How Late Will Oceania Allow You To Stay On The Ship

[palermo22]

The Marina arrives in Valparaiso at 6 AM according to our official documents. We are staying in a Penthouse Suite. I have a friend picking us up but it will not be until 10 AM. Will we be allowed to stay somewhere on the ship close to 10 AM?

[LHT28]

Most of the time they want you off by 9-9:30 am

some exceptions may apply

[Mura]

We usually target leaving the ship around 9am. You won't be able to stay in your room until 10am, but you might be able to stay in one of the public areas until then. I think they are more focused on cleaning the cabins at that hour.

 

When we left the ship in Rio last December we HAD to stay on board later than usual because they needed to transport passengers by shuttle into the terminal (we were docked too far away to walk, especially with hand luggage) and they apparently could only take a dozen people at a time. It was crowded in reception but do-able.

 

Mura

[no fuss travel]

Valparaiso is a shuttle, so you may be able to leave the ship at 9, but after the shuttle, picking up your luggage and other misc. immigration, you should almost time it perfectly for your friends picking you up. It is not a fancy place where you have to be picked up from.

[palermo22]

Thanks for the replies. If it works out that we can stay in our cabin until 8:30 - 9:00 and then be off the ship for the last shuttle (hopefully close to 10 AM) then even if we have to wait an hour for our friends - the timing will be pretty good.

[CintiPam]

I thought the rule on O was that you had to be off by 9 AM at the latest.

[LHT28]

I thought the rule on O was that you had to be off by 9 AM at the latest.

 

Not sure if it is a rule but I think they do aim for people to be off by 9am or shortly after

 

It does make for a busy day for the crew

[Mura]

It seems to me that they want you out of your stateroom by 8am ... after that within reason you can be in a public area. We've never actually been booted off the ship but we typically try to leave by 9am. The one exception was that departure in Rio when we literally could not get off the ship by then.

 

Had we known there would have been no delay if we'd gone down to the crew gangway, we'd have done so ... it did occur to me to check there but I didn't do so. Two members of our party (we had a tour for 8 booked that day prior to going to the airport) did go to the crew gangway and got off immediately but the rest of us had to wait at least an hour before we could leave the ship. But, this was a most exceptional situation.

 

Mura

[airheadfan]

Just off Marina in Rome yesterday morning. Everyone out of cabins by 8 and off the ship by 9. They said this was an Italian customs or immigration requirement so may vary by embarkation country.

[LHT28]

Just off Marina in Rome yesterday morning. Everyone out of cabins by 8 and off the ship by 9. They said this was an Italian customs or immigration requirement so may vary by embarkation country.

 

In our experience on several cruises in different disembarkation ports this is the same times

only if the ship is delayed getting clearance were we off later than 9am

Have not been to Italy so that is not the case

[pinotlover]

On our last cruise, we had Oceania transfers, staying on their post cruise package. Our group was the last to leave the ship, around 9:15, and load the buses. O had us all waiting in the theater. Meanwhile, O's crew was literally making sweeps of the ship and escorting all other people to the gang plank after 9:00.

 

We were told that even people doing btb were required to leave the ship by 9:00. Would be interested to hear comments from past btb'ers on this.

[LHT28]

We were told that even people doing btb were required to leave the ship by 9:00. Would be interested to hear comments from past btb'ers on this.

 

We have done a few B2B's for ports in US you need to leave the ship for a short time

Also Dover UK we were required to leave they had to have a zero count for the ship

 

Not a problem for us we usually go siteseeing for a few hrs

 

Lyn

[farthinghill]

 

We were told that even people doing btb were required to leave the ship by 9:00.

 

We are doing B2B in January with a change of cabin after the first leg. Does anyone know what will happen to our luggage in this event? Oceania UK could not give me an answer. I assume it does not have to disembark with us!

[Rickey 88]

We are doing B2B in January with a change of cabin after the first leg. Does anyone know what will happen to our luggage in this event? Oceania UK could not give me an answer. I assume it does not have to disembark with us!

 

Actually, you will find that the change to a new suite will be rather effortless - we've done it several times.

 

Before the end of your first leg, talk to your cabin staff who will be ever so helpful. You need not "pack" anything, they will arrange to move it to your new location and re-hang everything in the closet.

 

(This usually takes place after the first group are off and before the new passengers arrive.) :)

[farthinghill]

Actually, you will find that the change to a new suite will be rather effortless - we've done it several times.

 

Before the end of your first leg, talk to your cabin staff who will be ever so helpful. You need not "pack" anything, they will arrange to move it to your new location and re-hang everything in the closet.

 

(This usually takes place after the first group are off and before the new passengers arrive.) :)

 

Thanks for the reassurance - great not to have to pack twice for one holiday.

[ORV]

On our last cruise, we had Oceania transfers, staying on their post cruise package. Our group was the last to leave the ship, around 9:15, and load the buses. O had us all waiting in the theater. Meanwhile, O's crew was literally making sweeps of the ship and escorting all other people to the gang plank after 9:00.

 

We were told that even people doing btb were required to leave the ship by 9:00. Would be interested to hear comments from past btb'ers on this.

 

It varies by port. Our last two B2B's the turnaround days were in Civitavecchia & Barcelona. We stayed on the ship both times. Barcelona it was pouring down raining and in Civi just wanted to rest. Did not have to get off in either place if I remember right.

[Mura]

The only time we did a true B2B was 10 years ago and in that case we were "encouraged" to leave the ship. I don't recall that it was a requirement, but it could have been. Oceania did provide ship's tours for us -- we were in Costa Rica and the tour we took was to San Jose, but they also offered a zipline tour and something else. (Don't recall if they charged us but I don't think they did. My diary just indicates that we took the tour, not if we paid for it or not.)

 

I have heard that more recently they often hold a private lunch for holdovers, but I don't know how that works if they actually order you off the ship.

 

We've often stayed on board beyond 9am (although not much beyond) and have NEVER been hunted down and told to leave! It may well depend on port regulations rather than O's regulations.

 

Mura

[smilin jack]

We were on a B2B on the Seabourn Spirit in Costa Rica. As I recall we stayed on the ship, and along with other B2B'ers, we toasted everyone that came aboard. :)

[grmmybtty]

Two years ago we did a b2b on the Marina (Istanbul to Athens to Barcelona). We had to make a room change, but just down the hall. We packed our things into our suitcase but left the clothes hanging in the closet. The cabin staff knew we were moving, so they cleaned the other cabin first. By that time we had put all our things away in our suitcases and they helped us move everything to our new room. Since the ship had overnighted in Athens and was recovering from a day and night of riots, we left the ship for a couple of hours just to walk around then returned for a nice luncheon provided by Oceania for b2b passengers in Jacques. Last year we did a b2b with the change in Valparaiso with no room change and walked off the ship for an all day tour. It felt like just another port, but returning to a new set of passengers and another safety drill.

 

 

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[wandrr]

The comments above about disembarking between the legs of a B2B are interesting but raise a question for us.

 

We are booked on a Grand Voyage, which is actually three separate legs, B2B2B. We sure do not relish the thought of disembarking twice at the intermediate stops. I would hope that since O has booked us on one cruise as a Grand Voyage we will be allowed to stay on board (assuming, of course that the local customs dudes don't interfere!) We are in the same cabin for the entire voyage, all three legs.

 

Has anyone ever been required arbitrarily to disembark between legs while on a Grand Voyage?

[no fuss travel]

The passengers on the voyage from Cape Town to Hong Kong did not have to disembark in Singapore which was one of the stops. They were allowed to stay on the ship that day if they did not want to get off. Mind you there is so much to do in Singapore, you would want to get off.