We did not go to Berlin, felt it would take too much time out of our day. Took the train to Rostock - 25 minutes - very nice quaint German City - really enjoyed it. ...
Very nice little resort town. We embarked in Warnemunde. We spent 4 days in Berlin and took a Flixbus from Berlin to Warnemunde a day before departure. A 3 hour bus ride in a very comfortable bus and only 26 Euros. The bus stopped at the Werft stop which was 100 yards from the Hafenapartments where we stayed the night. We were able to walk to the ship from there the next morning. Highly recommend ...
-The dock is in the middle of nowhere. We bought our own train tickets from Rostock HBF to Berlin (27 euro each way). Hardest part was actually getting a taxi from the port to Rostock HBF, all the waiting taxis only wanted to take groups all the way to Berlin. Eventually, we pooled with a few others to convince one cabbie to take us downtown. 15 minute drive for 50 euro, made it in time for ...
for those of us who did not want to take 7 hour bus ride to and from Berlin these little towns at or near the port are very charming--quaint areas with good shops and restaurants ...
We wanted to book the Schwerin Castle tour, but when we tried it was no longer available -- probably filled up. Luckily, I looked online and discovered that there is a rental car lot right across the street from where the cruise ship docks. I pre-booked a car from Hertz and we drove to the castle ourselves, which saved a lot of money. It was 86 Euros for the car and 8.5 Euro/person for admission, ...
It's a long stop, which is good because it's a long train ride to anywhere interesting. We took the train(s) to Schwerin and Wismar, which made for ~3.5 hours on a train. ...