Andrew DEREK UK
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From the recent Med cruise, they have posted information about the port at Barcelona, this has been added to the front page and also cut and pasted below:-
Barcelona Port Information (telephones, Taxis, Shipping, Etc.)
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This information from Dissers in Barcelona on the 26th from our EB cruise and will be helpful for those cruising from Barcelona through the summer.
PHONE-There is a vendor in the terminal and has telephones set up so you can call. You go to a phone, dial the number and when you are finished a receipt prints out and then you go pay him in Euros (CASH ONLY) for the time you used. It is .65 Euros per minute. (Don't know how you really say that, but since I am American I would say 65 cents per minute!)
TAXIS-You can easily take taxis from the port to the airport, however, be aware that the taxis are SMALL and you get charged a surcharge for extra baggage. However, I would still recommend taking a taxi versus the bus because you get dropped right in front of the terminal. Buses were going to terminal B and Delta and Air France are in terminal A. There are no porters anywhere that I could see and you have to schlep your luggage all on your own and with the construction mess they have going on there, it is an eventful journey! Cost for the taxi was 20 Euros and then we got a 9 Euro surcharge for the extra baggage. Just remember-you will need to be patient at the curb because there were tons of people and it took 15 minutes or so for us to get to the front of the line. Also, our porter hauled the luggage out to the taxi line for us, but then while we were in line, I guess it was their break time, so all the porters just dumped everyone's luggage and left so you had to move it up in line yourselves! Taxi time to airport is no more than 15 minutes or so. Also, there were a few taxi vans, but they were few and far between. There were only 2 of us, so he put our excess luggage in the front seat with him and then we held out camera case and my carry on in the back seat with me.
CUSTOMS-There was none. We were not swiped with our Key to the World Card when we left, no one checked our luggage and we did not have to show our passports on the way out. Keep them with you in a safe place, but don't have them out since you could drop one. There were no customs forms to fill out. We filled them out on the airplane before we landed in Washington DC.
SHIPPING-UPS was set up in the port on Friday afternoon and you could go ship your stuff that evening if you didn't want to haul it back to the U.S. However, be forewarned, the cost was unbelievable and you are better off to back over weight luggage fees than pay the cost they were asking for.
Also, was told that it would take 8-10 days. They said if you had your own business account you could you use your business number and the rate would be less expensive, but don't know what that is.
Like I said, you are better to be the overweight fees on luggage at the airport if you have a problem!
GETTING TO THE PORT EARLY-The port is not at all like Port Canaveral, although they have Disneyized it. You don't need to get their early. When you enter the port there is a security line and then a small lounge with about 10-15 check in stations. I would not get their before 10 a.m. at the earliest. I was told by my friends that stayed on the ship that boarding started around noon. There are about 4 little shops you can go in to. One had liquor, and the others were souvenir type places.
BUSES TO BARCELONA-Disney has courtesy buses that took us from the port to the area of the Christopher Columbus statute. It is about a 8-10 minute ride. There is nothing around the terminal except other ships and parking lots. It is a commercial area. Nothing you can walk to and get a bite to eat or anything from what I saw. You can walk from the port to the city. You will go over a bridge and it is about a 15-20 minute walk.
Barcelona Port Information (telephones, Taxis, Shipping, Etc.)
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This information from Dissers in Barcelona on the 26th from our EB cruise and will be helpful for those cruising from Barcelona through the summer.
PHONE-There is a vendor in the terminal and has telephones set up so you can call. You go to a phone, dial the number and when you are finished a receipt prints out and then you go pay him in Euros (CASH ONLY) for the time you used. It is .65 Euros per minute. (Don't know how you really say that, but since I am American I would say 65 cents per minute!)
TAXIS-You can easily take taxis from the port to the airport, however, be aware that the taxis are SMALL and you get charged a surcharge for extra baggage. However, I would still recommend taking a taxi versus the bus because you get dropped right in front of the terminal. Buses were going to terminal B and Delta and Air France are in terminal A. There are no porters anywhere that I could see and you have to schlep your luggage all on your own and with the construction mess they have going on there, it is an eventful journey! Cost for the taxi was 20 Euros and then we got a 9 Euro surcharge for the extra baggage. Just remember-you will need to be patient at the curb because there were tons of people and it took 15 minutes or so for us to get to the front of the line. Also, our porter hauled the luggage out to the taxi line for us, but then while we were in line, I guess it was their break time, so all the porters just dumped everyone's luggage and left so you had to move it up in line yourselves! Taxi time to airport is no more than 15 minutes or so. Also, there were a few taxi vans, but they were few and far between. There were only 2 of us, so he put our excess luggage in the front seat with him and then we held out camera case and my carry on in the back seat with me.
CUSTOMS-There was none. We were not swiped with our Key to the World Card when we left, no one checked our luggage and we did not have to show our passports on the way out. Keep them with you in a safe place, but don't have them out since you could drop one. There were no customs forms to fill out. We filled them out on the airplane before we landed in Washington DC.
SHIPPING-UPS was set up in the port on Friday afternoon and you could go ship your stuff that evening if you didn't want to haul it back to the U.S. However, be forewarned, the cost was unbelievable and you are better off to back over weight luggage fees than pay the cost they were asking for.
Also, was told that it would take 8-10 days. They said if you had your own business account you could you use your business number and the rate would be less expensive, but don't know what that is.
Like I said, you are better to be the overweight fees on luggage at the airport if you have a problem!
GETTING TO THE PORT EARLY-The port is not at all like Port Canaveral, although they have Disneyized it. You don't need to get their early. When you enter the port there is a security line and then a small lounge with about 10-15 check in stations. I would not get their before 10 a.m. at the earliest. I was told by my friends that stayed on the ship that boarding started around noon. There are about 4 little shops you can go in to. One had liquor, and the others were souvenir type places.
BUSES TO BARCELONA-Disney has courtesy buses that took us from the port to the area of the Christopher Columbus statute. It is about a 8-10 minute ride. There is nothing around the terminal except other ships and parking lots. It is a commercial area. Nothing you can walk to and get a bite to eat or anything from what I saw. You can walk from the port to the city. You will go over a bridge and it is about a 15-20 minute walk.
rotfl: ) Not sure if the hotels in Barcelona have toilet tissues or bidets so I'll pack a few from home and then I can roll more on the ship to take.
