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If you are staying at the HI, the coach station is an easy 10 minute walk away. If you are going from City cruise terminal (usually RCI, Celeb &NCL) you are right beside dock gate 8 and can walk to the terminal in 5 mins...no need for a taxi unless it is chucking it down! Simon

If you did decide on the POM/Brickell area, you can get there really cheaply...$2.45! From MIA get the free shuttle to the car rental centre/rail station. Train to Government Center is $2.45 then use the lift down two floors to use the free MiamiMover to get around Brickell area. Loads of vids on youtube on how to do it. We did this in April to got to the Holiday Inn POM (don't go there...its sh!t...worst HI I have been to worldwide). From stepping off the plane to arriving at hotel was 50 mins during rush hour! Simon

Last couple of times, we've used https://www.parking4cruises.co.uk/ with no problems. They do take your car to their off site car park, but it was always ready for us with only a couple of miles on the clock when we came back! Simon

Should be plenty of time 🤞, but you never know!! Simon

Yes, my mistake. See post #4 above. You have to do it on the phone now! Sorry for any confusion. Simon

There is a lot of free transportation round Miami. Look into the Metromover and the Trolley system...all free. Having said that, there is a flat fare of $2.45 on all buses and trains. We did the trip from Miami airport to near Bayside for $2.45 in 40 minutes during evening rush hour! Would have taken twice as long and well over 20 times the price in a cab/uber. Simon

Don't you just love activists who just don't think things through?! Hope you had a nice time LB, though I can't help thinking some staff would be going overboard after about the third time someone said 'Ahoy Sailor! Simon

If you mean the Port of Miami HI, when we were there in April, they did do a taxi transfer for $18pp and being a taxi, it went right to the ships luggage drop off. That was OK for the 2 of us as we don't use Uber. On a side note...and not wanting to worry you...I found this to be the worst HI we have stayed in worldwide. One out of 3 lifts were u/s for the whole 4 days we were there, the pool is u/s due to construction next door and don't take your shoes off in the room. I walked across the room in just my socks and they were black in 2 minutes. Still can't get them clean after several washes! They 'live' on being the closest hotel to the port. Spend a bit more and got to Hampton Inn at Brickhill or the YVE next door...we certainly will next time! Simon

Sorry, my mistake! You get so used to people asking about Southampton! All the info you need is earlier in this thread. Anything else, ask away. Simon

Yes, you can book on https://www.nationalexpress.com/en Its walkable from City Cruise terminal and Horizon terminal. Any others (there are 5 altogether in Southampton) I'd probably use a cab. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/50.9000755,-1.4139786/50.9059706,-1.4091995/@50.9018375,-1.4125306,1045m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDgyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D Simon

( on behalf of most men over 60) who needs shampoo?😁 Simon

Apparently...4th paragraph down. https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/ocean-regions/uk-and-ireland/england/tilbury-london-cruise-terminal Simon

Are you on Silversea? As far as I know, cruise ships that tie up by HMS Belfast are tendered to Millenium Pier, which is on the north side of the river by the Tower of London. You need to see if you can find out if you are dropped south side (as in IslandDwellers post) or north side. If you do get tendered to north side, walk straight away from the river for about 100yds, parallel to the Tower of London walls, until you 'hit' the main road. Look 45 degrees to you right (across the park with a war memorial) and you will see the Citizen hotel (square building with a big M on it). Tower Hill tube station is in the bottom of that building. Get a District line train (green on the map) and change at either Barons Court or Hammersmith. You just have to walk 30 feet across the platform to get Piccadilly line (dark blue) trains to LHR. Pretty easy...I can't remember what access is like at Tower Hill, but hopefully escalator or lift for ease with luggage. Simon

All the terminals at LHR used to have NE offices in them so that you could re-arrange bus times if your flight was delayed. They closed during COVID and have never re-opened...I assume that includes the one at the Central Bus station. You have to do everything on your phone now!! Hopefully this is a link that shows the NE coach stop in Portsmouth. https://maps.app.goo.gl/EyTGHcnUyVpKh3eGA Simon

This shows the relative positions of the railways. https://www.iomguide.com/railwaymap.php Simon

Also, bear in mind that if you are landing at 2pm, thats 7pm UK time which means you prbably got a 11am flight, so probably have been up since at least 7am. By the time you get through immigration (took us 2 hours at Houston earlier this year as only one officer 'on duty' for 4 plane loads! In my experience, MIA isn't much better), get you bags, get to hotel, its gonna be like 9 or 10pm. Trust me, you will be knackered!! I'd advise a bit of a re-think. The cruiseline city tours are usually pretty good. Have done them in Ft. Lauderdale and Cape Liberty before a flight home. Simon

Being an ex engineer, these sort of things interest me too! We were recently on Oasis and I studied the fountain a few times. My conclusuion is the jet shoots up and rebounds from a 'cup/dome' in the bottom of the bar, to be deflected back down. To engineer a system that would require a holding tank, seems like an architects solution... (speaking as an engineer, the only good architect is a dead architect!!😁). Simon

Sounds like a plan…gives you a bit of wiggle room! Simon

Wow! Didin't know that gumshoe. Like everything else it seems, you have to sort stuff out on your phone!! Simon

Have you already got your NE ticket? Did you pay the extra £5 to allow you to change it at the airport?(All terminals have an NE office in them if you need help). As gumshoe says, your two bugbears are baggage and what is happening at border control that day...customs should not be an issue. Bear in mind, if you are arriving T4 or T5, the coach stop is just outside the building. If you are at T2or3, you have a good 10 minute walk to Central Bus station to get the coach. Simon

Iceland to Spain. This shows the track. http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2026_GoogleMapFull.html Simon

Do it by train. Much quicker and cheaper. See here Simon

Just googled southampton minicabs...there are loads. Give them a ring before you set off to make a pre booking. Hopefully JB will come on here soon to give some local recommendations. Simon

MSC usually uses the Horizon terminal. You could walk it to the coach station in 20 mins, or grab a cab for a 5 minute ride. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/50.9024995,-1.418187/50.9058847,-1.4091922/@50.904632,-1.4163885,697m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e2?entry=ttu Simon

Don't know if this will help. Simon