B2B Cruises

[Baandb]

We are doing some back to back cruises, and are wanting to know if spa services be available on the change over day?

[Caroldoll]

you could call Oceania or call the Canyon Ranch Spa Club (number listed on Oceania site). They will tell you.

[pinotlover]

May depend upon port. Some places require all passengers to disembark, leave the ship, and then re-embark later, when such is scheduled in their port. One can leave their belongings in their cabins, but they must physically leave the ship. I believe the Captain is then required to confirm to the port that all passengers have left the ship. Different rules for different ports/countries!

[LHT28]

May depend upon port. Some places require all passengers to disembark, leave the ship, and then re-embark later, when such is scheduled in their port.

Usually for about 1 hr when they have to Zero the ship

[LHT28]

We are doing some back to back cruises, and are wanting to know if spa services be available on the change over day?

maybe later in the afternoon

as long as you are finished the treatment before muster drill

[pinotlover]

Lyn;

 

One may be able to get back on the ship an hour after unboarding, if local Customs has shown back up to allow it. ;) One may not be able to reboard until regular boarding starts at 11:00 or so, perhaps later.

 

In those ports, it's probably best to plan a day of sightseeing and touring, and just coming back to the ship an hour before sailing. I have seen 11:00 embarkments ,for suites, become 12:00 and later, because the local Customs officials were not there to allow the process to start. Why would one want to waste their day, when they could just be touring the City?

[LHT28]

Lyn;

 

One may be able to get back on the ship an hour after unboarding, if local Customs has shown back up to allow it. ;) One may not be able to reboard until regular boarding starts at 11:00 or so, perhaps later.

 

we usually go off siteseeing but some B2B people go with the Concierge or Purser to the port building & then are let back on the ship once the customs/immigration people are done

Different ports have different rules

In Copenhagen we did not need to get off but in US ports we did

Dover we had to disembark to "zero" the ship

 

the instructions will be sent to the B2B people a few days before the next segment

 

We just had to show our S & S card to security when ready to reboard

that is my experience

Edited January 13, 2016 by LHT28

[no fuss travel]

When we did a B2B with Hong Kong being our change port, we did not have to leave the ship that day. We were changing cabins for the second part of the cruise, so we made use of the morning to do that, had a very nice lunch for B2B in the GDR for B2B passengers and then left the ship for the afternoon. In the morning, there was no spa services and in the afternoon the spa staff was doing tours for oncoming passengers and doing new bookings. You could use the facilities, but no staff to help you.

[RJB]

Does anyone know about Lisbon?

[ORV]

What are your changeover ports? In Civitivecchi, and Barcelona we were able to stay on the ship.

Edited January 13, 2016 by ORV