Hull to Zeebrugge ferry
Discussion
Treat yourself and use all your Tesco points and have a suite on the top deck.
Used this route many times, food can be good, entertainment iffy, I have often described it as a floating Working Men's Club.
Saves driving but no quicker and plenty of decent places to stay both sides of the Channel.
But you can have a drink , a meal, entertainment , cinema and a bed all in one.
Used this route many times, food can be good, entertainment iffy, I have often described it as a floating Working Men's Club.
Saves driving but no quicker and plenty of decent places to stay both sides of the Channel.
But you can have a drink , a meal, entertainment , cinema and a bed all in one.
And DO NOT get off your face. The ferry docks at 8am (Local) so 7am UK time. You will have been on the boat since 16.30 or there abouts, and it is easy to get mullered. I've seen it more often at Rotterdam on the other Hull route, but they sometimes breathalyse EVERY driver / rider as you drive off in the morning !
t.We have used the ferries a lot over the years.
Like Surveyor says, nice start to your holiday with a couple of drinks and then a good meal in the restauarant.
We recently used the Hull- Rotterdam ferry and found this to be a more modern vessel with slightly better equipped cabins etc.
I sleep well at sea, but thats because I am used to it. There is always some form of entertainment on the stage. Usually a band or some form of dancing group. OK for one night.
Go easy on the drink for all the reasons listed above.
Beats the drive to Dover, any day......
Like Surveyor says, nice start to your holiday with a couple of drinks and then a good meal in the restauarant.
We recently used the Hull- Rotterdam ferry and found this to be a more modern vessel with slightly better equipped cabins etc.
I sleep well at sea, but thats because I am used to it. There is always some form of entertainment on the stage. Usually a band or some form of dancing group. OK for one night.
Go easy on the drink for all the reasons listed above.
Beats the drive to Dover, any day......
Used this ferry loads over the years to get from the NW over to Spa or the Ring and it saves a long slog down to Dover.
As a proper Northener never paid for fancy cabins etc and always had good trip
One of the good things is that it gives you a good nights sleep and gets you to Spa etc by lunchtime which the terminally middle aged is v important
As a proper Northener never paid for fancy cabins etc and always had good trip
One of the good things is that it gives you a good nights sleep and gets you to Spa etc by lunchtime which the terminally middle aged is v important
I used the ferry for a trip to Nemo 33 (world's deepest swimming pool) in Brussels. I asked why we did Hull-Rotterdam rather than Hull-Zeebrugge and he said it was because the ferrys on that route were better. There were four of us (should have been 5 but one dropped out) and we shared a family room. The lad that booked it said it worked out cheaper than separate 2-bunk cabins and you get the brewing facilities, soft drinks, fruit and telly. On the Pride of Hull, there is a double bed, two fold down bunks and a sofa that folds over to create a single bunk.
The floating working men's club is a good analagy! The cabaret club was full of pissed up slappers from Bridlington, so I had a great night!
The band was pretty good too.
On the way back, we boarded the Pride of York, which normally sails the Hull-Zeebrugge route. It is older than the Pride of Hull. Our cabin was much more spacious though. The club isn't as good - the club on the PoH is split over two levels with a cut-out floor but on the PoY, it is quite a long room with limited space near the stage. This wasn't a bad thing as the band were f**king awful!
The food isn't bad in the buffet, but I did find it a little pricey. There is a brasserie where you can order from the menu if you prefer.
A word of warning to apostrophe abuse hating PHers - do not use the lift on the PoY:
The floating working men's club is a good analagy! The cabaret club was full of pissed up slappers from Bridlington, so I had a great night!
The band was pretty good too.On the way back, we boarded the Pride of York, which normally sails the Hull-Zeebrugge route. It is older than the Pride of Hull. Our cabin was much more spacious though. The club isn't as good - the club on the PoH is split over two levels with a cut-out floor but on the PoY, it is quite a long room with limited space near the stage. This wasn't a bad thing as the band were f**king awful!
The food isn't bad in the buffet, but I did find it a little pricey. There is a brasserie where you can order from the menu if you prefer.
A word of warning to apostrophe abuse hating PHers - do not use the lift on the PoY:
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