Lol, Just thought I see a DFS sale at 140° :laughing:
conn85
18 Sep 166#8
did this route 4 times while at uni. Great fun . everyone seemed to go straight to bed for the return journey. must have been the fresh Amsterdam air :laughing:
tek-monkey to red23
18 Sep 164#19
Sounds like a laugh to me, when I lived dahn sarf I was glad to have a geordie as my best mate cos the southerners were boring as fcuk!
dereklogan7
18 Sep 164#13
Fight, fight. :laughing:
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pstuart
18 Sep 16#1
Do they check the foot passengers for booze on embarkation like P&O do at Hull?
IamMT to pstuart
18 Sep 16#2
I've never noticed that on this route, but it has never happened to me at Hull either. Surely it is too time consuming... But I am interested in your experiences, I did notice that Hull (P&O) don't deliver your booze bought on board until you disembark which ain't the case on the DFDS route.
monkeyhanger75 to pstuart
18 Sep 161#4
No, but they do watch people like hawks in the bar area to make sure the women aren't topping up their diet cokes with that bottle of vodka in their handbag.
Meanwhile on the Hull to Zebrugge P&O route, the "bouncers" into the bar areas will ask the women to open all bags for a look in when they enter the bar/entertainment lounges.
Although I live less than 2 miles from the DFDS North Shields terminal, I used to prefer P&O, as DFDS always have your eyes out if you want to take the car (and fill the boot with Belgian beer) and Bruges is far more car friendly than Amsterdam/Rotterdam.
eslick
18 Sep 16#3
It's good if not full of stag parties and the sea isn't rough, quite a few of these get docked in Amsterdam and then turn round and go straight back.
mxer450
18 Sep 169#5
Lol, Just thought I see a DFS sale at 140° :laughing:
fatgit
18 Sep 161#6
Went on one of these in June and thoroughly enjoyed it (despite rough seas on the return sailing).
Well worth upgrading to a sea view cabin (we actually upgraded for -£3 :smiley: ) and pay for breakfast as the breakfast is pretty good, but I'd take something on to eat in the evening (although the sandwiches in the café didn't seem to bad a deal).
Heineken in the bar was €4.50 for a pint.
We got 4hrs in Amsterdam (could have had 5, but we got the first bus back).
Bags were never checked, and there were a few people topping up drinks under the tables in the bar (which was almost empty).
IamMT
18 Sep 16#7
Did you upgrade on the day? (I agree I've had a Commodore class cabin with a free mini bar in the past) and agree take sandwiches on the way there and grab something from a Dutch supermarket on the way back.
conn85
18 Sep 166#8
did this route 4 times while at uni. Great fun . everyone seemed to go straight to bed for the return journey. must have been the fresh Amsterdam air :laughing:
IamMT to conn85
18 Sep 162#9
Although the Geordies & Dutch make this a much livelier trip than the Hull/Bruges one with the dour Yorkshiremen & French.
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Meanwhile on the Hull to Zebrugge P&O route, the "bouncers" into the bar areas will ask the women to open all bags for a look in when they enter the bar/entertainment lounges.
Although I live less than 2 miles from the DFDS North Shields terminal, I used to prefer P&O, as DFDS always have your eyes out if you want to take the car (and fill the boot with Belgian beer) and Bruges is far more car friendly than Amsterdam/Rotterdam.
Well worth upgrading to a sea view cabin (we actually upgraded for -£3 :smiley: ) and pay for breakfast as the breakfast is pretty good, but I'd take something on to eat in the evening (although the sandwiches in the café didn't seem to bad a deal).
Heineken in the bar was €4.50 for a pint.
We got 4hrs in Amsterdam (could have had 5, but we got the first bus back).
Bags were never checked, and there were a few people topping up drinks under the tables in the bar (which was almost empty).