DFDS Seaways (Scandinavian Seaways)

...referred to a company called DFDS by my friend as they did cheap cruises to Norway. The result of this is the following review of my 4 day excursion to Bergen in Norway with mon capitan, Laura. We shared a Commodore cabin (otherwise known as first class. Oh yes). Meals were included on two of the 4 nights, and we had unlimited free access to the Commodore lounge. Total price? £322. So £161 each for a first class, 4 day cruise to Norway. Can't be ...
...Riband Steakhouse, which on the DFDS website, said was smart dress only. So, dressed up to the nines we make our way there to find…well, lots and lots of drunk, loud obnoxious football fans and teenagers. We were seated at a table next to a group of extremely rude Norwegian youths who had somehow managed to get drunk within 30 minutes of being on board. The restaurant entertainment - an opera singer - was loudly heckled by the teenagers and people ...

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...There were instructions on the DFDS web site telling you how to approach from the north and south. Once we had passed through the Tyne tunnel (£1.10 toll) the port was well signposted. We followed the signs to the Long Stay car park where an attendant asked us which trip we were on and confirmed our return day. The parking was £8 per day or part thereof so we paid with £24. The car park is advertised as secure and there doesn't appear to be any way ...
...on our return and in the same condition we left it. A short walk from the car took us to the terminal building. Signs illustrated where we should check in which we did straight away. On check in we were given our boarding cards and told which gate to go to once boarding began. The staff at the check in desk were very pleasant and seemed happy in their work. The departure lounge was suitable for its purpose and clean and tidy. The toilets were also ...

JulieHaycraft 05.11.2007 · Read full review
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Back in February I won a mini-cruise to Amsterdam in a competition. Personally, this is not the sort of holiday I would have chosen for myself - firstly you only get one day in the city itself and I would have preferred to have had a longer stay, and secondly, I'm sure most of us have seen Titanic, and we all know how that ended! ~About the trip we booked~ There are several different trips that you can book with DFDS, but due to this being a prize, ...
...as the mini-cruises we booked, there are also Holidays which I believe entail staying with a Centre-Parcs once you get there, or you can book a simple ferry crossing as foot passenger or with a car. You can sail from either Newcastle (or technically North Shields) or Harwich. The ship we were on was The Princess of Norway. The mini cruise we won, departed on Wednesday afternoon, arriving in Amsterdam on Thursday morning. You get until around 4pm ...

pink_champagne 15.05.2008 · Read full review
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...boyfriend and I saw that DFDS were offering a free trip to Norway we couldn't believe our luck. We’d recently visited Iceland and absolutely loved it, so we were very interested in visiting a Scandinavian country for free! It was my boyfriend who booked the tickets, and this was a very simple process. He followed the links through the main DFDS website and made sure to click on their special offer links so that we didn’t end up paying by mistake. ...
...pool. ~~The Route~~ DFDS offer trips to Norway, Denmark and Holland. Our free cruise to Norway stopped at Stavanger in Norway before turning round and heading back to Newcastle. Due to the cheapness (i.e. free-ness!) of the trip we only had one hour and thirty minutes in Norway. We were rather annoyed when we turned up early and found another boat held up in the place we would have anchored and had to wait 30mins – this obviously cut out a significant ...

tac20 20.06.2007 · Read full review
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...but not on the official DFDS website. Oh, it's a comprehensive site with lots of info regarding destinations, fares and timetables. There are also virtual tours around the ship, but for the life of me, I couldn't book the sailing. For some reason, it kept directing me to the wrong journey. Oh well. As it turned out, I managed to book the trip through another site called aferries.co.uk and it was actually a few quid cheaper. Talking of prices, these ...
...it was a cruise - DFDS do a mini-cruise whereby you travel across overnight, spend a few hours in Amsterdam, and travel back again. The crossing from North Shields to Ijmuiden takes around 16 hours, departing at 5.30pm and arriving in Amsterdam at about 9.30 the following morning (local times), the return timings are: 6.00pm/9.00am. We were an hour late on the outward journey due to the weather, but bang on time coming home. The journey passes fairly ...

proxam 06.02.2005 (02.06.2006) · Read full review
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...their chosen destination. DFDS Ferries who sail from Harwich and Newcastle upon Tyne to Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia, however, have not announced cuts to services; on a personal level, I have never known so many people taking advantage of the travel opportunities right on our doorstep here in the north east. The experience I shall describe is based on a trip from Newcastle to Amsterdam – I have never traveled from Harwich - but I will ...
...DFDS. The Company DFDS have been operating their passenger services for over 130 years – this is known as DFDS Seaways. They now offer a broad range of holidays and short breaks from the basic ferry crossing, with or without vehicle to full cruises in Scandinavia which can also be combined with activities like skiing and with extra nights in hotels with discounted rates for DFDS customers. You can even book a week long cruise around Scandinavia, ...

fizzytom 15.01.2005 · Read full review
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There was a time when travelling on ferries was definitely a cheap and cheerful option for people travelling to Europe on a budget. The advent of budget airlines has put paid to that, and a little bit of advance planning can usually secure a pair of return tickets for that trip of a lifetime for only a little over a hundred quid. What, then, can the ferry companies add in order to redress the balance in their favour. Now down South, I know the English ...
...Channel tunnel companies can still offer a fairly competitive price. However, for anybody living in the North of the country, I would recommend that you give, at least a passing thought, to Scandinavian Seaways. This is a large company, and it has departures from Harwich as well as North Shields, near Newcastle, which will be the focus of this review. Ferries travel to the ports of Ijmuiden, Kristiansand and Gothenburg, all of which are within a ...

wilfredcat 13.05.2003 · Read full review
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...sent me a link for DFDS Seaways website as they were running a competition to win a free 2 night return cruise to Amsterdam from Newcastle (North Shields). Not one to be beaten, over the next few days I spent a lot of time on the site, and amazingly came up trumps winning a cruise for 2 which I booked for Sunday 18th November for hubby and me. The cruise was free, and I had to pay £8 fuel surcharge, so still a bargain in my eyes. It was all booked ...
...on alternate days each week (eg Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday), with the most cost effective sailings being on Sunday and Monday, presumably because they do not cover the weekend peak period. For your money, you get 2 nights onboard the ship in an ensuite cabin, return transfers from the port to Amsterdam city centre (with an optional sightseeing tour) and live entertainment on board the ship. Your ship will either ...

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...11pm boarding from 8.30. The dfds terminal at North shields was rather large with a pub up the road and on site safe parking (£8 per night). Unfortunately the Ship was late in and check in was delayed. We checked in at around 10.30 and then began boarding. As soon as we set foot on the ship we were greeted by kind staff who directed us to our rooms. The entrance and lobby was clean and shiny with a reception and lots of polished brass. We entered ...
...2night mini cruise. They had on suite facilities with a toilet and warm shower. There were 4 beds set out as bunks (the top two could be folded up) each bed had its own towel meaning 4 in the rooms. The beds were extremely comfy and snug. The rooms all have air conditioning with changeable temperature. By the doorway there were places to hang clothes a large mirror with desk and a European power point. Due to the ship being late in the restaurant ...

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...and big corporate image - DFDS are the bad guys. Big Time. - Background info on DFDS Seaways - DFDS has provided passenger services for more than 130 years. Their history dates back to the 11th of December 1866 when a group of prominent businessmen led by C.F. Tietgen decided to found the DFDS A/S (The United Steamship Company A/S). At its inception the company owned 19 ships and since then some 450 ships have carried the DFDS flag: blue with a white ...
...in northern Europe. DFDS operate 6 year-round routes: From ENGLAND. Newcastle - Kristiansand - Gothenburg. Operated by single ferry, Princess of Scandinavia. Newcastle - Ijmuiden (Amsterdam). Operated by 2 ferries, King of Scandinavia, and Prince of Scandinavia. Harwich - Esbjerg. Route operated by single ferry, Dana Gloria. Harwich - Cuxhaven Operated by single ferry, Admiral of Scandinavia. In SCANDINAVIA Copenhagen - Helsingborg - Oslo. Operated ...

monkfeesh 06.11.2002 · Read full review
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...be eagerly anticipated and the DFDS Scandinavian seaways route from Newcastle (North Shields) to Ijmuden-Amsterdam is possibly one of the longest. It is also one of the cheapest ways of getting from Newcastle to Amsterdam unless you are able get a very cheap flight. A reclining seat on one of their ferries can get you to Amsterdam for £44 to get this special price you do need to book at least twenty-one days in advance and go in the winter. But even ...
...the discounted Excursion Fare. With DFDS Scandinavian seaways crossings are also available to Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and though indirectly Poland, from either Newcastle or Harwich. The DFDS service is particularly good as it takes you from the centre of Newcastle to the centre of Amsterdam. A bus service is run especially from Newcastle central station to North Shields, and then from Ijmuden to Amsterdam's Centraal Station. So it's ...

Martin81 26.07.2001 · Read full review
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I've been travelling on DFDS Seaways (name changed from DFDS to Scandinavian Seaways and it's been returned back to DFDS) since I was 6 weeks old. My mum wanted to take me home to her family to show me off just after I was born, and I've made frequent trips ever since. So in this op, I'm not just going to give you details of what the service is like now, I would also like to discuss how it compares to the service I've received in the past from this ...
...This is not the DFDS Seaways I've grown up with, the hotel we always used in Copenhagen was off-limits if we wanted to book everything with DFDS. I've progressed to booking, so I shall explain further under separate title. Booking - well, this should be easy, but the service has deteriorated. For this trip I wanted to book a return trip with a car between Hamburg and Cuxhaven (Germany), plus 6 nights hotel accommodation in Copenhagen and a single ...

northern_lights 13.08.2003 · Read full review
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DFDs Newcastle to Amsterdam - Lads weekend on the drink, or romantic trip in a bustling European city? Please note - I accept no responsibility for the accuracy of the content of this review. It is being written from the little memory I have of the trip that was washed out of my brain by the excessive levels of drink, dancing sleeping and general partying! Well, for myself and 3 friends it was the former, a lads weekend away with no women and masses ...
...drive to the ferry terminal at Tynemouth where we were able to park up and enjoy a nice pub lunch and a pint at a local bar discussing drinking tactics and places we wanted to go to at "the other end". A short walk down the road after a brief toilet stop was the terminal. The trip had sold out, we were sailing on board the "Prince of Scandinavia" and were due to check in. There were no queues, plenty of people but the staff had everything well controlled. ...

clivefallon 06.07.2006 · Read full review
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...from Newcastle to amsterdam via DFDS Seaways. We used their website to book which was an easy to navigate site with no problems. Everything worked when you clicked on it. We payed £59 each which included a complimentary breakfast onboard. For this price we were given a 4 berth inside cabin on the lower decks of the ship. The room was fine, ok, not exactly the Ritz. It was clean and basic. The 4 beds were actually bunks which wasnt really a problem ...
...The ship offers what I would consider to be plentyful. There are various bars, restaurants, cinema, nightclub, mini casino, swimming pool and childrens play areas. I found the bar was pleasant but a little pricey. The restaurants were of a buffet type and again were pricey for the quality on offer. The food was good, but I wouldn't say it was great. Wine was a little expensive too at about 25euros a bottle of decent plonk. We enjoyed a few drinks ...

neiltommo123 21.02.2007 · Read full review
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...a mini cruise run by DFDS seaways and decided it was now or never. I'm not particularly good on a computer but I found the website very easy to negotiate and it only took a few minutes to book a commodore deluxe cabin for 3 people. At the time I didn't book any meals but a few days later (when I realised I could save 28% by booking ahead) I went back into my booking and again it was very easy to amend it and add reservations for the 7 Seas buffet ...
...was quite straight forward, apart from one of my meal reservations refusing to print out, a problem that was quickly rectified onboard and boarding began promptly at 3.30 pm. There were plenty of staff around to give directions and it didn't take long for us to find our cabin on deck 10. I was very impressed with the commodore cabin. There was plenty of space for 3 adults and the beds were very comfortable. The bathroom was well stocked with toiletries ...

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