susieh Posted August 23, 2007 #1 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Can anyone tell me what is the lastest we can board our cruise in Southampton? The documents say boarding 2pm but the ship leaves at 5pm. I cant find any where online that states what time we would be refused boarding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiB Posted August 23, 2007 #2 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Can anyone tell me what is the lastest we can board our cruise in Southampton? The documents say boarding 2pm but the ship leaves at 5pm. I cant find any where online that states what time we would be refused boarding! I think it is 1 hour before. However I would ring up P&O and check. I think 12.00 is cutting it fine;):rolleyes:. :)Happy Cruising:) :cool: Dai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted August 23, 2007 #3 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Just received my docs yesterday and it states that passengers must be on board before 4.15pm. Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhugcat Posted August 23, 2007 #4 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Muster is normally at 4.15 but if you miss itI think it's repeated sometime the next day - we usually aim to get there for 2pm so that we are on for afternoon tea:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceland Posted August 23, 2007 #5 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Yes, I have also received docs today. States "All passengers must be on board by 4.15 pm". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishlee Posted August 24, 2007 #6 Share Posted August 24, 2007 On a recent Arcadia cruise that we were on, my friend and his wife got on board at 4.25pm (horrendous traffic) and that was very stressful for them. They did ring P&O en-route to explain that they would be a little late and P&O were very good about putting their mind at ease that 'they would make it'. They were one of two couples that hadn't boarded by 4.15 - the other didn't make it, so I'm guessing that at the absolute outside it would be 4.30 or thereabouts. We got on board at 3.15pm and there was no queue at check-in or for security etc at that time. Parking the car to cabin in 10 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontius Navigator Posted August 27, 2007 #7 Share Posted August 27, 2007 This reminds me, on the QE2 last year we were about one hour late departing as the Belfast flight had been delayed. Where there is a large number of passengers with a known late arrival I would imagine the ship will wait if they know. Imagine the fracas if 20-30 passengers were stranded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraLass41 Posted August 27, 2007 #8 Share Posted August 27, 2007 PN A month or two ago 3 Eavesway coaches missed the ship, they waited over an hour for them but then sailed without them -150 pax. they had to get to the next port of call-barcelona by the tuesday - don't know what they did sunday and monday? went home again i suppose! I expect quite a few abandoned the cruise altogether, after all some people cruise because they will not fly, so they wouldn't of been able to get to Barcelona!:( Why do you ask PN about latest onboard ? Thinking of cutting it fine? or just curious? If you have a longish journey down its best to stay overnight at a southampton hotel just in case! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susieh Posted August 28, 2007 Author #9 Share Posted August 28, 2007 PN A month or two ago 3 Eavesway coaches missed the ship, they waited over an hour for them but then sailed without them -150 pax. they had to get to the next port of call-barcelona by the tuesday - don't know what they did sunday and monday? went home again i suppose! I expect quite a few abandoned the cruise altogether, after all some people cruise because they will not fly, so they wouldn't of been able to get to Barcelona!:( Why do you ask PN about latest onboard ? Thinking of cutting it fine? or just curious? If you have a longish journey down its best to stay overnight at a southampton hotel just in case! Sue We have a 20 minute journey (from portsmouth) but my son and his g/f have a 3 hour journey to get to us before we can leave. She has Taikwando training on Sunday mornings and is coming up for a grading so wants to avoid missing training as much as possible. We're trying to work out whether she can fit it in before they travel down to us. Looks like the answer is no if we want to be safe so I have now booked the taxi for 1pm and we'll have time to explore on board before we sail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_uk Posted August 28, 2007 #10 Share Posted August 28, 2007 A month or two ago 3 Eavesway coaches missed the ship, they waited over an hour for them but then sailed without them -150 pax. they had to get to the next port of call-barcelona by the tuesday - don't know what they did sunday and monday? went home again i suppose! I expect quite a few abandoned the cruise altogether, after all some people cruise because they will not fly, so they wouldn't of been able to get to Barcelona! Can you tell us some more of the details about that? What were the reasons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlelover Posted August 28, 2007 #11 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Can you tell us some more of the details about that? What were the reasons? I'm sure it was to do with the extreme weather the UK suffered a few weeks back. This made their journey far longer than usual. I guess the ship can only wait for so long. Bev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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