Comments for Newcastle to Amsterdam

Comment on Pet Friendly Holidays by Leigh

Leigh — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:41:41 +0000

Greg, how ignorant are you ? I came across your comment by mistake and was suprised at your attitude, first off, you can take a dog into the cabin of the Portsmouth Santander ferry, look it up. and secondly, what the hell is a hand bag dog ? what ever you call it, it is loved by its owner and gives alot of pleasure, I have two of your so called hand bag dogs, and love them to bits, I would not leave them in a kennel either, they come every where with us, as we travel all over Europe every year, so wether they were big or small, they are loved by their owner.

Comment on Pet Friendly Holidays by Greg Dumfy

Greg Dumfy — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:34:12 +0000

Rona your a nutter! First off the Portsmouth to Santander route uses kennels and the journey is longer. If the dogs don’t wee in the kennels, where would you have them wee? There is not a huge amount of grass on-board a ferry, that’s why you are not allowed to take your dog where you want on a ship.

I’m guessing you have a stupid handbag dog, that you cannot go anywhere without it and who has never been left alone for 2 minutes never mind 2 hours.

For those travellers who have a real dog, the kennels will not traumatize your dog. It’s no different than standard dog kennels you get on land. If you are travelling on holiday from the north with your dog it’s the best option.

If you really want to avoid leaving your dog in kennals for a few hours then you could drive the extra 6 hours to Dover to catch the much shorter ferry crossing.

Comment on Pet Friendly Holidays by Rona.Barker

Rona.Barker — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:09:07 +0000

Most dogs would be traumatized on being apart from their owners.I know from experience!!!!Our dog ended up in one of these kennels for a sixteen hour crossing and was in aterrible state.She had to pee in this kennel as we were not allowed to take her out,she was on a car deck the noise and fumes were terrible.Prisoners have better accomadation than our dogs.I now travel portsmouth to santander and dog comes in cabin.Well worth the extra money

Comment on Sail with DFDS Seaways by Michael Goldberg

Michael Goldberg — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:32:54 +0000

Is there a car rental agency near the ferry landing in Newcastle?

Comment on Sail with DFDS Seaways by Pamela Wilson

Pamela Wilson — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:58:38 +0000

I used the Newcastle to Amsterdam ferry for the first time last week and as a frequent “cruise user” I was very pleasently surprised by the on-board experience. I was expecting it to be just a means of transportation, but it was all very civilised and not unlike an actual cruise holiday, allbeit on a much smaller scale.

The only negative thing was that it was quite expensive on board for food and drinks, but our friends pre-booked their food when they booked online and the saved some money, so next time we will do that. The food though was really good, we ate in the steakhouse on both legs of the jouney and a lovely meal on both occasions.

Comment on Sail with DFDS Seaways by Hans

Hans — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:16:25 +0000

I use the DFDS ferry at least twice a year and everytime I do i’m still amazed by the great value for money. Me and my family drive over to visit loved ones in Holland (lot’s of my Dad’s family live there) and it usually costs less than £350 to get the car and the family over to Holland and back to the UK. Though recently we have being paying a little bit extra for a nicer room – though the cheaper rooms are still good, but it’s nice to have a sea view.