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Bangkok as a excursion from Cruise ship.

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  We visited Bangkok on a over night excursion as part of a cruise we did from Singapore to Hong Kong on the cruise ship Celebrity Millennium. Laem Chabang  Bangkok is 2 hours inland from the sea, well 2 hours in normal circumstances but this being Thailand and its famous traffic congestion that 2 hour drive can quickly become 3+. So factor that into your planning.  The ship docks at the port of Laem Chabang and to be blunt this is a commercial port with nothing  nearby for cruise toursist's. So your looking at excursion to leave the ship and the vast majority of passengers on our ship choose to go to Bangkok, you can do the city highlights all in a day, but its a full day most of it spent in thick traffic in hot conditions,  so we decided to do a overnight trip as our ship the Celebrity Millennium was in port overnight.  Now you could do it yourself but with the traffic issues and distance involved we decided on this trip to pick a ships excursion. It was a good choice because we