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Princess Cruises in Rotterdam: your day ashore

4 Princess calls at Rotterdam Cruise Terminal in 2026 and 2027, from the port’s own schedule, and the tours that fit the hours your ship gives you. Guide at the terminal exit, back before all aboard.

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Back on board on time, or we get you to the next port. Ship does not dock? Your money back, or another date. How the guarantees work

Calls in 2026 and 20274
ShipsMajestic Princess, Regal Princess, Sky Princess
Docks atWilhelminakade 699, alongside
Your ship

Princess Cruises at Rotterdam Cruise Terminal

Princess Cruises sends Sky Princess, Regal Princess and Majestic Princess to Rotterdam on the port’s list, day calls of eleven to thirteen hours. Many Princess guests come from North America and Britain; English is the language of our small-group excursions.

Majestic Princess, Regal Princess and Sky Princess: that is the Princess fleet on the port’s list for 2026 and 2027, 4 calls in all. The hours differ from call to call: the shortest is 11 h, the longest 13 h.

Our shore excursions

Tours that start and end at the terminal

Your guide meets you at the terminal exit and brings you back to it.

English

Small Group Delft & Royal Delft

New tour

About six hours: Delft, the New Church and the Royal Delft factory and museum, with free time included.

Duration About 6 hours Price €200 adult · €150 child

Free cancellation up to 24h before

English

Small Group Delft & Kinderdijk

4.7 (9 reviews)

Delft city center and Royal Delft, combined with the UNESCO World Heritage windmills of Kinderdijk.

Duration About 8 hours Price €250 adult · €150 child

Free cancellation up to 24h before

Private & Custom Shore Excursion

You decide what you'll visit. Delft and Kinderdijk, Gouda and Utrecht, or Amsterdam. Full-day guide and minibus just for your group.

Duration Up to 8 hours Price €1,950

Address, facilities and the way into the city are in the Rotterdam Cruise Terminal guide.

The dates

Every Princess call, with the hours you have

Times are the port’s and can change; your cruise line’s daily programme is the final word. The link opens our calculator with that call already filled in.

Date Ship ArrivesArrives / Departs Departs In port Your day ashorePlan
Sky Princess 08:00–19:00 19:00 11 h What fitsPlan
2027
Regal Princess 07:00–18:00 18:00 11 h What fitsPlan
Majestic Princess 08:00–20:00 20:00 12 h What fitsPlan
Majestic Princess 08:00–21:00 21:00 13 h What fitsPlan

All lines and all dates are on the Rotterdam cruise ship schedule. Calls from cruiseportrotterdam.nl, read on 16 October 2026. We are an independent tour company and have no connection with Princess Cruises.

Your day

What fits a Princess call

Eleven hours or more fit the full Delft and Kinderdijk day comfortably. For a private day, Delft with The Hague and the Mauritshuis, or Kinderdijk with Gouda, are both within reach; the calculator shows the margin for your date.

To see the margin for your own date, put your ship’s times into our back to the ship calculator. Staying in the Netherlands before or after the cruise? All our guided city tours are in the private tours overview.

Why book with us

Instead of the ship’s coach excursion

Sixteen guests, not fifty

Our small-group excursions take at most 16 guests with one guide, and a minimum of 4 to run. A private excursion is your party only, with a guide and a minibus for the day.

Timed to your ship

We follow your ship’s real arrival and departure, plan the day backwards from all aboard and keep a safety margin. Our two written guarantees cover the rest.

Guided in English, private in your language

The small-group excursions are guided in English. The private excursion can be guided in Dutch, German, French, Spanish or Italian as well.

Free cancellation until 24 hours before

Book now for a call next year and change your mind up to a day before. If the ship skips Rotterdam, you get a refund or a new date.

Our promise to cruise guests

Two guarantees, in writing

A shore excursion is not an ordinary day out. Your ship leaves without you if the day goes wrong, so we carry that risk rather than asking you to.

  • Back on board on time, or we get you to the next port

    If a delay on our side means you miss your ship, we refund your excursion in full and we arrange your transport to the ship’s next port of call. Every route is planned backwards from your all aboard time with a safety margin nothing is scheduled into.

  • Ship does not dock? Your money back, or another date

    Weather, a port skipped, a changed itinerary: if your ship does not call at Rotterdam, you choose between a full refund, including any pickup supplement, and moving your booking to another date at no cost, subject to availability. Show us the notice from your cruise line or the ship’s tracked position and that is all we need.

Both guarantees are part of our general terms and conditions, article 15.

Not sure a tour fits your hours ashore?

Put in the times your ship is alongside and see which tours fit, transfers, traffic and safety margin already taken off.

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Good to know

Frequently asked questions

Where does Princess Cruises dock in Rotterdam?

At the Cruise Terminal on the Wilhelminakade, Kop van Zuid, alongside the pier. You walk off over a covered gangway into the terminal building; there are no tender boats in Rotterdam. Our guide waits at the terminal exit with a sign.

How long is a Princess ship in Rotterdam?

The hours differ per call on the port’s list, between 11 h and 13 h. The exact hours for your date are in the table above. All aboard is set by Princess Cruises and is usually 30 to 60 minutes before departure.

Will we be back on board in time?

Yes. We plan the day backwards from all aboard and keep a safety margin. If a delay on our side ever made you miss the ship, we refund the excursion and arrange transport to the next port, up to EUR 100 per person, under article 15 of our terms.

Is the tour in my language?

The small-group excursions are guided in English. The private excursion can be guided in Dutch, German, French, Spanish or Italian, say so when you book.

Can I book before Princess Cruises publishes the final times?

Yes. Book the date you have. We follow the ship’s actual times on the day, and if the ship does not dock in Rotterdam you choose between a full refund and a free move to another date.

My Princess cruise is not in the list. Can we still book?

Yes. The port adds calls as the lines confirm them. Tell us your date and ship and we will say what fits.