carousel

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Lunch is over, let's find a ride

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Boring

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No idea where this even went

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This looks promising

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Tik Tak was the winner

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2 passenger carts that spin, rotate, and potentially flip

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All you items have to go in these bins in front of you

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Took a selfie before relinquishing my phone

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Big thumbs up from Pat

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And the last shots of Tivoli

 

These were fun because Pat had just returned from 4 years in Japan

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I'm sure we'll be back some day

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Great pics John. Hope you are getting settled in and liking the new house. hard to believe this review is coming to an end. I will forward to when you do cruise again and review. Unfortunately my planned review will have to wait till November 21' unless we squeeze something in before. Cheers and thanks for some great pics of a great trip.

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16 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Great pics John. Hope you are getting settled in and liking the new house. hard to believe this review is coming to an end. I will forward to when you do cruise again and review. Unfortunately my planned review will have to wait till November 21' unless we squeeze something in before. Cheers and thanks for some great pics of a great trip.

 

I'll try and finish tomorrow. 

 

Still have the canal trip, and then the flight home on Lufthansa

 

Here are a couple of pics I missed earlier

They were in a different folder

 

At the beginning of the day

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Just before Tivoli

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After Tivoli headed to Nyhaven

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Great photos of Copenhagen , we first went in May  2007 on Navigator from Southampton, lovely itinerary including Amsterdam. Since then we have cruised into and out of there, very easy to use the train to and from the airport. 
There is an ‘ alternative ‘ little mermaid nearer to the port , or at least there was . Not quite as pretty but still worth a photo .

It is actually called the Genetically modified Little Mermaid , 😆 

Pics from 2007.

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