bluemarble Posted August 8, 2018 #1 Share Posted August 8, 2018 (edited) Just curious if anyone knows what the situation is with the Ocean Terminal in Southampton later this year. The Southampton Cruise Ship schedule is showing no ships docking at the Ocean Terminal the rest of this year after QM2 docks there on November 4th. Looking back at a copy of the schedule I have from about three months ago, there are at least 15 cases where ships were originally scheduled to dock at the Ocean Terminal from November 5th through the end of the year. Those ships will now be docking elsewhere. Here are the changes. QV moved from Ocean to Mayflower on Nov 5, 16, 19 and Dec 23 QM2 moved from Ocean to QEII on Nov 18 and Dec 15 Oceana moved from Ocean to Mayflower on Nov 9, 21 Ventura moved from Ocean to Mayflower on Nov 10, 12, 23, 26 and Dec 9, 21 Saga Saphire moved from Ocean to City on Dec 18-19 Of course this is no big deal. This just got me wondering what might be going on with the Ocean Terminal later this year to trigger all these terminal reassignments away from the Ocean Terminal to other terminals. Edited August 8, 2018 by bluemarble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray66 Posted August 8, 2018 #2 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Thanks for that information. I had no idea. I'm on QV 5th November and should have gone from Ocean. No doubt we'll get an "emergency notification" email from Cunard a week before informing us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom10 Posted August 8, 2018 #3 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Is it anything to do with any preperation or building work for the future so that Iona can berth there. No idea just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transatlantic fan Posted August 8, 2018 #4 Share Posted August 8, 2018 It is having a major refurbishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted August 8, 2018 Author #5 Share Posted August 8, 2018 It is having a major refurbishment. Thanks for the replies. That explains it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocap Posted August 9, 2018 #6 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I've been talking to Ray 66 on the UK page, and he said that someone had mentioned a refurb... but we've had to travel from Mayflower in Jan '16 and '17 on Ventura, and March '18 on Oceana. There was no reason for this, because each time we were the only ships around in Southampton; everything else was away on worldies, or long cruises. We wondered whether loading of the food had anything to do with it, as the 2 Ventura cruises were for a month, and the Oceana one was repositioning for summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted October 23, 2018 Author #7 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Just spotted this article from yesterday's Daily Echo which looks like it may pertain to this topic. City port set for £12million investment It states "The one-year-long programme will see Ocean Terminal transformed to accommodate a growing demand for cruise ships to dock in the city." It also mentions preparations for Iona and LNG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted November 11, 2018 Author #8 Share Posted November 11, 2018 (edited) The Southampton Cruise Ship Schedule page has been updated recently to include the schedule through March 2019. That schedule is showing Azura and Britannia will be using the Ocean Terminal in March, starting with Azura on 22 March 2019. Just as an aside, during January 2019, the schedule is showing QM2 will be at the QEII terminal (which is to be expected), but QE and QV will be at the City Terminal which is a little bit out of the ordinary for them based on past schedules. Edited November 11, 2018 by bluemarble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elephant1151 Posted November 12, 2018 #9 Share Posted November 12, 2018 We are sailing on QV next week now showing Mayflower Terminal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanky Lad Posted November 15, 2018 #10 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I am on QM2 now and tickets say we arrive at the ocean Dock. Nothing about a change. But I am sure the vts site is right. There was building work going on the quay side when we left on the 4th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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