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Mini Cruise thanks nicolefrenzy !!

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  • rainy12345
    rainy12345 Posts: 2,662 Forumite
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    :j Well done on your win:j Have a great time
    :j
  • cluk
    cluk Posts: 73 Forumite
    Well done !!!
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Citeegee wrote: »
    Thanks nicolefrenzy just won one of the mini cruises to Amsterdam from your post ,its my first holiday win yay !!!:j

    I have some tips for you re the Mini cruise, i wll find them and post later.

    Is this with DFDS from Newcastle.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • Byatt
    Byatt Posts: 3,496 Forumite
    Yayyyyy, enjoy!! :j:j
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    edited 23 March 2010 at 4:37PM
    Buy yourself a little travel kettle to use in your cabin, tea and coffee is approx £2 so it would pay for itself in one trip (dont forget an adaptor)
    Food is really expensive too, Have a good meal at lunchtime at home and take a picnic for your tea on board.

    Your prize will be bunk beds but you can upgrade to side by side beds, if you want to do this, ring them up to do it. On the phone it will cost you £10 or so,
    if you wait till you are on board its £20 each way. My oh and i didnt realise this to start with, too old for bunk beds so we dragged the top matress down to the floor for the night.

    Amsterdam is also expensive so you have to decide whether to have your main meal in town or on board

    The boat sails about 8pm and doesnt dock till next morning. And by the way, wrap up warm if you are going up top. no matter how warm it is on land, at sea its a different matter altogether.
    My OH and i go every six months, Usually March and September, this iswhen the special offers are, the buy one get one free. We are going this weekend and both of us got a double bedded cabin, transfers to Amsterdam all for £79 which when youre a smoker and go for a stock up it pays for itself.
    It isnt a cheap weekend by any means ( i won one of these a couple of years ago and its just amazing how much money you can get throug) but with a few tips from MSE you can save quite a bit.
    When we went the entertainment was truly excellent in the Show Bar. If you ever get the chance have a mini cruise on the P&O from Hull, They knock DFDS into a cocked hat.
    You'll have a great time. One more tip. Go on a boat tour, you will see much more of Amsterdam than you will walking, i think its only about a fiver but worth every penny.


    Dont know where you are in the country but there is a bus every day around 4pm from Central Station in Newcastle to the Ferry Terminal at North Sheilds.

    You'll have fun, its a brilliant city.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • Citeegee
    Citeegee Posts: 612 Forumite
    Thanks so much for your advice McKeff will deffo get a kettle !!!
    Hope you have a lovely holiday thanks again Citeegee xx
    :beer::j:eek::eek::eek::j:beer:
  • melspur
    melspur Posts: 4,257 Forumite
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    congratulations
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