Went on our own. Started by taking the train to Rostock. Easy enough but wish we would have spent more time in Warnemunde. Can best describe as a weekend resort time for the locals with beaches and a wharf full of shops and restaurants. Very nice! ...
We walked off the ship and took the train to Rostock. It's easy. Rostock is interesting, but you need to remember that it has been almost entirely rebuilt since WW II. ...
Most people took the all-day excursion to Berlin, but we felt that would be too much. The Warnemunde train station is within walking distance of the cruise port. We bought train tickets to Rostock for about four euros return. We were here about 20 years ago--not long after the wall came down--so it was interesting to see how the city had evolved. Good walkable historic section and pedestrian ...
We just walked around Warnemunde, a really sweet town. A warning though - we walked towards the beach and got bitten by sand flies. We should have remembered the insect repellent. ...