Princess Seaways
Operated by DFDS Seaways
Princess Seaways
Operated by DFDS Seaways
Operated by DFDS Seaways on the Amsterdam (Ijmuiden) Newcastle route
With room for over 1,300 guests the Princess Seaways cruise ferry offers excellent on board facilities. There’s a choice of restaurants, shops, a casino, bars, and much more to keep you occupied while you cross the North Sea in the sort of comfort you’d expect from a cruise ship.
Onboard you’ll find comfortable cabins to suit every taste. Whether you’re looking for a value for money cabin or something extra special, you’ll awake refreshed after a great night's sleep. All cabins feature comfortable beds, en suite showers, bedding, towels and wardrobe space.
Enjoy a delicious meal and delightful company onboard the Princess Seaways. With a number of restaurants to choose from there's something to suit every taste including the 7 Seas Buffet, the Blue Riband à la carte restaurant and the Explorer's Steakhouse. For a coffee or a quick snack head to Latitude café for a relaxed atmosphere, your favourite hot drink or a light meal. If you fancy a drink onboard then you’ll be pleased to know that there are numerous venues to choose from. The Navigators Bar serves an excellent selection of drinks and quality beers with live music in the evening. The Compass Bar located close to the restaurants is a lounge bar that’s ideal place if you want to relax and enjoy yourself in comfortable surroundings and serves an excellent range of wine, beer, cocktails and spirits. If you like music, sports, a few drinks and a friendly atmosphere, the Sports Bar is the place to be while for great views, the top-deck Neptune Sky Bar is a superb place to begin your journey as your ship sails out of port. Enjoy the maritime atmosphere with a beer or long drink in your hand.
Shopping at sea is one of the great pleasures of travelling onboard the Princess Seaways. The Sea Shop features a range of wines and spirits, fashion accessories, aftershave, perfume, confectionery, children's toys and tobacco
Watch the latest blockbusters in the onboard cinema or visit the casino to try your luck at blackjack or roulette. There’s also a Wildlife Watching Experience where you can learn about the wildlife of the North Sea as you sail across it. Led by the leading wildlife charity ORCA, the wildlife experience is fun for both kids and adults.
The ‘Kidz' Club is a safe and enjoyable play area for children. With a range of activities available, children will be entertained for hours when sailing on the Princess Seaways. For older children there's a games room with video games, and a cinema too!
Princess Seaways is wheel chair friendly with lifts to all decks (except deck 4). There's also a choice of specially adapted disabled cabins including 4 Outside (sea view) and 2 inside. Special arrangements cannot be made on the day you travel for requirements that are not requested beforehand so if you have have any special requests then please notify us before booking.
Please Note: Whilst we have taken great care in making our Princess Seaways guide as accurate as possible, onboard facilities, services and entertainment may vary depending on the date and time of year that you travel, facilities mentioned may change without notification and ferry companies reserve the right to operate vessels other than those mentioned at time of booking without prior notification.
out of 5
72% of our customers recommended this ship
"Good and some potential"
Good voyage despite a bit of a rough sea on the way back. I would have liked only a soup in the evening, but that was not possible, only a full dinner. Also there was not the chance to only get an uncooked breakfast with different breads, only a cooked breakfast or only croissants and muffins. The full breakfast was quite a steep price. Still I liked the voyage and would do it again.
"November 2022"
I have used this service many times over the last 30 years, as it is handy for me, but somehow or another I do not like it. Something to do with the atmosphere on board? I usually travel alone and the dining facilities are just not to my taste. Perhpas great if you are one of a party, but not on your own. No fault of DFDS but it took nearly two hours to disembark as the Border Force decided to carry out extra checks. DFDS did kindly offer free coffee or tea to all waiting passengers.
"Voyage Amsterdam Newcastle "
Voyage sans soucis
"First time "
Overall we have enjoyed our time but it is expensive onboard DFDS. We went hungry overnight because the cost of the buffet at 33euro each or a two course meal for 39euro is only option. No middle place such as sandwich or salad. Breakfast was good and included in our package. Bus to NCL centre a fortune £6 each !! It’s all these extras that leave you feeling ripped off! Overall good experience on time but be very aware they charge lots Of expensive extras which impacts your experience and overall enjoyment pre book as much as you can!
"Dutch Trip"
Excellent Ferry Service from boarding to disembarking. Car on/off was fast, and efficient. Cabins, we're very clean and well fitted, catering facilities very good. Food was excellent. Ship facilities were great and staff very friendly, courteous and helpful. Best trip to date and found DFDS to be superior to the other companies who sail to the Netherlands
"Amsterdam Newcastle "
Comfortable bed. Either 3 course meal or buffet but nothing in between, not ideal for a family of 4. Not enough seating away from cafe/restaurants where you have to buy food/drinks. Cabin bathroom was tiny and not terribly clean.
"Unacceptable"
My return from Amsterdam to england was unacceptably bad and I will not travel this way again. Firstly, the foot passenger assembly arrangements in Amsterdam are deplorable. An aimless crowd gathers in the open air with no covered bus stance or protection or even a designated gathering point. There is no information whatever. A scrum develops when a bus eventually arrives. At the terminal many of the passengers cannot enter the hall and have to stand in the open because the desks are positioned near the entrance instead of further back in the building. It was clear that foot passengers are treated by DFDS like cargo or luggage, not as humans. On board, our cabin on deck 4 was indescribably noisy for most of the night. A metallic vibration sounding like a heavy steel plate was drumming on the side of the vessel made sleep almost impossible. It eased somewhat towards morning but was still present. Finally, it took more than an hour to disembark, although this was not the fault of DFDS and was caused by the inadequate english border arrangements. Never again!
"First timer "
Loved every minute of my trip to holland and back and will be booking again next year. First off the punctuality of the staff to border control right down to staff on the boat was First class. The only thing I would complain about was the cost of the food at dinner time. Not so much the 40+ pounds per person that it costs but to charge over 3+ 20 pound to eat is a bit ridiculous in my opinion. Had the breakfast tho and the variety is excellent. But sort the cost of the meals as for the 4 of us it would've cost over 150 pound.
"Convenient "
The whole process was very easy. I was surprised that my 12 year old daughter was considered an adult in the restaurant! Well sign posted at both ports, in and out.
"DFDS and Direct Ferries"
Well I didnt travel on the ferry as Iwas invited to Wembley ti be presented with my England Cap Id waited 50 yrs for! I tried to change dates but they wanted over £300 and I couldnt cancel either so list over £400 because I wanted to attend this once in a lifetime event. They werent interested. I wont be booking my delayed trip through either if these companies
"Really good experience despite glitches"
Wife and I. had never done the trip before. Very convenient on/off times (around teatime out, after breakfast back); Transfer coach to Amsterdam was convenient (best to book in advance both to and from Amsterdam, about €10 each way). Boat facilities, cabin (2 bunks with en suite) were very good, as were buffet dinner and breakfast, and the bar & club (w live music). Glitches: out from North Shields, there was a problem with the boarding 'tube' and we. had to get a bus into the car hold then go up the ship stairs - the bus was a sightseeing bus, unsuitable for luggage and it wouldnt go for a good while - engine trouble. In Amsterdam, electricity at the terminal failed leading to long delay in boarding - the terminal was small (unlike on UK side) so we had to stand around, some outside, for a long time until staff got a manual system working for check in. Things go wrong. Staff were helpful and struggling with the problems - but more information would have helped, eg regular announcements about what had gone wrong and what they were doing about it. We'd go again - really good experience (putting glitches to one side).
"Travel "
A very nice sailing from Newcastle to Amsterdam, the Princess seaways, is a very clean and tidy ship. The staff our friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend using DFDS.
"Weekend away "
Whole weekend was brilliant wasn't happy with direct ferries I only book 7-9 October when we got back to the ship Saturday afternoon we were told that we weren't due back till Monday possible my fault not checking dates had to pay to come back all our luggage was still our room were not going to let us back on to get it
"nothing to read and long wait on way out"
Lack of choice in shopping. No newspapers or magazines. Exit of vehicles badly managed. We were held up on the ramp for about 20 minutes as lower level trucks etc were brought out
"Excellent!"
Very good ship, service, staff, cabins.
"Amsterdam - Newcastle"
Couldn't fault the staff and the condition of the boat. The Kitchen had an extensive range of food on offer, but was a little lacking on quality.
"Efficient as Always"
We have travelled this route many times and it was pleasant as usual.
"Good ship trip but the wrong cabin choose. "
Every thing was fine but my cabin in deck 5 was wrong choose, without ear plugs is sleeping there not possible cause of the noise of the ship machine in deep frequencies.
"Ferry Crossing the Cheaper Way"
I book my DFDS crossing with Direct Ferries saving about 60% for the same crossing. The buffet on board was expensive for a vegetarian but I had more than enough and it was nice but it's not a 50/50 split. The cabin was very clean and comfortable, would be nice to be able to turn off the air con or get usable controls. Breakfast was too many people in the coffee shop which when they ran out of milk in one machine needed an extra person tp refill it rather than making the process of getting a coffee take 30 minutes- DON'T USE THE COFFEE SHOP Cinema was overcrowded and not well set up for Netherlanders who are all 2.5m tall Overall not too bad at the Direct Ferries price, not sure I would have paid the DFDS price
"Dobrá komunikace "
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"Amsterdam -> Newcastle Ferry Princess Seaways."
Enjoyed the trip very much. Fast and easy check-in. Very friendly staff. Cabin clean. Breakfast was delicious. Only critic: Just the high priced restaurant was open in the evening, The buffet restaurant was closed.
"Sleepless"
Great ferry trip ..entertainment very good but cabins need to be insulated more as we could hear people talking during the night
"Very choppy"
A few incidents in bar are. Due to the weather. People falling of chairs. Glasses smashing Also in bar are men lighting Up cigarets on more than one occasion and security on told them this wasn’t allowed. Being told once should of been enough. But no 3 times in an hour and they were still allowed to stay in bar
"Wery satisfied"
All was perfect. I travelled by King from Amsterdam and by Princess Back from Newcastle yesterday. Below: yes and 8
"????? "
Super rraversee très bon orchestre de country rock
"A disapointing experience"
The crossingsand almost everything to do with them were good. They were on time, the accommodation was comfortable the food was excellent however on the way home we made a small purchase in the shop. The first attempt to pay was successful as far as the card reader was concerned but not on the terminal of the assistant. Cutting a long story short we had four attempts to make the payment and subsequently discovered that we were charged twice. Trying to get redress in the shop was hard and took over an hour when we were offered a refund on our card. There was no apology what so ever. The refund arrived back on our card some 5 days afterwards. As I said very disapointing.
"Room cleanliness "
Absolutely disgusting smell in room and nobody wanted to help ended up sleeping in car on board ferry
"Excellent trip"
A good trip.
"Easy to find "
Route to the dock well signalised ,check in organised ,helpful and friendly staff .The breakfast buffet had something for everyone and was delicious.
"Ferry trip to Netherlands"
Cabins comfortable. Staff helpful. Book your evening meal time in advance as on day you will be left with really early or very late and nothing in between. Delayed on way back due IT issues. Water bottles distributed whilst we were delayed boarding.
"Great"
NIce trip, staff is outstanding
"Booking through Directferries"
Generally a ship that has seen its best days. But a pleasant crossing and stay on the ship. I will not order through Directferries again. We had ordered the double bed but ended up in bunk beds. There were booked for 2 motorcycles, but it was only on the one crossing that was booked for 2 motorcycles. we had to pay for the extra motorbike on the way home.
"relaxed tour by ferry"
It is great to travel by ferry to the UK. Easy to access and on board is everything you need.
"Good experience"
All good except for the return trip where i booked a dinner a lá carte and the reservation at the shop was buffet dinner. Had to pay a difference
"A nice way to travel"