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Thanks, everyone, for your thoughts on timing and mode of transport. We've ended up booking a coach ticket. Pia, thanks for letting us know there is Wifi on the trip to London, and that we may be able to board earlier if timing works out. Looking forward to the cruise and to our days in London. Thanks again - Happy Sailing!

Thanks to everyone for this. But not sure what you mean by "shuttle"? I thought we'd just hail a taxi to the coach station. Or is there such a crush when disembarking, that we should make some arrangements beforehand? Thanks for help.

Our ship arrives at Southampton at 7:00 at the end of our cruise. We realize that passengers have to have breakfast first, etc. We don't want to have to rush unduly. On the other hand, we're travelling to London for a few days before returning to Canada, so don't want to waste time. What time should we book our coach for?

The reason we're considering this ship and cruise is because of point of embarkation, timing and itinerary. If a smaller ship had all of this, we'd definitely choose that. What we really want to understand is the difference, if any, in enjoyment of the cruise on a bigger ship. Many thanks.........

We've only taken 3 Caribbean cruises on ships with approximately 2000 passengers, and have been happy enough with facilities, dining, etc. We're considering a Mediterranean cruise in May, and the ship holds 4200 passengers. There's also a lot of facilities that, being in our early 70s, we're not going to use. Our main concern is that a much larger ship would make embarkation and debarcation at ports, that much slower. We also wonder what effect a ship of this size has on the one's whole experience. We realize that some ships are even larger. We like to walk around the perimeter for fitness, lie outside on lounges reading and relaxing, partake of games, etc. with other passengers, but don't care much for what we envision as a very glitzy experience. In other words, is it possible to have a low key cruise experience on a very large ship?