Help!!Transportation/tour Beijing, Great Wall to Dock Xingang

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JIM816

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We are booked on a 23 day cruise on the Diamond Princes depart from Xingang on May 1st,2009. We booked a precruise stay with Princess. We will be at the Great Wall Sheraton. In all of their advertisements, they advertised a tour the day of embarkation from the Great Wall Sheraton, to the Great Wall and then on to the dock in Xingang. Now 77 days before the cruise, they have NO excursions for Beijing at all.

We very much want to be able to see the Great Wall. Would appreciate any help anyone can give us as to how to arrange for a private tour and transportation from the Great Wall Sheraton, to the Great Wall, and then on to Xingang to the Diamond Princes on May 1, 2009. We are a party of two adults.

Thank you!
 
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bOB

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The fact that they have no excursions may be that they are sold out, first off contact Princess and find out why there are no listings. Another option would be to contact Great Wall Sheraton and see what they can do to help, they would definitely have a list of local tours and the companies that provide them and also may be able to secure the tour for you as well. Rotsaruck
 
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JIM816

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Thanks for your response. I had already contacted Princess, and has spent "HOURS" on the phone with them. I had already contacted the Great Wall Sheraton, and they did not want to make the trip to the dock. I did all of this prior to making this post. Part of the problem appears that the day I requested, May 1st is a national holiday. I have resolved my problem by taking the three day pre cruise package with Princess This was not without spending monies which we had not counted on, and my husband having to take additional vacation time, but on the bright side, we are going to the great wall.

Again, thanks for the response.

Sandy
 
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bOB

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Bummer, but the holiday probably explains a lot, the country shuts down. Our first cruise was out of New Orleans, we went early so we could see some sights, trouble was early was Thanksgiving day, you could have shot a cannon down Bourbon Street and not hit anything, the entire town crawled in a hole and pulled it in after it.
 
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