Exchanging currency

[disdreams77]

Can you exchange currency onboard? I will be on the British Isles cruise and we will need USD, pounds and Euros. Can guest services provide this and is there an exchange fee? Thanks

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

The ship does it but its a company rate and poor.

For the UK you need sterling- pounds not Euros, cards are accepted everywhere, you do not need to carry too much cash, many places are contactless payment up to £30 if your card works on that.

You need Euros for Ireland only and France, Scotland is also £.

If travelling to Dover by London exchange there in banks or post offices or exchange places, - but not at airports or tourist locations. Post office and Thomas Cook are good on exchange rates, and some high street shops do exchange or even have ATMs that give £ and Euro.

You will waste money using DCL like anything they make a profit on it and whilst there is no charge the rate is poor.

Dover also has currency exchange in the terminal. But as said relying on cards is fine, there accepted nearly everywhere, and just have a couple of cards if one stops for any reason. Also no need for USA$ unless small amounts to tip room service, but you can charge that, and the standard tips can debit your ship account.

Embarking and disembarking at Dover is different than other ports like Port Canaveral and so look at this for photos, video of Dover, it was a different trip to the Baltic but has a lot of UK transport information. http://torussiawithmickeybars.blogspot.co.uk/

 

[cedricandsophie]

Find an ATM and get local currency thst way...but not too much as you can use credit cards for almost everything. The ATM is usually the cheapest and most convenient way to get local money. We usually find one in the airport as soon as we land or along most busy streets in towns. Our local bank refunds us back our ATM fees so there is very little cost. Exchanging at a currency exchange, hotel or even bank results in paying a higher exchange rate.

 

[jrabbit]

We were on one of the Baltic cruises earlier this year. DCL does (did) have Euros, Pounds and Russian Rubles. But the exchange rate was HORRIBLE!!! on the plus side, they exchanged back at the same rate that they "charged" you. And if you want to change Pounds to Euros, they would change it to US Dollars first (we had some extra pounds from our stay in London and to change them to euros would have been extremely expensive. We just kept those last 10 Pounds for our next trip to London / Scotland.

And the last thing to know about DCL changing currencies, they only give/take paper money other than US Dollars.