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we2cruise

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About we2cruise

  • Birthday October 18

Personal Info

  • First Name
    Don
  • Last Name
    Wanke
  • Gender
    Male
  • State
    Tennessee
  • Country
    United States

Cruising

  • First Cruise Year
    1978
  • Cruises Sailed
    23
  • Favorite Cruise Line
    HAL
  • Favorite Shipboard Activity
    Playing cards or games
  • Favorite Itinerary
    Doesn't matter - As long as I'm on a cruise!
  • Favorite Port Activity
    People watching
  • Places I've Cruised To
    Alaska, Canada/New England, Norwegian Fjords, Baltic, Mediterranean, Hawaii, South America (BA - Santiago), Caribbean (East/South), Panama Canal, Mexican Riviera
  • Last Cruise Date
    December 31, 2011
  • Next Cruise Date
    2012

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  • Pets
    Dog...Boots; Cats...Cricket & Ivana...all adopted family members!
  • Occupation
    Retired
  1. Hi, folks...Haven't been on this board in a while, but recently booked the June 1 cruise on the Constellation out of Amsterdam. Will be sailing with my daughter, her husband and their two boys (12 & 8) and wondered if there would be any other family groups on board who might be interested in sharing a private tour in St. Petersburg. I'm looking at Den-Rus (I've used them before), OLLA and Red October. Any interest? Please let me know. Don
  2. Happy Birthday we2cruise!

  3. Don, it's great seeing you on CruiseCrazies again!

  4. We stopped in Boston last October with the Norwegian Jewel. We booked an NCL tour to Salem and the Witch museum. October is a great time to see Salem!
  5. Sailing out of San Juan in 24 days! First time on the Galaxy and several new islands included in this itinerary. Last stop will be Tortola...anyone have advice on a local tour to The Baths? Also, we're planning to use a local tour on Grenada...there are four of us and price will drop if anyone would care to join us.
  6. We will be on a 2-day excursion in St. Petersburg this month and don't know what type of tipping is expected (or acceptible) overseas. What do you tip tour guides, particularly in foreign ports? :huh:
  7. WOW. I've sure learned a lot in just a couple of weeks! Mainly, that I should have started all of this a long time ago! However, I did find that you only need a Russian Visa if your stay is longer than 72 hours. No one on a cruise will be in port longer than that (unless you miss the ship departure). We will only be in port two days, so any private tour group can arrange for the same short term Visa that you get through the ship. I have seen very positive reports regarding Red October, DenRus, Alla and Baltic Tours! Prices vary widely, but each of them offer smaller groups, with English speaking guides and at very attractive savings over the ship's tours (featuring high prices, large groups and crowded buses). Timecop...hope this additional info is helpful in your planning! And thanks to all others for their input. Departure from O'Hare in two weeks!!!
  8. Thanks to both JohnG and Jbond for the advice re: St. Petersburg! We appreciate your quick responses! We had planned to stick with the HAL excursions for the two days in Russia, but thought we might be able to do better (smaller groups/lower costs) in the Scandinavian ports of Helsinki, Stockholm, Arhus and Oslo. We will also visit Talinn and Warnemunde, but will use HAL in Estonia and have arranged for a rental car in Germany.
  9. We are booked on the Rotterdam next month and we're looking for anyone who either has booked port tours privately and has additional space - or could pass along information re: booking our own. Don't think we really have time to research such tours (we just booked the cruise :grin: !!) to book on our own, but would prefer those arrangements rather than HAL arranged excursions!! Noticed that no one had posted this cruise on the Cruise Calendar or in the Meeting Hall, so expect I may come up empty, but we're counting down!! we2cruise
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