DFDS Seaways

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Absolutely to Amsterdam with food and a real and a really nice with a good coach in to Amsterdam square and the canals before returning to board the again and once again food the service from the were brilliant and of course it has a real duty-free shop yes a real duty-free shop not like the airports a pleasant experience and well worth the money all in all absolutely brilliant show get away with no worries or problems AJ Lovely ship, good crossing, terrible inside bunk bed cabin!! Thin walls with party people going to Amsterdam! Drinking until 2am!! No sleep whatsoever! Expensive buffet like a sale opening day! Such a big rush for the overcooked inedible breakfast! ! Friendly, hard working crew. We travel regularly on the Newcastle - Amsterdam route with our dog as we do the Europe 8 times a year. Check in process is smooth. With the dog, papers are checked at the same as our passports and scanner is provided to check the micro chip. Once on board, will assist if you need help getting to your cabin. We always have a dog friendly cabin, so know where we're going - thanks for the gravy bone today from our dog! Dog exercise area means we can sit outside with the dog if desired. Then - we always do the buffet, plenty choice and the food is good, would recommend booking - a decent sleep (smooth crossing helps 😊) and after a decent it's to disembark. For us, this is a great option coming from Scotland and having 2000km drive in Europe to our destination. We arrive refreshed, well fed and ready for the onward journey. Note we do sometimes travel via the Eurotunnel or Santander /Bilbao crossings to south of England but this one is our favourite overall. The is a little tired in places, but not so much that it's a problem. The are and try to do whatever they can to help. Both the public areas and cabins are kept clean, with lots of visible cleaning of the former throughout the journey. Food at the buffet is much better than expected for a captive audience, especially the very well cooked meats. If you can justify the cost, the commodore de luxe rooms are great. Myself and my wife had an on the DFDS mini cruise to Amsterdam, cannot sing it's praises enough. Room was small but clean and comfortable, atmosphere was especially on the return voyage, we had a really relaxed two days at sea and it was awesome. If I was to find faults it would be that there was a lack of food for my wife who is Coeliac, and the boats WiFi wasn't the best but to be fair we were in the middle of the north sea, drinks were a bit pricey but you can buy from duty free and save some cash if you want, all in all more than happy for what we got for our money. Will definitely be doing this again. First return by ferry, travelled on both the Princess and the King boat. The on both boats were excellent, friendly, helpful, gave the crayons and puzzles etc, dressed up in costumes, did face painting in the soft play and video bit. The bit was great for us, the boys used the soft play, watched movies, did lego and colouring and met some other kids. We booked in to the restaurant for and breakfast, buffet food was super and the common food allergies are well labelled against each dish so you don't need to ask. Soft drinks for are quite pricey and not included but I didn't expect they would be. You order at the table and pay your drinks bill before you leave dinner. There is coffee, tea, milk and fruit juice included with breakfast. We stayed in a four bed on the Princess on the way here, it was on deck 6 and engine noise was a bit noisy (it is a ferry!) at night for me but my and husband didn't even notice. I work in a noisy place so possibly I was noticing it more. It is warm in the so pack light pjs. We slept on deck 9 coming back on the king in one of the bigger cabins that had included and i couldn't hear the engine noise. Again hubby and didn't notice any noise / difference. Really good experience, I enjoyed sitting for and breakfast, and again the friendly and area made it a really nice for us. in the port itself weren't that friendly but from check in to boarding wasn't that long. On the ship it was a little tired in areas but all in all the were great. Facitiles on board were OK. What a weekend, we had a fantastic loved every minute all the were amazing from the guys greeting us to the servers to our reception brilliant and lovely people. I have to say a special shout out to arnold our waiter what a lovely guy and the fella who worked behind the bar in the compass bar you gyys gave us special treatment i cannot thank you all enough x Needed to move personal effects from the Netherlands to the UK. Decided to rent a van and pickup the items myself via ferry, as that was the cheapest option available. Check-in and boarding were straightforward, and the rides both ways were long (around 16 hours) but pleasant. Cabins were clean and comfortable too. I paid for the and buffets while booking, which was cheaper than paying at the door. Both meals were of value, with lots of options. Overall, I had a great on the and highly recommend this service! Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time.