Actual time available for shore excursions?

[caribophile]

Just checking the Norwegian website for details about our Caribbean cruise on the Epic next week. Noticed this caveat about the time available at the three ports of call:

"Due to security reasons, all guests must be on board 2 hours before sailing. Disembarkation usually begins 2hours after docking."

Seriously???

[TravelDiva88]

All aboard is usually 30-60 minutes prior to sailaway at the ports of call.

 

You must be onboard 2 hours prior to initial departure from your embarkation call.

 

It's never taken 2 hours to disembark after arriving at a port of call in all my years of cruising.

[time2cruise1]

2 hours is for embarkation in Miami. All aboard in ports 30 minutes before Sailaway.

[Laszlo]

It's never taken 2 hours to disembark after arriving at a port of call in all my years of cruising.

 

Try Tampa this year :eek:

[TravelDiva88]

Try Tampa this year :eek:

 

Tampa's not a port of call :cool: ;)

[Seafan22]

I'm going out of Copenhagen in September, one of the stops is the Faroe Islands. Posted times are arrival 7:00 am depart 2:00 pm. If the 2 hour rules apply, we will get off at 9:00 and have to be back on at 12:00 noon. What's that, time to get off take three pictures and get back on the ship?

[caribophile]

Thanks folks. That's what I had hoped you'd tell me.

[Demonyte]

I'm going out of Copenhagen in September, one of the stops is the Faroe Islands. Posted times are arrival 7:00 am depart 2:00 pm. If the 2 hour rules apply, we will get off at 9:00 and have to be back on at 12:00 noon. What's that, time to get off take three pictures and get back on the ship?

 

As already said just few messages before in this thread, the 2 hour before time limit is only for the embarkation day, in ports of call the "all aboard" time for passengers is 30 minutes before departure.

[caribophile]

As already said just few messages before in this thread, the 2 hour before time limit is only for the embarkation day, in ports of call the "all aboard" time for passengers is 30 minutes before departure.

 

Thanks!

[DGP1111]

Tampa's not a port of call :cool: ;)

 

It actually is this season for Norwegian Dawn.

For most onboard it's an embarkation/debarkation port, and for others onboard it's a 1-day port of call stop.

Yep, 'tis weird.

 

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