Northern European Cruise Ports — A Springboard for Action
Our two cruise ports guidebooks (for both the Mediterranean and Northern Europe) are derived from our existing country guidebooks. To make them, we tailor existing chapters from these guidebooks to the needs of the independent-minded cruise traveler and assemble them in special editions so people can buy a single book rather than several to cover their itinerary. And my main research focus on this trip will be the ports.
Northern European ports lend themselves to independent travel. In many cases (including certain ports in Tallinn, Bergen, Oslo, and Copenhagen), they’re right in the city center and an easy walk from the sightseeing action — and when they aren’t, there’s good public transportation to the center of town. The ports themselves are generally not pretty, but mighty — industrial zones giving you a very honest look at the workings of these great cities. (Photos by Trish Feaster, see her blog – The Travelphile.com.)
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6 Replies to “Northern European Cruise Ports — A Springboard for Action”
Have you tried a Disney Cruise? It’s not only for kids. They have an adults section in the front of their ships. We’ve always found them to be the best, with or without kids :-)
I just came back from the same cruise! Loved it! Good to hear the same from Rick!
Cruise ports work hard to organize the masses says it all if you like masses.
So true, w. I’ve been in Dubrovnik and Rhodes when cruise ships arrive, and they just weren’t the same places when the crowds hit. I don’t think you could pay me to get on one of those big ships. (Maybe a small one when I get too decrepit for land travel.)
You’ll have to up the intensity or change what you’re doing with your training…and be patient. That last bit is the hardest. Good luck.
I have to agree. No matter how well they prepare the passengers it’s hard to get past the fact that you are one with hundreds, maybe thousands of people all being dumped into the same place at the same time. Having done a few RS tours, I recall thinking how nice to be in a group of 24-28 rather than in a group of 50-60 people. Cruise ship groups would truly ruin the experience for me. I don’t mind Rick making some extra bucks with these new books, but don’t lose sight of why most of us take your tours.
Have you tried a Disney Cruise? It’s not only for kids. They have an adults section in the front of their ships. We’ve always found them to be the best, with or without kids :-)
I just came back from the same cruise! Loved it! Good to hear the same from Rick!
Cruise ports work hard to organize the masses says it all if you like masses.
So true, w. I’ve been in Dubrovnik and Rhodes when cruise ships arrive, and they just weren’t the same places when the crowds hit. I don’t think you could pay me to get on one of those big ships. (Maybe a small one when I get too decrepit for land travel.)
You’ll have to up the intensity or change what you’re doing with your training…and be patient. That last bit is the hardest. Good luck.
I have to agree. No matter how well they prepare the passengers it’s hard to get past the fact that you are one with hundreds, maybe thousands of people all being dumped into the same place at the same time. Having done a few RS tours, I recall thinking how nice to be in a group of 24-28 rather than in a group of 50-60 people. Cruise ship groups would truly ruin the experience for me. I don’t mind Rick making some extra bucks with these new books, but don’t lose sight of why most of us take your tours.